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How every smartphone platform gets the alarm clock wrong

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Re: How every smartphone platform gets the alarm clock wrong

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What annoys me most is hitting snooze by mistake, you then have to open the clock app to toggle it off and on. Otherwise you alarm goes off while you are in the shower, resulting in angry wife!

related to this, if you have a daily alarm and wake up 2 minutes before it, you have to remember to toggle it off before getting in the shower. Anyone know an app to get around this problem (like a "skip today" button) ?

Re: How every smartphone platform gets the alarm clock wrong

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iOS gets this really wrong. More than once I've accidentally swiped it to 'off' in an effort to hit the snooze button, then slumbered on for an hour. And then there's the fact that to disable the alarm during a snooze period, you have to go into the clock app and manually switch it off, which is a pain. And don't get me started on the pointless complexity of the 'Which days would you like this alarm on' feature - the…

Android user here, but I like the "select active days" option. I'm able to set a standing alarm for 6:30 on weekdays without having to turn it on/off for the weekends. If I want a one off alarm I use voice commands and a little popup gives me a sanity check "7 hours, 8 minutes from now"

Re: How every smartphone platform gets the alarm clock wrong

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post #21
post #3

What annoys me most is hitting snooze by mistake, you then have to open the clock app to toggle it off and on. Otherwise you alarm goes off while you are in the shower, resulting in angry wife!

related to this, if you have a daily alarm and wake up 2 minutes before it, you have to remember to toggle it off before getting in the shower. Anyone know an app to get around this problem (like a "skip today" button) ?

I got up one mintue before mine today, sat there waiting like a lemon for it to go off.

Re: How every smartphone platform gets the alarm clock wrong

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post #21
post #3

What annoys me most is hitting snooze by mistake, you then have to open the clock app to toggle it off and on. Otherwise you alarm goes off while you are in the shower, resulting in angry wife!

related to this, if you have a daily alarm and wake up 2 minutes before it, you have to remember to toggle it off before getting in the shower. Anyone know an app to get around this problem (like a "skip today" button) ?

Android (at least the Nexus 7) has a 'dismiss now' notification option. Very handy.

Re: How every smartphone platform gets the alarm clock wrong

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post #3

What annoys me most is hitting snooze by mistake, you then have to open the clock app to toggle it off and on. Otherwise you alarm goes off while you are in the shower, resulting in angry wife!

You leave my shower alone!

Your right, fixed :p

p.s. This one was intentional.

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