It seems that the software geniuses at Apple are challenged by the software to manage a basic alarm clock. Over New Year Jobs' Mob flagship toy seemed to suffer a New Year hangover.
According to multiple users who have been moaning through Twitter, on New Year 2011 the iPhone alarm clock didn't work properly.
While some would say this is fair enough given that no one functions particularly well on New Year's Day, given that Jobs touts his software as the best in the universe and that only "other software" users suffer from bugs, we don't feel that we should give him any leeway.
Particularly since this is the second time his programmers have been unable to master something as basic as an alarm clock.
Last year Apple's iPhone had a similar bug when daylight savings time kicked in. However after New Year's 2011 iPhone alarm clock bug just refused to do recurring alarms.
Those who set their alarm to wake up this morning using iPhone's built-in alarm clock application will find it will not go. Apparently to avoid the problem you need to set a recurring alarm by tapping repeat to select the days you want the alarm to go off on.
The bug applies to iOS 4.2.1 only or if it affects past system versions too. Testers at the appropriately named Nine to Five Machave noticed that the problem fixes itself today we don't know if that will be too late for those who have to get up early to deal with Network South East on their first day at work. Fortunately for them, today is a Bank Holiday so most will struggle in tomorrow.
Guys I aint gona complain too much, we still have the best phone in the world by farr
A $300 phone whose alarm stops working on random days?
I have to set a recurring alarm to get my non-recurring alarms to work?
There is *no* excuse for this kind of bug in modern software.
And January 3 didn't magically fix it, as Jobs claimed. And I couldn't find anything on apple's website about it. (classic denial that they ever do anything wrong).
And while I'm on my soapbox... Apple - For the sake of your reputation, please do the following:
1. Large link on your home page admitting the problem, and an explanation of why it happened and when the software will be fixed (Do I have to assume this is going to happen again next year? What about March 1? March 1, 2012? -- for those of you wondering about march 1, think leap year. What about daylight savings time this spring?)
2. STOP trying to install random software bits when you check for an iphone / itunes update. I don't want Safari. I don't want Mobile Me. Stop acting like Microsoft and assuming I want the rest of your bloatware (itunes is 136 MB - seriously? it takes 136MB worth of executable to play music and rip CD's? Microsoft Media player is under 25MB and I always thought Microsfot was the king of bloatware). Offer the other items as something I could choose to install, but STOP DEFAULTING IT TO INSTALL MORE SOFTWARE I DON'T WANT AND HAVE REPEATEDLY UNCHECKED!
Anyway my two cents worth to fix this problem is to download a Free alarm clock apps from theApple store and call it good!!