Um why is there not an alarm clock on the iPad? I mean it would be practical if I had a way to wake up in the morning but hey call me crazy. Apple needs to fix this like immediately. iPads definitely need alarm clock functions. iCal could at least have an alarm but it just makes a quiet little chirp. Come on Apple, put an alarm on the iPad!!!!
Macbook, Mac OS X (10.5.8)
You are absolutely right. I agree with you and Gizmodo came to the same conclusion: http://gizmodo.com/5510939/replacing-the-apps-apple-left-off-the-ipad.
People who mentioned 100k apps available at AppStore fail to understand that only apple apps are allowed to truly run in the background without being killed by iOS. Alarm clock is one of the few apps that must be running in the background.
Valid complaint, valid point. Apple should implement true multi tasking (which allows apps to run in the background) and this problem will be solved via use of third-party apps.
-1 Apple.
Skyfire supports Flash video. Also GoodPlayer supports pretty much any type of video I wanted to play including FLV formats.
P.S. I was looking for the "Clock" app on my iPad as well. It is a great basic app that I have been using for awhile on my iPhone, and would have liked to use it on my iPad as well.
It's pretty simple: no clock & no calculator on iPad is pretty lame. You gotta be a real weenie not to understand that. If I had mediocre expectations I wouldn't be buying Apple. Single most popular comment I hear from new iPad users? "Where is the clock? What happened to the calculator? This is stupid." If that isn't reason enough for Apple to fix this glaring inconsistency in their product experience, they just aren't paying attention anymore.
--- IOS 6 will have clock and weather apps for the iPad.
But not calculator: http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1384321
ToddBradley wrote:
Yeah, the point of the question wasn't, "Where can I get an alarm clock app?" (because we all know the answer to that) It was, "Where is the alarm clock we're all used to having on the iPhone?"
Do you understand that I was not replying to the original poster but directly to pfdye2?
Of course we want the same "Clock" app on the iPad, with
- Worldclock
- Alarm
- Stopwatch
- Timer
How silly is that seriously? And no calculator? Even windows 3.1 had a calculator - they just add to copy two apps from iPhone to iPad.
And iPad(3) Camera does not have the convenient HDR that iPhone 4+ has...
And iPad(3) Camera does not have the convenient HDR that iPhone 4+ has...
It's not as good a camera either. Perhaps its not really ment to be used for photography, but for video communicatios over Face Time.
Are you kidding me? Is THAT your attitude? I _so_ wish I could utter an expletive in this message, I really do, because that's what your comment provokes. Please read the person's comment again and try a different reply.
What you effectively said was that if I bought a new car that I had expected to get me to work the next day and, instead, it broke down in the morning and I was late for work, I would have no right to complain.
M-hm. Uh-huh. Please don't visit here again.
@serendippity:
Totally agree with you. And I'm one of those "fanboys", by the way. I was quite surprised when I got my iPad and it didn't have an alarm clock. I then went looking for 3rd-party ones. I found one that seemed to fit the bill and I paid for it. Now it doesn't work. Or it works only sometimes, which of course isn't acceptable because time keeps on running, while "sometimes" only runs some of the time. It's funny, 'cause sometimes I'll bring my iPad out with me and open the cover only to have the alarm clock immediately and annoyingly go off: hey, buddy, you're hours late! And then at other times the app gets all confused and loses the ability to set a new alarm. This requires me to uninstall and reinstall the app, after which time I have only a few days left before it goes all weird again. So yeah, I totally hear you.
The strange thing is that I just went to the iPad page on Apple's site and, lo and behold, it shows an alarm clock app as one of the built-in apps. Is it possible that some iPads came with a clock and others did not? If so, where can I download the official Apple clock app?
frevh56tyrn wrote:
Are you kidding me? Is THAT your attitude? I _so_ wish I could utter an expletive in this message
Fortunately, you can't. Though I do find it a bit amusing that you've got your knickers this much in a twist over a post that was made 6 months ago and not to you. And, I stand by the appropriatenes of the reply.
Best of luck.
frevh56tyrn wrote:
Are you kidding me? Is THAT your attitude? I _so_ wish I could utter an expletive in this message, I really do, because that's what your comment provokes. Please read the person's comment again and try a different reply.
Try %#*£% if it makes you feel any better
Meg St._Clair wrote:
And, I stand by the appropriatenes of the reply.
Seriously, a very informative group of forum members...I had never even heard of the word "appropriatenes", let alone hearing it used in a sentence. Thanks Meg! 😎
I did not read all of the posts, sorry if this is redundant. I feel your pain about there being no alarm clock, but the next best thing to do is to use the calendar as an alarm clock. It can be set to recurring or to happen as many times as you like.
I highly recommend KitchenPad for both devices:
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/kitchenpad-timer/id401572843?mt=8
As KP said, there are loads of Clock/alarm apps in the App Store.
Personally, I use Nightstand Central, and it works really well.
Where is the alarm clock on the iPad??
