Tag archive: alarm

If too much New Years revelry weren’t enough to foil thousands of morning plans this weekend, a bug with the iPhone did the trick. Mirroring November’s European daylight savings time hiccup, a known glitch in iOS caused phones with one-time alarms set for January 1 and 2 to fizzle, leaving iPhone users oversleeping throughout the country. Engadget forewarned of the bug on New Years Eve, but Apple failed to respond with a patch in time and alarms… Read More

Mobile phones are used almost as frequently for their clocks as they are for their communication abilities.  Most phones these days automatically adjust for changes in time zones and for daylight savings. Reliance on that auto-updating feature led to instances of tardiness across Europe today as some countries adjusted national clocks for daylight saving time. The glitch responsible is present in iOS 4.1  and reportedly only affects recurring… Read More

Until somebody builds a gun, knife or pepper spray into a cell phone (which we imagine might cause some safety problems), Samsung’s W7100 is the next best thing to thwart evildoers. The new handset, unveiled today in Korea, sports a 100-decibel alarm and other safety features designed to ward off the riff raff. Just like an old-school personal alarm, the W1700’s cry is activated by pulling a giant ring that hangs off it on a… Read More

NextAlarm, in conjunction with Voixilla, Inc, is preparing a new alarm system for residential and small businesses based entirely on VoIP technology.  NextAlarm's services will be available initially to customers in North America. The system will used Alarm Broadband Network adapters which will report to alarm centers.  For rates beginning at $8.95 a month, the service improves on traditional telephone based alarm systems… Read More

Quote from the review: “Overall, I'd have to say that the Tungsten|E is a solid PDA that gives you a good value for your money. The TE really has a lot going for it, for both newbies and people upgrading from older Palms. Of course as the 'middle child', it is missing a few things that some of the other Palm models have. But, if you don't need a Voice Recorder, Universal Connector, LED alarm, Vibrating alarm,… Read More