I was wanting to know if anyone has come across some alarm sofware for WM5 that fits most of this criteria:
1) One hand operation (WHY does the default alarm have acres of blank space and a tiny time selector?)
2) Lightweight (don't want to know the time in China or 15 skinnable clocks - just an alarm). Plus the ability to have a direct shortcut to the alarms setting section!!
3) Ability to turn on the volume before the alarm goes off (alarms no good if I have my phone on silent) **important!!
So hard to find good alarm software for Windows Mobile
Cheers!
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i use pAlarm.
I don't know how you'll get round point 3 though
google for AlarmClock ver. 0.03
google pTravelAlarm
Very good 1 handed operation, just does alarms so it's lightweight, but it's not free.. but worth it...
I'd be using it right now but there's a bug that causes a notification error at every softreset. but other than that, it's perfect.
Apmemo is good and free.
Ptravelalarm is 3MB. ( I saw some reviewer said "this small program ...", how can 3MB alarm software is small?)
cellneuron said:
Apmemo is good and free.
Ptravelalarm is 3MB. ( I saw some reviewer said "this small program ...", how can 3MB alarm software is small?)
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Are you sure the it's not just a 3mb installer? It does come with lots of alarm wavs which are quite large and as for the memory footprint, well, i don't remember since it's not on my device anymore...
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Are you sure the it's not just a 3mb installer? It does come with lots of alarm wavs which are quite large and as for the memory footprint, well, i don't remember since it's not on my device anymore...
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I just installed and checked in my ppc devices. The ptravelalarm.exe itself is 1.9MB.
i am using mort player ,it has good buit in alarm tool with mp3 support.
PPC-DOC
Try googling for PocketWakeup. I think it works really well and will sound the alarm even if your phone is on silent.
Neekos
Hi,
I need an Alarm Manager that can be set to different times, at different days.
Eg. Mondag 0630 and Sunday 0900. Every week.
Any suggestions?
I prefer freeware, but I really need this app so commercial is also an option.
Thanks.
I use snooze
Not the most attractive alarm app but it's free and it works.
Hi. I recently got my E650. It is unlocked fully. I installed the new guava ROM and started looking for an alarm app, since I had not seen the my schedules function of STK. I installed Oxios alarm, Citytime alarm and pocketAlarm. I played around a bit and then uninstalled all these and started using STK as an alarm. Since then I get alarms that I set with one of the other programs but which do not exist anymore since those programs are not on my device anymore. I suppose that these alarms must be in the registry somewhere. Does anyone know where I should look?
Maybe try looking in HKLM\System\Events\ but I don't really know...
bellor said:
Hi. I recently got my E650. It is unlocked fully. I installed the new guava ROM and started looking for an alarm app, since I had not seen the my schedules function of STK. I installed Oxios alarm, Citytime alarm and pocketAlarm. I played around a bit and then uninstalled all these and started using STK as an alarm. Since then I get alarms that I set with one of the other programs but which do not exist anymore since those programs are not on my device anymore. I suppose that these alarms must be in the registry somewhere. Does anyone know where I should look?
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I have the same problem, and have written on this forum before. But there was no usefull answers. Even my daily alarm keep on repeating. Eg. 1 monday. 2 thuesday and so forth.
I use a custom firmware from this forum, and within 2 weeks of a HR I have the problem again. I think it might be confligting software, but I cant narrow it down to a few apps that makes this mess of alarms.
You can use sktools to clear the notification queue, and this solves the problem, until you make some new notifications...
Good luck.
Another epic fail for Microsoft - seems the surface RT OS does not have any alarm clock functions (unless it's very well hidden). Seems to me that this is such a basic function in an OS that I find it surprising that Win RT does not have it - (both Android and IOS have a multiplicity of alarms available). Any solutions?
The store is full of different Alarm Clocks, many of them for Free.
Robin
robincop deel 2 said:
The store is full of different Alarm Clocks, many of them for Free.
