A small problem in the Apple iPhone has made its integrated alarm clock goes away, leaving many people sleeping in the first two days of the new year.
angry bloggers and tweeters complained that they were late for work, and were in danger of losing planes and trains.
Apple has acknowledged the problem and says it will be fixed by Jan. 3.
The cause was not given, but the glitch seems to affect the separate alarm settings on iPhone models 4 and earlier with software updates.
A similar problem affected the iPhone alarm when the clocks are returned in November, causing many new users to be late for work or for transportation.
"We are aware of a problem for non-repeating alarms set for January 1 or two," Apple spokeswoman Natalie Harrison said in a statement quoted by Macworld.
"Customers can set a recurrent alarm for those dates, and all the alarms are working properly Jan. 3"
The problem is embarrassing for Apple, not only because of earlier problems came to light when the clocks changed, but because the company prides itself on the ease of use of its products.
This seems to be another simple mistake, but I can not afford to have too many before his reputation tarnished.
Apple has not managed to patch the problem last time - it's the same alarm errors have been reported worldwide, when the clocks are changed in different regions, our reporter says.
Apple should have learned from this example and I saw it coming, "he added. According to the company, the issue will be resolved on 3 January, but two days late for many people.
More than 1.7 million people worldwide had purchased four iPhones in June 2010 which was the launch of the company produces more successful.
angry bloggers and tweeters complained that they were late for work, and were in danger of losing planes and trains.
Apple has acknowledged the problem and says it will be fixed by Jan. 3.
The cause was not given, but the glitch seems to affect the separate alarm settings on iPhone models 4 and earlier with software updates.
A similar problem affected the iPhone alarm when the clocks are returned in November, causing many new users to be late for work or for transportation.
"We are aware of a problem for non-repeating alarms set for January 1 or two," Apple spokeswoman Natalie Harrison said in a statement quoted by Macworld.
"Customers can set a recurrent alarm for those dates, and all the alarms are working properly Jan. 3"
The problem is embarrassing for Apple, not only because of earlier problems came to light when the clocks changed, but because the company prides itself on the ease of use of its products.
This seems to be another simple mistake, but I can not afford to have too many before his reputation tarnished.
Apple has not managed to patch the problem last time - it's the same alarm errors have been reported worldwide, when the clocks are changed in different regions, our reporter says.
Apple should have learned from this example and I saw it coming, "he added. According to the company, the issue will be resolved on 3 January, but two days late for many people.
More than 1.7 million people worldwide had purchased four iPhones in June 2010 which was the launch of the company produces more successful.

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