Apple gets behind the time with iPhone

On 3/14/2011 2:59 PM, Hachiroku ハチ�*ク wrote:
> Hey, Oxford. Please! Keep telling us how Apple is the greatest thing
> going!
>
> Apple iPhone and iPod touch users are reporting all kinds of erratic
> behavior with the clock application — on AT&T and Verizon alike — with
> some alarms going off early, others late, and plenty of others working
> perfectly.
>
> Users of Apple's iPhone fired complaints all over the Internet Sunday when
> their phones did not properly "spring forward" one hour to daylight
> savings time that went into effect overnight Saturday.
>
> One user complained of missing church, another of almost missing yoga. One
> called her iPhone stupid and several just asked for help.
>
> This has not been the first clock problem for the Apple iPhone. Yahoo News
> reports a clock glitch prevented alarms from sounding on New Year's Day,
> causing slumbering revelers to oversleep.
>
> And back in November, venturebeat.com reported the alarm clock application
> of iPhone users in Europe and the U.S experienced a bug related to
> Daylight Savings Time.
>
> At the time, European iPhone owners were reporting that their alarms were
> going off one hour late. And some users in the US reported alarms going
> off an hour early.
>
> Users in Australia and New Zealand first reported the issue when they
> switched over to Daylight Savings Time. Apple had mentioned that a fix was
> on the way, but one didn’t arrive in time to avoid problems.
>
>

I wonder how many people lost their jobs due to this ****up
by Apple.

John

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In article <[email protected]>,
John Slade <[email protected]> wrote:

> On 3/14/2011 2:59 PM, Hachiroku �n�`���N wrote:
> > Hey, Oxford. Please! Keep telling us how Apple is the greatest thing
> > going!
> >
> > Apple iPhone and iPod touch users are reporting all kinds of erratic
> > behavior with the clock application �\ on AT&T and Verizon alike �\ with
> > some alarms going off early, others late, and plenty of others working
> > perfectly.
> >
> > Users of Apple's iPhone fired complaints all over the Internet Sunday when
> > their phones did not properly "spring forward" one hour to daylight
> > savings time that went into effect overnight Saturday.
> >
> > One user complained of missing church, another of almost missing yoga. One
> > called her iPhone stupid and several just asked for help.
> >
> > This has not been the first clock problem for the Apple iPhone. Yahoo News
> > reports a clock glitch prevented alarms from sounding on New Year's Day,
> > causing slumbering revelers to oversleep.
> >
> > And back in November, venturebeat.com reported the alarm clock application
> > of iPhone users in Europe and the U.S experienced a bug related to
> > Daylight Savings Time.
> >
> > At the time, European iPhone owners were reporting that their alarms were
> > going off one hour late. And some users in the US reported alarms going
> > off an hour early.
> >
> > Users in Australia and New Zealand first reported the issue when they
> > switched over to Daylight Savings Time. Apple had mentioned that a fix was
> > on the way, but one didn�ft arrive in time to avoid problems.
> >
> >
>
> I wonder how many people lost their jobs due to this ****up
> by Apple.
>
> John

What ****up? For the overwhelming majority of iPhone owners, there is no problem.

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On Tue, 15 Mar 2011 04:54:17 -0500, tlvp wrote:

