Chicon7

Chicon7 Free App

Rated 2.85/5 (20) —  Free Android application by Viafo Inc

About Chicon7

The World Science Fiction Convention is the annual convention for science fiction and fantasy fans from all over the world. This year, the Worldcon will be held in Chicago, from Augst 30 to September 3 2012. This will be the 7th time Chicago has hosted the Worldcon, with the first Chicon happening back in 1940! Chicon has over 800 program talks, panels, presentations and readings with more than 500 participants. Worldcon attendees also become members of the World Science Fiction Society for that year.

This year the Guests of Honor include author Mike Resnick, veteran astronaut Storey Musgrave and artist Rowena Morrill. Best selling author John Scalzi (Old Man's War and Redshirts) will be the Toastmaster.

A special guest is Sy Liebergot, a veteran of the Apollo program who'll be giving a series of talks on Apollo program. A parallel series of programming will be looking ahead at the future of space travel.

The Convention includes the annual Hugo Awards, the premier award for Science Fiction and Fantasy.

In recent years, the Worldcon has typically attracted between 3,000 and 6,000 attending members, coming from countries as diverse as Japan, Israel, Argentina, Brazil, Norway, Finland, Croatia, New Zealand, and Russia. The premier prize in science fiction, the Hugo Awards, are also presented at the Worldcon in a gala ceremony.

This app includes a complete schedule and participant list, updated feeds to ensure up-to-date schedule changes, and the ability to bookmark items. The app also fully integrates with Twitter, tying your convention-going experience with your social networking.

How to Download / Install

Download and install Chicon7 version 1.2 on your Android device!
Downloaded 500+ times, content rating: Not rated
Android package: com.viafo.chicon7, download Chicon7.apk

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App History & Updates

What's Changed
v1.2 : Bug fixes: remote data sync issue, lost favourites troubles.
v1.0 : Initial release
More downloads  Chicon7 reached 500 - 1 000 downloads

What are users saying about Chicon7

Y70%
by Y####:

Good scifi con app

Y70%
by Y####:

Crap

N70%
by N####:

But it seems to be just a web front end. Great if you are the Hyatt and trying get to sell expensive conference wifi day passes but sucks if you are a normal person and you used it to select your sessions and then it fails for lack of internet connection once you are at the con.

H70%
by H####:

If what you want is something that scrolls really slowly, then get this. Otherwise... paper?

K70%
by K####:

More convenient than carrying a program book but soooo slow to scroll. Also needs a scroll bar. Post to Twitter/Facebook feature failed on many tries.

K70%
by K####:

A bit slow but a great effort. Very useful at the con.

F70%
by F####:

It's nice to have the guide in an app and available offline since wifi will probably fail at the show. Performance is a little sluggish on my galaxy s but fine on my s3!

K70%
by K####:

Slow, stalled. Could have done a lot better, missing some features. And designed better. No net coonection at the con also not ideal.

K70%
by K####:

-reskin of the Reno app from last year -still slow, awkward controls: items open when trying to scroll. Needs scroll arrows, bar on the side, SOMETHING -doesn't always remember selections between sessions; keep reselecting items that unselected themselves -no indicator in main listing of which items are already selected, only after opening item -going to a panel desc. from the part. list doesn't show other panelists -flipping between main list and my prog loses day/time +seems to work offline this year.

K70%
by K####:

If you are coming to Chicon, or even if you are just curious, this program is a must have. They have everything, including the site maps. Runs very fast on my tablet running ICS, slower but still reasonable on the older cell phone. Just remember use the back button in the program. The regular back button takes you out of the program.

R70%
by R####:

Usable but very slow. Awkward user interface, does not implement many Android buttons. Really could use ability to go to time as well as day due to slow scrolling.

G70%
by G####:

Great to have all the info. App is hard to find unless you use the link posted on Facebook.

K70%
by K####:

Super laggy on HTC one x.

K70%
by K####:

Not very responsive on my Incredible 2 - I'll stick with paper at this rate.

K70%
by K####:

Always just get this error: The connection to the server was unsuccessful. (file:///android_asset/www/Index.html)

Q70%
by Q####:

Also get the file not found error detailed in another review. Reinstall didn't help.

U70%
by U####:

Dissapponted Slow, stalled. Could have done a lot better, missing some features. And designed better. No net coonection at the con also not ideal.

Q70%
by Q####:

Crap

O70%
by O####:

Well done A bit slow but a great effort. Very useful at the con.

Q70%
by Q####:

More convenient than carrying a program book but soooo slow to scroll. Also needs a scroll bar. Post to Twitter/Facebook feature failed on many tries.

F70%
by F####:

Seemed really great But it seems to be just a web front end. Great if you are the Hyatt and trying get to sell expensive conference wifi day passes but sucks if you are a normal person and you used it to select your sessions and then it fails for lack of internet connection once you are at the con.

Q70%
by Q####:

Won't run Also get the file not found error detailed in another review. Reinstall didn't help.

K70%
by K####:

unusably slow If what you want is something that scrolls really slowly, then get this. Otherwise... paper?

Q70%
by Q####:

Lags Super laggy on HTC one x.

Q70%
by Q####:

Not working on my phone Always just get this error: The connection to the server was unsuccessful. (file:///android_asset/www/Index.html)

E70%
by E####:

A year later, not much better -reskin of the Reno app from last year -still slow, awkward controls: items open when trying to scroll. Needs scroll arrows, bar on the side, SOMETHING -doesn't always remember selections between sessions; keep reselecting items that unselected themselves -no indicator in main listing of which items are already selected, only after opening item -going to a panel desc. from the part. list doesn't show other panelists -flipping between main list and my prog loses day/time +seems to work offline this year.


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