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Bedside

Posted Wednesday, September 16th, 2009 at 4:55 am by Android Tapp 6 Comments

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This is a dimmed night clock, and while its open, turns off all sound and vibrate notifications, except for calls. It uses the last ring mode setting when somebody calls you. Use phone’s default alarm! This is the same as “Bedside“, but with more features like: Option to Keep Screen On, Brightness Control and a Flashlight.

Price: $1.49

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Pros & Cons:

Pros

• Turns of sounds and vibrating notifications at night while open except for incoming calls

Cons

• No alarm clock within the app, make use of the default Android alarm clock app
• Too simple for the price

Features:

Bedside Android App is a simple bedside clock application displaying time, date and battery strength. There a many settings to set alarms, add a background, and a change clock font/color plus add background glow. The clock is dimmed and provides a mobile version of your classic alarm clock . You can even hear the current time by long pressing the clock (provided you have Text-To-Speech Library installed).

Bedside Landscape

Bedside Portrait

Bedside with Some Options Applied

Bedside Preferences

Usefulness:

Assuming the charger plugged in, it can be useful as a flashlight at night and for killing sounds and vibration from Android notifications (i.e. texts, emails, app notifications, etc). Makes for quick glance at the time at night.

Ease of Use:

The app is simple, tapp the Menu button for more settings.

Frequently Used:

If used, could possibly be used nightly.

Interface:

The user interface features the time, date and flashlight options. You can customize the font and color of the clock.

AndroidTapp.com Rating

(3.3 out of 5)

Should you Download Bedside? Worth a Try!

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6 Responses to “Bedside”

1. Daniel says:

   September 17, 2009 at 4:29 am

   Hi, thank you for the review.
   I wouldn’t say using the default alarm is a cons, since it works, and for me, is important not to reinvent the well. Other clocks use their own alarm that only triggers the alarm if you have the clock open, what if you forget to open it?

   In the near future, there will be an update with so many new features. This will include weather-at-a-glance, Screen Off (with a touch to see feature), Calls/SMS Whitelists for notifications as well as a way to see if the default alarm is active and what’s the time of the next alarm.

   Thank you guys!

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   • Tom Regnier says:

     March 20, 2011 at 8:10 am

     Daniel,

     I have an app, “Bedside”, which turns off notifications yet leaves the phone ringer on for incoming calls…Just in case of an emergency call. When I turn on Bedside, it also turns on Shush, an app that quiets the ringer for a selectable period of time. Seems like a conflict here. I love Bedside AND Shush. But they don’t seem to play well.

     Thanks!

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2. navdoc1110 says:

   February 5, 2010 at 8:20 pm

   use this with app alarm pro and you can stream pandora to the alarm to wake you up…i use this nightly and love it……..would like to see the weather included in future updates…like to know when its cold after waking up.

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   • velazcod says:

     February 5, 2010 at 9:26 pm

     Yes! I’m working on this for version 3.1, it was supposed to show up for 3.0 but I didn’t have the time, sorry the update to 3.1 has been slow. Thanks!

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3. sign0ff says:

   February 17, 2010 at 10:26 am

   Hi, i need to thank velazcod for this app, no really life saver, does every mo fo thing you can imagine and it works.. 4 free too.. thank you for developing this.
   I will write a more extensive request list in the future i have used it for 4 days and kinda has it all
   

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4. Myron Gilbert says:

   October 31, 2010 at 1:44 pm

   I purchased bedside as it showed that can be used in portrait. I have a Inc 2.2 & it goes to landscape which I don’t like. Is there a way to set a preference (I couldn’t find one).

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