The iOS 6 update just released today includes a new Clock app for the iPad. For some odd reason, the iPad never had a clock app, which always struck me as odd. Thankfully, that's been rectified with iOS 6 and the new clock app. This video will provide you with preview of what you can expect. You're … [Read more...]
The first time I saw Google Earth was a bit of a wow moment. This was merely for the fact that I was able to interact with the globe as a three dimensional image within a two dimensional space. Sure it had been done before, but for some reason when it’s a globe, it’s all the more … [Read more...]
There are no shortage of docks for the iPhone, a good number of which help double as speaker systems, in addition to charging your iPhone. These are great if you enjoy waking up to music from your iPod or using it as a stereo somewhere in your home. For travelers who need a simple nightstand clock … [Read more...]
Last year iOS had a rather nasty problem where after daylight savings repeating alarms were completely non-functional — and then something similar raised its head on January 3rd, earlier this year. Daylight savings kicks in again bright and early tomorrow morning, and we don't know if either form … [Read more...]
Having just come home from a chaotic New Years weekend, I didn't check my news feeds at all, and crashed hard last night, only to wake up this morning swearing at my iPhone when my 7AM alarm didn't go off. It turns out that 2011 has brought an alarm clock bug to iOS 4.2.1, and any non-recurring … [Read more...]
Apple has added a support document acknowledging the alarm clock daylight savings bug, which has already hit Oceania, Europe and parts of America. Here's Apple's fix: To resolve this behavior for existing alarms, set the repeat interval to Never. You will need to reset these alarms for each day … [Read more...]
We first heard word of the daylight savings time alarm bug with New Zealand and Australia, a bug that Apple promised to fix with iOS 4.1.1. Now Europe has changed their clocks by an hour, and the alarm clock problem is hitting them, too. The problem is that even though the clock adjusts properly … [Read more...]
Users around the world (Australia and NZ specifically) have a major complaint with their iPhones: they don't handle daylight savings properly. While the clock properly jumped ahead, any alarms set to repeat over multiple days didn't adjust, instead going off an hour early. Apple Australia … [Read more...]
