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johnel 2010-11-01 13:45
Apple Alarm Fail
 
I had a good chuckle this morning. I know people are having a few problems with PR1.3 and there are a few bugs outstanding in the n900 but it could be a lot worse:

Link to article (Daily Mail): Alarm Glitch.

My favourite quote
Quote:
'Daddy, do you remember where you were during the great iPhone alarm calamity of 2010?' 'No son, I was asleep'

JonWW 2010-11-01 13:58
Re: Apple Alarm Fail
 
Easy to laugh, but the N97 did this without the clocks changing. The alarm would go off at a random time after it should have.

sjgadsby 2010-11-01 14:07
Re: Apple Alarm Fail
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by the Daily Mail article
A spokesman for Apple was unavailable to comment.
Because they all overslept.

(Ba-dum, ching!)

johnel 2010-11-01 14:10
Re: Apple Alarm Fail
 
Considering the iPhone is a "flagship" product and aimed at "affluent" professionals I would of thought Apple would try harder.

Maybe they are "not using it right".

Didn't the n900 used to have an alarm bug? The alarm would trigger but would not produce any sound?

JonWW 2010-11-01 14:15
Re: Apple Alarm Fail
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by johnel (Post 859655)
Didn't the n900 used to have an alarm bug? The alarm would trigger but would not produce any sound?
Indeed it did and also if you were realy quick you could canel it before it sounded and then you couldn't stop it from sounding, happened to me a few times.

gerbick 2010-11-01 14:18
Re: Apple Alarm Fail
 
Meh. If I could count up the amount of products I've had over the years that have had clock probs, I'd probably run out of patience. The worst one (to me) was when the Zune's went dead over a clock issue. I lost music for a day...

I get the whole "point a finger" at the competition when they fail; however I tend to do that kind of stuff once my own yard is in great shape first.

sjgadsby 2010-11-01 14:22
Re: Apple Alarm Fail
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by gerbick (Post 859669)
I get the whole "point a finger" at the competition when they fail; however I tend to do that kind of stuff once my own yard is in great shape first.
I'd make that same joke about Nokia or any company.

Rauha 2010-11-01 14:24
Re: Apple Alarm Fail
 
Threadworthy? Must be slow gadget news day.

gerbick 2010-11-01 14:26
Re: Apple Alarm Fail
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by sjgadsby (Post 859681)
I'd make that same joke about Nokia or any company.
No disrespect; however I truly doubt this statement.

Sad thing though... you'd think we'd know how to program a proper clock by now.

sjgadsby 2010-11-01 14:54
Re: Apple Alarm Fail
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by gerbick (Post 859690)
No disrespect; however I truly doubt this statement.
I do believe you may suffer nearly as many blind spots as you accuse others of laboring under. A year ago, one of my jokes here at Nokia's expense was even realized in bright orange T-shirt form.

Quote:
Sad thing though... you'd think we'd know how to program a proper clock by now.
I have a simple AM/FM clock radio at home and carry an ever more basic alarm clock when traveling. Phones tend to fall prey to trying to help too much with time zone and daylight saving time change issues. For something as simple but important as waking up in the morning, I prefer the predictability of a stupid device over one that tries to be smart.


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