Many of us like to use the iPhone as an alarm clock, but if you’re thinking about setting a one-off alarm to wake you up tomorrow morning (January 2, 2011), don’t do it.
Twitter was abuzz with complaints and comments about the iPhone bug that failed to wake up those who depended on it this morning, so we wanted to be sure you knew about the problem so you wouldn’t make the same mistake when setting your alarm tonight.
There’s a workaround: If you still want to use the iPhone clock as an alarm for tomorrow, set a recurring alarm and it’ll work normally.
The good news? You won’t need to fiddle with this forever, because the iPhone bug will somehow right itself as soon as the calendar changes over to January 3, 2011. Even so, this was a rude awakening for New Year’s Day. Come on Apple, fix this bug.
Meanwhile, might I suggest an alternative alarm clock for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch, Best Alarm Clock, the trusty $.99 app that wasn’t affected by this bug. It lets you choose to wake up to a variety of sounds, iPod music, or my favorite, a single vibration. While I could do without most of its garish colors and accompanying sound effects with each tap of an icon, it has other virtues, such as helpfully displaying a current weather report. I especially like the way you can program different times for each day of the week, great for those of us with flexible schedules:
Don’t like that one? Here are five other choices.
