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(More customer reviews)Until this alarm clock I have lived off of watch, iPod, and iPhone alarms. This is my first ever real alarm clock... and I really like it! The clock looks very nice, with a sleek black and silver design. The buttons and display are nice sizes, and I really like the many levels of dimness offered. The remote is handy and has a snooze button on it! The sound quality of the speakers is good too, with a great deal of control over the volume. The back of the alarm lets you do a time sync (you can do this through the app too), set DST, and set the timezone. It comes with two antenna, one for AM and one for FM.
The iHome can function without a device plugged in, but the app makes this device so much more fun to use. Yes! You get an app! The iHome app allows you to add additional alarms (the clock has two, turned off by default), check the weather forecast, check sleep stats, + some more stuff. The alarms are fully customizable, allowing you to set a flexible repeating schedule, listen to music as you fall asleep or wake up, set the volume for the alarms, choose a nap or alarm type of alarm, set reminders, and post your sleeping habits to social media sites (I don't know why you'd use that, but it's there if you want it). The app is free so you could download it right now and give it a shot before committing to the device.
I do have three complaints thus far: one, the time does seem to have trouble with consistency. I set it last night and this morning it was one minute off. Could get annoying if you need precision. Two, when you set music to play while you go to sleep, it reduces the volume slightly every few minutes (actually, probably a percentage of the sleep timer). Which is kind of cool - except that it gets too quiet. Right when I should be falling asleep I find myself straining to hear the last few minutes of music. Finally - there has to be some way to fix this - the snooze button also doubles as the play button. Fine, except when I am trying to hit snooze and instead of blessed silence I find Hayley Westenra singing in my ear.
I used this device exclusively with my iPhone in its hardshell case. I kept meaning to try it with my iPad, but in the end I just couldn't think why I would ever use it that way while I have an iPhone. But whatever device you use with this clock, I am sure you will enjoy it!
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