Calendar alerts/alarms

[lumax]

Hi,

I am new to the I-phone (3-g) and I have to say that the calendar function could be better. On my old phone I would get a loud alarm at the time of an event and the alarm would sound for 1 minute. With the I-phone you get 2 short chirps that can be drowned out by a pin drop. I have done some research on this topic and it appears that Apple might be working on this issue by either improving the alerts or by allowing application creators to the operating codes so that the apps. can also have better alarms.
Does anyone know when Apple might be improving on the calendar alarms or releasing the codes for app creators?
Are there any apps that have better calendar alarms? I have Pocket Informant.

thanks

[Terry M.]

Did you try some different alarm sounds? I've got a calendar alarm that is stock and makes people turn their head when it goes off. I'll post back in a minute with which one it is.

[lionqueen]

I'm not really thrilled with the Calendar either. On my old phone I could set as many alerts as I wanted, and could set it for any day or time, like tuesday at 3:31 pm, five weeks from now. It's one of the few things I miss about my old phone (that and being able to use custom tones for my SMS tones, instead of pick one of five or so that Apple things I should use).

There's a few things I dislike about the iPhone, definitely. Luckily, the good stuff about it does make up for the bad. I do hope they improve the Calendar app though - honestly I find it a bit half-assed.

[eye-Fone]

I don't like the fact that I cannot snooze a calendar appointment reminder. That really blows. Windows Mobile has this--does Android or the Pre have this feature?

I know I can set two alerts for one appointment, but that's not the same as snoozing.

[MrMike6by9]

I don't like the fact that I cannot snooze a calendar appointment reminder. That really blows. Windows Mobile has this--does Android or the Pre have this feature?

I know I can set two alerts for one appointment, but that's not the same as snoozing.I've found that I prefer the options I have Google calendar and miss the auto profile switching I had with my Q9h, i.e. the phone would switch to vibrate for appointments tagged as "busy".

[lumax]

Terry,

The only calendar alert I could find is under "sounds", "calendar alerts", and the only option there is ON or OFF.

[styfle]

I want a snooze for calendar alerts. I really like the calendar but there is much to be desired as stated above.

[MileHighRob]

I, too, would love a snooze option on calandar event reminders.

[rick and stuff]

In addition to the above, I hate that the iPhone calendar only gives you pre-determined alert time options (i.e. 5 min, 15 min, 30 min, 1 hr, 2 hr, 1 day, 2 days)... no custom alert times.

[garykirsten63]

Terry,

The only calendar alert I could find is under "sounds", "calendar alerts", and the only option there is ON or OFF.

Such a nice tip. I was facing from same problem. Now I have fixed it using the procedure you said. so much thank you for sharing.

[MrMike6by9]

I, too, would love a snooze option on calandar event reminders.
My mothballed Q9h could do that too, ratz! Oh well, I still prefer having the iPhone which has become a constant companion.

[ERA818]

Can I set a default alert time? (I am a Blackberry defector, there you can set an alert for 15 minutes, or anything else you want. (1) The iPhone has a set menu of choices; but (2) more importantly I want to set the default alert so that I don't forget to do it before I save the appointment!
I am a newcomer, please excuse me if this duplicates a previous discussion. I could lnot find it by searching. I must say the iPhone is a treat comparedc to my discarded Blackberry.

[eye-Fone]

Unfortunately (as of this writing), there is no way to set a default reminder time on the stock iPhone.

[MrMike6by9]

You can set various alert/reminder times in Google calendar which I use; any number of minutes up to 4 weeks. These can be emails, on screens messages, or come to your phone as a SMS text but sadly no snooze there either. Oh well.

YMMV