BerryWeather v1.5 Private Beta Coming Soon With Radar

By Mauricio

Bellshare GmbH has posted some screenshots of an upcoming feature for BerryWeather in their forums.

The BerryWeather v1.5 Private Beta will be released soon, one of the new features being radar. For those that don’t know what weather radar is:

A weather radar, or weather surveillance radar (WSR), is a type of radar used to locate precipitation, calculate its motion, estimate its type (rain, snow, hail, etc.), and forecast its future position and intensity.

No other features have been mentioned yet. If you’re interested in beta testing BerryWeather v1.5 visit the Bellshare forums for more info.

Features from current version:

• NO SUBSCRIPTION!
• Current conditions including “Feels like” temperature, wind, pressure, dew point, humidity.
• 7-day forecast with high/low temperature and precipitation probability
• 24-hour forecast with temperature, precipitation probability, wind and humidity
• Easily switch between 7 different views (Today, Today with Daily Forecast, Today with Hourly Forecast, Full Daily Forecast, Full Hourly Forecast, Compact Daily Forecast, Compact Hourly Forecast)
• Weather advisory notifications, SUPPORT FOR CUSTOM LED COLORS VIA BERRYBUZZ
• Customizable homescreen icon with fully customizable temperature and weather advisory badge
• Support for different themes (Widgets, Simple and Simple Dark)
• Customizable background wallpaper
• Customizable font size
• Smooth animations

If you’d like to download the current version of BerryWeather you can get a copy in the store for $9.95, free trial available. Also available in the BlackBerry Rocks! Mobile App Store.