iPhone Alarm Bug Leads To Mass European Sleep-in

Posted by CmdrTaco on Monday November 1, 2010 @02:05AM from the yeah-it-was-my-phone dept.

nk497 writes "A flaw in the alarm clock in iPhone 4s gave Europeans a bit of a lie-in this morning. While the Apple handsets automatically adjusted to daylight savings time, a bug in the alarm system meant many were woken up an hour later than they should have been, after clocks rolled back over the weekend. Annoyingly, Australia was hit by a similar problem last month, but Apple failed to fix the problem or even warn users. American Apple fans, consider yourselves warned. The iOS4 bug can apparently be avoided by using one-off alarms, rather than pre-set regular wake-up calls."

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Re:Real bug: changing the time by Aqualung812 · 2010-11-01 02:43 · Score: 5, Informative

Daylight savings saves (hence the name) billions every year in electricity costs."
Incorrect, DST causes more electricity to be used. It is bad for the economy and the environment. Hint: Air Conditioning uses more power than lights.

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