Thursday, March 24, 2011

Locum - Getting Started!

Getting Started. How easy would it be if most things in this world would just behave like you wished they did.


We believe in a very simple minimalistic while effective design.


Following steps will help you create your first location alarm.


1) Click on "Create Alarm"




2) Select your location by clicking on <Click to open maps>




3)  Once you open maps, you can select your location using two options,
    a) use long press on any location on the map and you will get a marker, click on it to select
    b) search for a location, in our example - target atlanta and click search




4) Now click on one of the markers to select. On click, you will get a confirmation box like the following.




5) Once you confirm, you can go fill in other information about the location alarm. These include, 
Start date - From when should the alarm be active?
End date - From should the alarm be inactive?
Reminder - What message string should you get during notification?
Ringtone - Select one of your many phone ringtones.
Active - Activate or deactivate this alarm. If you set an alarm as inactive, it will not be considered in the list of alarms to be notified.


Click Save and you are done!




6) After you add multiple alarms, your home screen should look something like this.




You can click on one of the filled stars to deactivate an alarm. On clicking the star next to the location alarm - Sports Basement, it sets it as inactive and you will see it showing as an empty star.




7) Now, go about doing your work and if you are ever around any of your location alarms, you will get a notification on your phone.




As simple as that! 


Watch out for more posts which will explain the settings page and its contents.



The Locum Team


Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Hello Location! Hello Locum!

Hello Android! Hello Location! Hello Locum!

After umpteen trips and passes of places we needed to stop or shop for things but forgetting because something important came up, an idea struck and Locum was born.

We, the Locum team wanted to solve a very simple problem in our own life - "Getting the right reminders at the right location". So, we started working on an app. Now, we are happy to share it with you all.


You can find and install Locum at the Android App store on your Android phone. Find Locum on the Android Market by clicking here.

Following posts will educate you to use the app. We would greatly appreciate that you give us your feedback and help us better this app. 

Thank you,
The Locum Team
Locum @ Android Market