> On Mon, 14 Mar 2011 16:59:39 -0500, Hachiroku ハチ�*ク
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Hey, Oxford. Please! Keep telling us how Apple is the greatest thing
>> going!
>>
>> Apple iPhone and iPod touch users are reporting all kinds of erratic
>> behavior with the clock application — on AT&T and Verizon alike —
>> with some alarms going off early, others late, and plenty of others
>> working perfectly.
>>
>> Users of Apple's iPhone fired complaints all over the Internet Sunday
>> when their phones did not properly "spring forward" one hour to daylight
>> savings time that went into effect overnight Saturday.
>>
>> One user complained of missing church, another of almost missing yoga.
>> One called her iPhone stupid and several just asked for help.
>>
>> This has not been the first clock problem for the Apple iPhone. Yahoo
>> News reports a clock glitch prevented alarms from sounding on New Year's
>> Day, causing slumbering revelers to oversleep.
>>
>> And back in November, venturebeat.com reported the alarm clock
>> application of iPhone users in Europe and the U.S experienced a bug
>> related to Daylight Savings Time.
>>
>> At the time, European iPhone owners were reporting that their alarms
>> were going off one hour late. And some users in the US reported alarms
>> going off an hour early.
>>
>> Users in Australia and New Zealand first reported the issue when they
>> switched over to Daylight Savings Time. Apple had mentioned that a fix
>> was on the way, but one didn’t arrive in time to avoid problems.
>
> Heh-heh, 8-6, once again (of course) it's Apple in the lead: *they* know
> what the *true* DST/non-DST changeover dates should be, and so their
> phones are programmed to implement *those* dates -- it's up to the rest of
> the world now to catch up to Apple's wisdom :-) .
>
> All clear, now? Cheers, -- tlvp :-)


Well, the *true* changover dates have been changed in the US. So does that
mean on the *true* changeover dates, iPhone users are going to have
*another* problem?

You mean to tell me the Great Minds at Apple can't configure the things to
change over according to local standards? That's really the bottom
line...Apple's fallibility comes into play, when so many say their
products are infallible...

Jolly Roger wrote on [Tue, 15 Mar 2011 18:56:04 -0500]:
> In article <[email protected]>,
> John Slade <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> On 3/14/2011 2:59 PM, Hachiroku ÉnÉ`ÉçÉN wrote:
>> > Hey, Oxford. Please! Keep telling us how Apple is the greatest thing
>> > going!
>> >
>> > Apple iPhone and iPod touch users are reporting all kinds of erratic
>> > behavior with the clock application Å\ on AT&T and Verizon alike Å\ with
>> > some alarms going off early, others late, and plenty of others working
>> > perfectly.
>> >
>> > Users of Apple's iPhone fired complaints all over the Internet Sunday when
>> > their phones did not properly "spring forward" one hour to daylight
>> > savings time that went into effect overnight Saturday.
>> >
>> > One user complained of missing church, another of almost missing yoga. One
>> > called her iPhone stupid and several just asked for help.
>> >
>> > This has not been the first clock problem for the Apple iPhone. Yahoo News
>> > reports a clock glitch prevented alarms from sounding on New Year's Day,
>> > causing slumbering revelers to oversleep.
>> >
>> > And back in November, venturebeat.com reported the alarm clock application
>> > of iPhone users in Europe and the U.S experienced a bug related to
>> > Daylight Savings Time.
>> >
>> > At the time, European iPhone owners were reporting that their alarms were
>> > going off one hour late. And some users in the US reported alarms going
>> > off an hour early.
>> >
>> > Users in Australia and New Zealand first reported the issue when they
>> > switched over to Daylight Savings Time. Apple had mentioned that a fix was
>> > on the way, but one didnÅft arrive in time to avoid problems.
>> >
>> >
>>
>> I wonder how many people lost their jobs due to this ****up
>> by Apple.
>>
>> John
>
> What ****up? For the overwhelming majority of iPhone owners, there is no problem.

For the overwhelming number of time changes iPhones have failed to work
correctly

On Tue, 15 Mar 2011 19:56:36 -0400, Hachiroku ハチ�*ク <[email protected]> wrote:

> ...
> Well, the *true* changover dates have been changed in the US. So does that
> mean on the *true* changeover dates, iPhone users are going to have
> *another* problem?
>
> You mean to tell me the Great Minds at Apple can't configure the things to
> change over according to local standards? That's really the bottom
> line...Apple's fallibility comes into play, when so many say their
> products are infallible...

Not at all -- I meant that what "the Great Minds at Apple can't configure"
is the world's tendency to adopt a whole lot of conflicting local standards
for ST/DST changes, instead of bowing to Apple's superior wisdom in that
regard :-) .