Robin
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Not a single one works because they must be running in the foreground and active - so when the tablet sleeps they become "deactivated" - this is apparently a fault of the OS. You can see this by reading some of the reviews.
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Not a single one works because they must be running in the foreground and active - so when the tablet sleeps they become "deactivated" - this is apparently a fault of the OS. You can see this by reading some of the reviews.
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I am sure it will get addressed. With App stores the need to bundle os apps is not needed anymore.
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Another epic fail for Microsoft - seems the surface RT OS does not have any alarm clock functions (unless it's very well hidden). Seems to me that this is such a basic function in an OS that I find it surprising that Win RT does not have it - (both Android and IOS have a multiplicity of alarms available). Any solutions?
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Could you use the calendar to set an alarm? That's kinda what I would have expected to use.
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Could you use the calendar to set an alarm? That's kinda what I would have expected to use.
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Unless the Calendar is running in the foreground (active) I do not think so. I am noticing that when the Surface sleeps, or when you switch from certain running apps to another, the first process shuts down - it's not 100% true but mostly so. Kind of defeats the purpose of having alarm or wake up functions of the app setting the alarm always has to be actively running.
I've tried 3 or 4 alarms in the store, they all work sporadically at best. To get the best results, I set the tablet not to sleep when the lid is closed or after X minutes while on power and left it plugged in and turned on all night.
The calendar seems to wait until the next time you turn the device on to update and show notifications.
I gave up having an alarm on the Surface, it seemed a bit too unreliable to me.
You could try using Windows scheduled tasks; that's what I did for an alarm on my PC the few times I needed one. No idea if Scheduled Tasks will do Connected Standby, though. In fact, I'd guess that they won't.
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You could try using Windows scheduled tasks; that's what I did for an alarm on my PC the few times I needed one. No idea if Scheduled Tasks will do Connected Standby, though. In fact, I'd guess that they won't.
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Right, connected tasks will not work - I cannot believe that Microsoft still can't come to grips with background apps - even Apple allows these to run. I mean you cannot even stream music with the screen off except with the poorly designed internal music app. Alarms (or the lack of thereof) have plagued MS since the early days of WinCE - it's no wonder that MS has failed big time in the mobile sector. Whoever at Microsoft thinks Win RT is a multitasking OS is nuts.
Well, end of rant - do you suppose there's a workaround on the horizon?
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Right, connected tasks will not work - I cannot believe that Microsoft still can't come to grips with background apps - even Apple allows these to run. I mean you cannot even stream music with the screen off except with the poorly designed internal music app. Alarms (or the lack of thereof) have plagued MS since the early days of WinCE - it's no wonder that MS has failed big time in the mobile sector. Whoever at Microsoft thinks Win RT is a multitasking OS is nuts.
Well, end of rant - do you suppose there's a workaround on the horizon?
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windows RT is multitasking just in the Microsoft way. The act of app suspension and app killing takes the burden of open apps away from the user into the OS managed space (even iOS does this), however you should be looking at the display being off as suspend, I can understand them not letting apps other than their own preventing the system from suspending, otherwise anyone could write an app that is going to give you horrible battery life on your surface that never sleeps.
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windows RT is multitasking just in the Microsoft way. The act of app suspension and app killing takes the burden of open apps away from the user into the OS managed space (even iOS does this), however you should be looking at the display being off as suspend, I can understand them not letting apps other than their own preventing the system from suspending, otherwise anyone could write an app that is going to give you horrible battery life on your surface that never sleeps.
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Not sure that i buy this - I can set an alarm on my Iphone 4S and then let the screen go off (sleep) - in the morning it will wake me up and of course, battery life is fantastic. Same goes for Android. On Win RT how bad would the battery life be if MS had a simple alarm clock running in the bkgnd - I mean I'm not asking to run Halo while it'as sleeping!
