# Keep forgetting about company conference calls. Any alarms or apps that can help?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-forgetting-about-company-conference-calls-any-alarms-or-apps-that-can-help/831547>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [March 26, 2019, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-forgetting-about-company-conference-calls-any-alarms-or-apps-that-can-help/831547 "2019-03-26T05:27:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\
**Post date:** [March 27, 2019, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-forgetting-about-company-conference-calls-any-alarms-or-apps-that-can-help/831547/21 "2019-03-27T02:26:21Z")

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> [@Aspidistra](#):
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> Alarm clock app will still ring an actual bell even when the phone’s on silent, won’t it?

I don’t know if the stock alarm app on the iPhone will, but the separate alarm clock app that I bought does.

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**Author:** ![Aspidistra](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspidistra/32/3894_2.png) [@Aspidistra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspidistra)\
**Post date:** [March 27, 2019, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-forgetting-about-company-conference-calls-any-alarms-or-apps-that-can-help/831547/22 "2019-03-27T02:28:00Z")

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yeah, it does - that’s what I use!

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**Author:** ![Slash1972](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slash1972/32/6461_2.png) [@Slash1972](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slash1972)\
**Post date:** [March 27, 2019, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-forgetting-about-company-conference-calls-any-alarms-or-apps-that-can-help/831547/23 "2019-03-27T12:16:26Z")

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The default alarm app on my Samsung rings, even when the phone is on silent.

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**Author:** ![Dag\_Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@Dag\_Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dag_Otto)\
**Post date:** [March 27, 2019, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-forgetting-about-company-conference-calls-any-alarms-or-apps-that-can-help/831547/24 "2019-03-27T13:01:59Z")

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If having the phone on mute is required for meetings, can the phone vibrate for alarms? And failing any solutions for the phone, a second device such as an old phone with no SIM or a travel alarm clock could be used as a reminder for important events.

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**Author:** ![The\_Librarian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_librarian/32/402_2.png) [@The\_Librarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Librarian)\
**Post date:** [March 27, 2019, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-forgetting-about-company-conference-calls-any-alarms-or-apps-that-can-help/831547/25 "2019-03-27T22:09:09Z")

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> [@russian\_heel](#):
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> I don’t.
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> But my employer does!  
> Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Why pretend?

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