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In that case, the screen says, “slide to stop alarm.”
To cut the ringing short, tap OK or Snooze. After the alarm plays (or you cut it
short), its On/Off switch goes to Off (on the Alarms screen).
With some planning, you can also give yourself a silent, vibrating alarm. it can be a
subtle cue that it’s time to wrap up your speech, conclude a meeting, or end a date
so you can get home to watch Lost.
You have to set this up right, though. if you just turn on the iPhone’s ring silencer
(page 12), then the phone won’t ring or vibrate. if you choose None as the alarm
sound, it won’t ring or vibrate, either. and, of course, you have to make sure the
vibrate mode is turned on in SettingsÆSounds.
Here’s the trick, then: Do choose an alarm sound. and don’t turn off your ringer.
instead, use the volume keys to crank the iPhone’s volume all the way to zero. Now,
the phone vibrates at the appointed time—but it won’t make a sound.
Stopwatch
You’ve never met a more beautiful stopwatch than this one.
Tap Start to begin timing something: a runner, a public speaker, a train, a longwinded
person who’s arguing with you.
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