Seasons – For the iPhone http://www.seasonsapp.com Eat fresher Mon, 04 Apr 2011 15:09:07 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 Seasons 3.1 released http://www.seasonsapp.com/2011/01/seasons-3-1-released/ http://www.seasonsapp.com/2011/01/seasons-3-1-released/#comments Sun, 16 Jan 2011 21:03:50 +0000 admin http://www.seasonsapp.com/?p=289 The latest version of Seasons has just been released and brings some further  improvements as well as some bugfixes the our latest major release of Seasons.

]]> http://www.seasonsapp.com/2011/01/seasons-3-1-released/feed/ 0 Seasons 3 released http://www.seasonsapp.com/2010/12/seasons-3-released/ http://www.seasonsapp.com/2010/12/seasons-3-released/#comments Fri, 24 Dec 2010 09:20:20 +0000 saskia http://www.seasonsapp.com/?p=228 We’re proud to announce that your latest version of Seasons is out! Celebrate with us the 2nd birthday of Seasons with new features:

  • Support for Retina display
  • Seasonal data for Australia
  • Australian farmers’ markets
  • Improved farmers’ market data in US
  • All content localised to Spanish
  • 43 new product entries

Full press release

We all make choices about our food every day – whether shopping in the supermarket or whilst looking at the menu in a restaurant. Nowadays, we expect all types of fruit and vegetables to be available to us all year round, but this is not how nature intended it! If we eat according to the seasons, we will always have plenty of variety on our plates.

The iPhone application Seasons helps you to select produce which is in season where you are. With Seasons 3.1, the application for iPhone enters its third year, and now includes data for Australia and an improved search of farmers’ markets.

The comprehensive Seasons databank contains 214 entries across the categories of fruit, vegetables, salad leaves, herbs, mushrooms and nuts, and its well-arranged graphical format makes it easy to navigate quickly. Each individual entry includes a photo, details of domestic cultivation and import seasons, and a short text of background information for those who want to learn more.

Do you know if a particular fruit is currently at the peak of its season with farmers around the corner? Or perhaps it is harvest season on the other hemisphere of our planet? Finding out the origin of each product determines whether it has come straight from the farm or the greenhouse, or whether it has already been stored for months and transported to your area. Purchasing by the season helps you support local growers and producers, and provide fresher food for you and your family.

Using Seasons not only enables you to make informed decisions about what produce to purchase, it also raises your environmental awareness by re-establishing the link with nature. You can simply browse through the listings, view by month, or use the integrated search function.

To help you shop for seasonal produce in your local area, Seasons provides a map-based search of farmers’ markets near you. For this, the application uses external data from the Australian Farmers Market Association, Local Food Advisor, the US Department of Agriculture and Qype.

iPhone users can find the application in the category “Lifestyle” or using the search “Seasons”.

http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=300214071&mt=8

Features

  • Seasons data for fruits, vegetables, lettuces, herbs, fungi and nuts
  • 214 entries, each with photo, short description and season data
  • Support for US, Canada, United Kingdom, Australia, Western and Central Europe
  • Includes local seasons as well as import seasons
  • Detail view for each entry with all the information and season sequence
  • Overview of fruits with current season
  • Monthly overview
  • Category overview
  • Search
  • Find nearby farmers markets (we use data from Local Food Advisor, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Australian Farmers’ Markets Association and Qype for best coverage)

Website

http://www.seasonsapp.com/

Screenshots at Flickr

http://www.flickr.com/photos/98839186@N00/sets/72157625838551998/

Embed code for Flickr slideshow
<iframe align="center" src="http://www.flickr.com/slideShow/index.gne?group_id=&user_id=98839186@N00&set_id=72157625838551998&tags=iphone,seasons,food,lifestyle" frameBorder="0" width="500" height="500" scrolling="no"></iframe>

Contact

Christian Klotz / Saskia Schmidt

info@seasonsapp.com

About What Is It Production Ltd

What Is It Production Ltd was established in 2009 by Christian Klotz and Saskia Schmidt and specialises in the conception and development of interactive applications across different platforms. Special attention is paid to user-friendliness and ergonomics of the resulting products, making them a pleasure to use.

