I’ve had SonyEricsson phones for a while now - the t68, the k700, and now the k750i, whichever phone at the time looks the least insultingly child-like.

Actually, that’s my primary criteria for choosing a phone - I used to use Nokias for the same reason, and I’ll never, ever touch a Motorola one was long as they insist on giving them cutsey japanese schoolgirl-like names. Rock-arr, Razz-arr, Peb-ell. Jesus Fuck. That sounds like an unbuilt prototype for a bubble car that was featured in the 1967 edition of the “Usborne Book of the Future”: “By 1975, the Datsun Pebbelle will allow every family to own a car, thanks to its futuristic computerised assembly line that will allow it to be sold for less than £100”.

Anyway, SonyEricsson phones improve on the old Nokia ones in one important regard - they allow separate one-off alarms and repeated alarms. This is useful, as it allows a later alarm to be set at the weekend, without affecting the normal workday alarm, etc.

The k750i makes a major retrograde step by forcing you to use their shitty “snooze function”. Now, most other alarm systems work like this:

1. 6.50 am - the alarm goes off
2. press any key to acknowledge the alarm, which then switches off, or
3. the alarm turns itself off after 30s, then repeats 9 minutes later

The k750i is more like this:

1. 6.50 am - the alarm goes off
2. press the left hand “-” key to switch the alarm off, or
3. press any other key to enter “snooze mode”, followed by
4. 6.59 am - the alarm goes off again

WHAT SORT OF FUCKING IDIOT THOUGHT THAT UP?

Lets say that I wake at 6.50 am, then press the wrong key by mistake as i pick the phone up - not exactly a wild flight of fancy, is it? I’m then fucked - as I have to wait about for NINE FUCKING MINUTES to switch the alarm off. Worse, if I don’t notice that I’ve hit the wrong key by mistake, the alarm ends up going off when I’m in the shower!

What possible use can this be? The only people to benefit are those who like to laze about in bed for exactly nine minutes after waking up. This is bound to be an infinitesimal market. When my alarm goes off, I need to get up and perform my morning ablutions, or my timing will be fucked for the morning. SonyEricsson are therefore FUCKING ARSEWIPES who should BE SHOT THEN BUMRAPED til they apologise.

pls die, kthx, luv rry.