Timers, reminders, alarms – oh, my

The issue of what apps & devices trigger when is surprisingly difficult to figure out. I ask about it whenever I interview product managers, so far nobody can explain how it currently works or how it is supposed to work.

All I want for my iPhone is an alarm app that has a widget which will show me when the next alarm will go off (and ideally give me the time remaining if it's within a day). I'm always double checking that I didn't edit my daily alarm or leave it disabled after a vacation or set tomorrow's alarm to 7pm instead of am...

Even better, add calendar reminders to this list. I guess reminders are like modifier keys for Apple, 4 better than 2.

We need a standard, here. Perhaps the introduction of EpochKit and an accompanying SunDial app.

Missing from this:

     - calendar items (if you want to share with others...)
     - whether the vibrate mode button silences the alarm/alert/reminder/whatever (it sucks to forget about alarms when you go to the movies)