Big Ben squeezes into your iPhone
Sesquicentennial second hand
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Big Ben celebrates its 150th anniversary this year, and you can now equip your iPhone or iPod touch with a free clock app in commemoration of the big fella's sesquicentennial.
Unfortunately, Big Ben (iTunes link) the iPhone app is decidedly less impressive than Big Ben, the Great Bell in the Great Clock in the equally great Clock Tower of the Palace of Westminster.
That second hand is an iPhone-only upgrade to the actual Great Clock
The app - like the tower - tells time. And that's about it. You can, however, tap the info icon in the lower right-hand corner to display a dialog that invites you to toggle a tick-tock sound, an hourly chime, and the display of a seconds hand - which the app helpfully tells you is not present on the real Great Clock.
The marketing blurb for the app sums up Big Ben's value quite succinctly: "Pointless? Maybe. Decorative? Certainly. Does it fart on the hour? Most definitely not, sorry." ®
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COMMENTS
@John Woods
But, this animation's better than a piccie! Kudos to the team that created this.
http://www.bigben.parliament.uk/asset_arena/flash/07/great_clock_build_07.swf
The Great Clock is an amazing feat of engineering, as I'm sure folks will agree.
You are all wrong
Big Ben is the bell inside the clock.
And the second hand was originally included on the clock tower, but was broken off by Jackie Chan during one of his time-travelling adventures.
Paris, because I want to stick my big ben inside her.
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