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Re: [Design] Alarm API: powering up the device

 

Nokia changed OS platform to Windows Phone, which most likely just doesn't
support that feature.

I agree it is a good feature to have, but of course requires support from
the OS and suitable hardware.


On Fri, Jun 14, 2013 at 12:17 PM, lina.pio <linapio@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> That's a very good question. Does anyone actually know why it was taken
> out if that's a behaviour that no longer exists on Nokia phones?
>

> From my point of view: if you have an alarm set to wake you up in the
> morning, you want to be woken up by it, phone off or not. I've never tried
> turning my phone off with an alarm set on my iPhone, I don't think I ever
> trusted it. But it was a feature I particularly liked about my old Nokia
> phone years ago - the alarm was resilient.
>
> But perhaps this can be an option enabled in the app settings?
>
>
> On 14 Jun 2013, at 09:55, Dalius <dalius@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Either this or give option to turn off all notifications. Some people are
> religious about their sleeping habits ;-)
>
> "Air plane" mode works for some I guess.
>
> Cheers,
> Dalius
>
>
> On Fri, Jun 14, 2013 at 11:39 AM, David Planella <
> david.planella@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> While drafting the spec for the alarms API for the clock app, a question
>> came up that needs input from design:
>>
>> * Should an alarm power up the device when the device is powered off?
>>
>> Apparently Nokia Symbian/Maemo/MeeGo used to have this behaviour, and we
>> want to determine whether this is the path we want to go with our alarms
>> as well.
>>
>> Lina, could you help us on this one?
>>
>> Cheers,
>> David.
>>
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