[pkfrank]

I like the "Shake Alarm" feature. It's cool to encourage an energetic response that will ensure you're actually "waking up" to silence it. I've seen more annoying versions [1], but it seems like you should be able to set the sensitivity here to strike the right balance which is valuable.

[1] http://www.trendhunter.com/slideshow/annoying-laborious-alar...

[bsirkia]

I agree that the "Shake Alarm" is the only feature that I think uniquely helps with waking up.

Is there any evidence (other than anecdotal) that having a laborious alarm clock actually helps people get up? I feel like making it harder to hit the snooze button might only accomplish that, and either way people just go back to bed.