The iPhone is pretty advanced technology, all thing considered, so it’s surprising when things don’t work on it.  Especially when it comes to simple things like, says, the alarm clock.  iPhone users last had alarm clock problems when daylight savings time ended a few months ago; those that depended on their iPhone alarm ended up oversleeping.  The same thing happened this weekend.  An Apple iPhone alarm glitch left users oversleeping on the first two days of the new year.

Weirdly enough, the glitch only affected one-time alarm settings, not recurring alarms.  Recurring alarms worked just fine.  Apple says that “customers can set recurring alarms for those dates and all alarms will work properly beginning January 3.”  Too little, too late.

Even worse, the glitch affected the newest version of the iPhone, the iPhone 4G, and the most recent versions of iPhone software.  If you updated your iPhone and needed to get up this weekend for something, then you probably overslept.  Then again, if you have to get up for something, I recommend multiple alarm clocks, not just technological ones.

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