'Zat make things clearer? Cheers, -- tlvp :-)
--
Avant de repondre, jeter la poubelle, SVP

In article <[email protected]>, John Slade
<[email protected]> wrote:

> I wonder how many people lost their jobs due to this ****up
> by Apple.

one person the last time this happened.

On Tue, 15 Mar 2011 23:30:15 -0400, tlvp wrote:

> On Tue, 15 Mar 2011 19:56:36 -0400, Hachiroku ハチ�*ク
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> ...
>> Well, the *true* changover dates have been changed in the US. So does
>> that mean on the *true* changeover dates, iPhone users are going to have
>> *another* problem?
>>
>> You mean to tell me the Great Minds at Apple can't configure the things
>> to change over according to local standards? That's really the bottom
>> line...Apple's fallibility comes into play, when so many say their
>> products are infallible...
>
> Not at all -- I meant that what "the Great Minds at Apple can't configure"
> is the world's tendency to adopt a whole lot of conflicting local
> standards for ST/DST changes, instead of bowing to Apple's superior wisdom
> in that regard :-) .
>
> 'Zat make things clearer? Cheers, -- tlvp :-)


(Just between you and me, I have absolutely nothing against Apple
products. We just get a fanboi who tells us Apples are the GREATEST thing
on the planet, nay, the UNIVERSE, and everything else pales in comparison.
They are INFALLIBLE!!! )

On Wed, 16 Mar 2011 00:52:41 -0400, Hachiroku ハチ�*ク <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Tue, 15 Mar 2011 23:30:15 -0400, tlvp wrote:
>
>> 'Zat make things clearer? Cheers, -- tlvp :-)
>
> (Just between you and me, I have absolutely nothing against Apple
> products. We just get a fanboi who tells us Apples are the GREATEST thing
> on the planet, nay, the UNIVERSE, and everything else pales in comparison.
> They are INFALLIBLE!!! )

:-) . Cheers, -- tlvp
--
Avant de repondre, jeter la poubelle, SVP

"Justin" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Jolly Roger wrote on [Tue, 15 Mar 2011 18:56:04 -0500]:
>> In article <[email protected]>,
>> John Slade <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> On 3/14/2011 2:59 PM, Hachiroku �n�`���N wrote:
>>> > Hey, Oxford. Please! Keep telling us how Apple is the greatest thing
>>> > going!
>>> >
>>> > Apple iPhone and iPod touch users are reporting all kinds of erratic
>>> > behavior with the clock application �\ on AT&T and Verizon alike �\
>>> > with
>>> > some alarms going off early, others late, and plenty of others working
>>> > perfectly.
>>> >
>>> > Users of Apple's iPhone fired complaints all over the Internet Sunday
>>> > when
>>> > their phones did not properly "spring forward" one hour to daylight
>>> > savings time that went into effect overnight Saturday.
>>> >
>>> > One user complained of missing church, another of almost missing yoga.
>>> > One
>>> > called her iPhone stupid and several just asked for help.
>>> >
>>> > This has not been the first clock problem for the Apple iPhone. Yahoo
>>> > News
>>> > reports a clock glitch prevented alarms from sounding on New Year's
>>> > Day,
>>> > causing slumbering revelers to oversleep.
>>> >
>>> > And back in November, venturebeat.com reported the alarm clock
>>> > application
>>> > of iPhone users in Europe and the U.S experienced a bug related to
>>> > Daylight Savings Time.
>>> >
>>> > At the time, European iPhone owners were reporting that their alarms
>>> > were
>>> > going off one hour late. And some users in the US reported alarms
>>> > going
>>> > off an hour early.
>>> >
>>> > Users in Australia and New Zealand first reported the issue when they
>>> > switched over to Daylight Savings Time. Apple had mentioned that a fix
>>> > was
>>> > on the way, but one didn�ft arrive in time to avoid problems.
>>> >
>>> >
>>>
>>> I wonder how many people lost their jobs due to this ****up
>>> by Apple.
>>>
>>> John
>>
>> What ****up? For the overwhelming majority of iPhone owners, there is no
>> problem.
>
> For the overwhelming number of time changes iPhones have failed to work
> correctly

Doubtful at best