Last week we showed you 10 awesome alarm clock options, but we're curious how many of you choose to use your cell phone alarm clock instead. We've had a beloved Sony alarm clock for several years, but since we moved a month ago, we haven't even bothered to plug it in!
The Sony model we love so much is no longer carried in stores and we've always sworn by it's conveniences to help us rise in the morning, but recently we've developed a certain passion for our Blackberry alarm.
At first, we thought it would be too complicated to operate in the sleepy-eyed morning stupor that results from a 5am wake up time, but the second we hear its sound shatter the darkness of the still dark morning, we're wide awake. Granted, it doesn't hurt that it plays Black Betty from Ram Jam, but we haven't had a single issue where our more traditional clock had us hitting the snooze a few too many times and getting our days off to a slow and slightly lazy start.
Do you use your cell phone to wake you up, or use the more traditional alarm clock we all know and love so well?
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I use my cell phone since I don't have an alarm clock, but sometimes I wish I had a normal clock so it wouldnt take too much effort to actually check the time in the middle of the night.
I don't know why, but hotels usually have a lamp and an alarm clock, with no extra outlets for phones.. so the clock always goes so I can plug my phone in. Why don't they have an extra outlet for guest electronics? I feel bad for housekeeping, I bet they set clock times all day long.
I don't have to use an alarm often but when I do, I use my iPhone. I use the Clock App (the default one that comes on the phone) rather than a 3rd party app.
I also use the Clock App for countdown timers while at parking meters, etc.
The idea of buying / using an alarm clock seems crazy to me (for me, to each his/her own).
i'd be too worried about (a) forgetting to put my phone next to my bed at night and/or (b) forgetting to take it to work with me in the morning.
I need to keep the phone out of reach of the kids, so I couldn't just make its "place" by the bed...
I use a regular alarm clock at home, and the cell phone when i'm traveling.
I have been using my cell phone since my alarm clock broke (a year ago) and hate it. I'm incredibly paranoid about the phone dying (there isn't a plug-in near the bedside table) or having left the phone in silent mode, so I wake up a couple times each night to check it. Serious sleep interruption!
I use my iPhone. It's easy to use and always handy.