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Not sure that i buy this - I can set an alarm on my Iphone 4S and then let the screen go off (sleep) - in the morning it will wake me up and of course, battery life is fantastic. Same goes for Android. On Win RT how bad would the battery life be if MS had a simple alarm clock running in the bkgnd - I mean I'm not asking to run Halo while it'as sleeping!
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That was more in regards to third party music apps. With the alarm clock though if you take notice they will both be first party apps.
i assume that anyone needing or owning a tablet alreay own a smart phone, why the heck that ppl moan about things like alarms, and camera and etc. these features increase price. i wud happily purchase a cheaper surface with no camera, alarm, radio, gps, and so on, cos thats what my smartphone is for. the tablet is for proper work and entertainment. but hey opinions differ
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i assume that anyone needing or owning a tablet alreay own a smart phone, why the heck that ppl moan about things like alarms, and camera and etc. these features increase price. i wud happily purchase a cheaper surface with no camera, alarm, radio, gps, and so on, cos thats what my smartphone is for. the tablet is for proper work and entertainment. but hey opinions differ
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The alarm wouldn't increase price of the tablet at all, and it's such a basic feature that there's really no excuse for MS not having it.
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i assume that anyone needing or owning a tablet alreay own a smart phone,
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it's such a basic feature that there's really no excuse for MS not having it.
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but you don't use your pc as an alarm clock do you? and if it were an x86 tablet like the plenty that already existed you wouldn't complain about the lack of alarm clock would you?
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Unless the Calendar is running in the foreground (active) I do not think so. I am noticing that when the Surface sleeps, or when you switch from certain running apps to another, the first process shuts down - it's not 100% true but mostly so. Kind of defeats the purpose of having alarm or wake up functions of the app setting the alarm always has to be actively running.
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calendar alerts go off even if the calendar is closed. I get alerts for all my meetings.
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calendar alerts go off even if the calendar is closed. I get alerts for all my meetings.
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OK that's a start, do they also go off if the Surface is sleeping (screen off)?
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but you don't use your pc as an alarm clock do you? and if it were an x86 tablet like the plenty that already existed you wouldn't complain about the lack of alarm clock would you?
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I don't understand these posts where people tell you how to use your device from a practical sense. I know people who use alarms on tablets so why should you tell us it shouldn't be a feature. Personally my daughter uses her android tablet all the time as an alarm clock next to her bed, while her phone is in the other room charging at night. I also would use the alarm on a Surface as I don't always keep every device I own at arms reach.
Saw the same argument about not having GPS on the Surface -I can see people wanting a GPS on a bigger screen like a tablet. So let's not judge everybody's use . : .
Calendar reminders/notifications for sure work when the device is in sleep mode.
I often hear my Surface at night in the room next door, or from my back-pack when traveling. It even allows you to "snooze". If it is very convenient as an alarm clock I do not know. It is kind of a hassle to set-up I guess.
MS in general does know how to do it of course, the native alarm app on the Windows Phones (7 and 8) works flawless and has been my best mate in the past years when traveling. It has only let me down once, but that was because the battery of the phone ran flat during the night.....
I was not aware of the "problem" of the Alarm Clock apps in the suspend state. It kinda defeats the purpose of the app if it does not run when the Surface and its owner are sleep mode...
Robin
guitar1969 said:
I don't understand these posts where people tell you how to use your device from a practical sense. I know people who use alarms on tablets so why should you tell us it shouldn't be a feature. Personally my daughter uses her android tablet all the time as an alarm clock next to her bed, while her phone is in the other room charging at night. I also would use the alarm on a Surface as I don't always keep every device I own at arms reach.
Saw the same argument about not having GPS on the Surface -I can see people wanting a GPS on a bigger screen like a tablet. So let's not judge everybody's use . : .
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I'm more referring to the fact that it is a windows tablet, and this isn't a complaint that people have had with previous versions of windows, even on tablets. It is a use case that Microsoft have probably never even thought about.