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A couple of weeks ago, I got myself a new mobile phone. I didn't really want to get rid of the old one, but figured a phone whose buttons largely didn't work any more probably needed replacing.

My phone lives on silent/vibrate mode all the time, and thus I haven't really interacted much with the selection of ringtones. However, my phone is also my alarm clock (and my main reason for sticking to Sony Ericsson phones is their really nicely designed alarm-setting menus. I can set an alarm as a one-off, or to go off every day. Or I can set it to go off repeatedly on some selection of days - for example Mon-Fri but not weekends. Perfect. Why don't all electronic clocks offer that functionality ? But I digress.)

The first day my new phone went off as an alarm I was indeed extremely alarmed. A weird, polyphonic rendition of Erik Satie's Gymnopedie No. 1, speeded up and forced into a swing rhythm is enough to scare anyone. Especially first thing in the morning. It's hideous. Apparently the nice, friendly sound I'd selected on the former phone (it was called "Old Phone", and went brrrrring-brrrrringggg in the way all phones should) is no longer an option.

However, this has led me to wonder... will an alarm clock which makes hideous noises actually compel me to wake up in order to loathe it properly ? Should I stick with the bastardised Satie ? Or will it just make me that bit more baleful and angry every single morning ?