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Recommend an alarm clock mp3 features.
superboyac:
Check it out, you guys are going to think I'm super crazy!
So, I've managed to purchase a Panasonic Toughbook W8 for around $450. I'm going to use that as my alarm clock! ;D
I've also discovered the software that will allow me the flexibility I'm asking for. It's called Alarm++:
http://www.12noon.com/
Alarm++ costs about $25, but if it does what I want, it's totally worth it. So now I know you guys think I'm doubly crazy: using a toughbook for an alarm clock, and spending $25 on alarm software. Go ahead, you can proceed to poke fun.
rjbull:
So, I've managed to purchase a Panasonic Toughbook W8 for around $450. I'm going to use that as my alarm clock! ;D-superboyac (February 15, 2011, 01:12 PM)
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The way I feel about alarm clocks, it had better be tough
You might take a look at Kirby Alarm Pro (or maybe Lite, see the purchase page). You can use it as a scheduler as well then.
Run a program automatically
Pop up a note
Play a sound
Send e-mails automatically
Transfer a file by FTP (pro version only)
Backup files and folders (pro version only)
Say the time
Say the message
Handy To Do List (with query facilities)
Plus loads more!
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Hmmm... not sure about mp3 from that.
JavaJones:
Hmm, yeah, $500 for an alarm clock or, you know, something like this for $50: http://www.amazon.com/Timex-Alarm-Clock-Radio-Songs/dp/B000OKXA6W/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1297799538&sr=1-1
Yes, it's missing your automatic DST, but it has a switch for god's sake, surely you can remember to click it when DST comes around. ;)
This is interesting too:
http://www.amazon.com/Cobra-CIR1000A-Wireless-Broadband-Connection/dp/B001TUYQTQ/ref=sr_1_23?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1297799970&sr=1-23
Or hey, what about a *photo frame* with a built-in MP3 alarm clock? OK, not likely to get all the features you want, but certainly nice presentation:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16882136247&cm_re=alarm_mp3-_-82-136-247-_-Product
But I guess you have your solution already...
- Oshyan
superboyac:
Kirby is good, but the snooze feature is not flexible enough for my purposes. Just so people know exactly what I'm looking for, I'm quoting my post from the Trout thread:
Most alarm clock software can play a chime or something, that's easy. Where they all fail is their handling of playlists, since it gets complicated once you start considering that the alarm software is not necessarily a music player. So does it launch another player? That's what most of them do, but the problem there is that you lose the snooze functionality. The alarm program can't snooze another software, but it can snooze it's own built in chimes or other wave files. That's why most of the programs out there suck, they haven't gone the extra length to handle snoozing of playlists. So they either have no playlist functionality or they do, but there's no snooze. This is key to what I am looking for.
Also, the program should have a shuffle option. i don't want to wake to the same music in the same order every day, and I don't want to change the order every day. One option is to let the program launch the music player, like i said, but then how do you snooze it?
The other missing feature in most software is the scheduler for repetitive alarms. They can all repeat every Friday, but can they repeat every other Friday? Hmmm, that's the tough one. To do that, you need to give the user the ability to set up weird repetitive cycles like that. Alarm Clock Pro can do it in a funky way. The best way i've seen it is on mylife organized, where the scheduler can be set to repeat "every X days", so if you set it to 14, it's every other Friday. That's what I'm talking about. i can post screenshots of all of these things if it will help.
So that's what it comes down to. The distinguishing features are:
playlist support
shuffle feature
snooze capability for playlists
flexible repeat alarm scheduler (must cover all possibilities)
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rjbull:
Kirby is good, but the snooze feature is not flexible enough for my purposes-superboyac (February 15, 2011, 04:04 PM)
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Alarm++ checks out for all your requirements?
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