]]> http://www.seasonsapp.com/2010/12/seasons-3-released/feed/ 3 How to: change region setting in 2.0 http://www.seasonsapp.com/2010/02/how-to-change-region-setting/ http://www.seasonsapp.com/2010/02/how-to-change-region-setting/#comments Mon, 08 Feb 2010 23:17:39 +0000 admin http://www.seasonsapp.com/?p=166 When you launch Seasons the first time you get asked for your region setting. If you’re running Seasons on an iPhone you probably make use of the GPS positioning.

However, if you travel somewhere else you might find youself in another state or country. If you ever wondered how to change the region setting after the initial setup there is a simple way. Just open your iPhone’s Settings and scroll down to the Seasons entry. Once you select this (1) you will have the chance to change the region setting (2) again. Apart from the supported regions you can also select the autodetect option which will try to select the correct region using location positioning.

By the way: besides the region you can also select the language you want all entries to be displayed in. This can either be English, German or French.

]]> http://www.seasonsapp.com/2010/02/how-to-change-region-setting/feed/ 0 Seasons 2.0 released http://www.seasonsapp.com/2010/02/seasons-2-0-released/ http://www.seasonsapp.com/2010/02/seasons-2-0-released/#comments Thu, 04 Feb 2010 03:49:42 +0000 admin http://www.seasonsapp.com/?p=130 By the first anniversary of Seasons we finished version 2.0. Besides an overall improved user experience and better performance we introduced a global farmers markets search feature to the app.

For that we are working with external data providers. For the UK and Ireland we chose Local Food Advisor. For users in any other country data is provided by the well know service Qype.

]]> http://www.seasonsapp.com/2010/02/seasons-2-0-released/feed/ 0 Seasons 1.3 released – Now supporting US and France. http://www.seasonsapp.com/2009/06/seasons-13-released-now-supporting-us-and-france/ http://www.seasonsapp.com/2009/06/seasons-13-released-now-supporting-us-and-france/#comments Tue, 23 Jun 2009 11:28:34 +0000 admin http://www.seasonsapp.com/?p=70 New release of version 1.3

Whether being at the supermarket or choosing a menu at a restaurant – we have to decide what to eat every single day. Seasons, an application made for the iPhone, makes it now easier for customers across Northern America and Europe to experience produce all at the very peak of freshness just as nature intended.

Seasons for the iPhone and iPod Touch provides all the information you need to make the right decisions when choosing your food. The database of the application contains 170 entries of fruits, vegetables, lettuce, herbs, mushrooms and nuts.

The recent release expands its support for seasonal data from Central Europe, United Kingdom and Ireland to the United States and France. This includes information about local seasons as well as seasonal imports.

The nice user interface gives a weekly overview of produce currently being in season. It also allows to browse the content by month or category as well as searching by name. In addition to a photo of every single entry there is a detailed seasonal chart as well as a brief description text to get some background information.

The application is listed under category Lifestyle at the iTunes App Store

http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=300214071&mt=8

Features

  • Seasons data for fruits, vegetables, lettuces, herbs, fungi and nuts
  • 170 entries, each with photo, short description and season data
  • Includes local seasons as well as import seasons
  • Detail view for each entry with all the information and season sequence
  • Overview of fruits with current season
  • Monthly overview
  • Category overview
  • Search
  • Auto detect region setting (US, Canada, West and Central Europe, UK/Ireland) using GPS/WLAN

Link to website

http://www.seasonsapp.com/

Screenshots at Flickr

http://www.flickr.com/photos/98839186@N00/sets/72157618483699232/

Embed code for Flickr slideshow
<iframe align="center" src="http://www.flickr.com/slideShow/index.gne?group_id=&user_id=98839186@N00&set_id=72157618483699232&tags=iphone,seasons,food,lifestyle" frameBorder="0" width="500" height="500" scrolling="no"></iframe>

Screencast at Vimeo

http://www.vimeo.com/4754730

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Contact

Christian Klotz / Saskia Schmidt

+44 (0)  7763 846187

info@seasonsapp.com

About Christian Klotz & Saskia Schmidt

Christian Klotz is working in new media and interaction design for more than five years. He recently joined the London based production company Pirata as Creative Technologist. Since 2004 his focus increasingly changed to mobile application design. Since 2008 he is also working on iPhone applications.

Saskia Schmidt is working in animation, interactive media concepts and media production, as well as media education. During the last couple of years she sucessfully put multiple concepts into practice which focus on working with children and youths.

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