(Edit: Were they talking about it on the TV news? That's about the one obvious place where a lot of people would have heard about it that I would have completely missed. That would make sense, actually.)
iphone one affected everybody who uses the alarm
Not true. I cannot comment on the ratio though. Alarm worked fine for me on iPhone 4 and for my gf on iPhone 3G.To make your statement true you should add modifiers like "on Jan 2nd", "those using recuring alarms" and possibly some others, I don't know the exact setup needed for this bug to manifest.
Nice play on words.
However to get mentioned in mainstream news there needs to be a compelling story: Someone claiming that they missed a flight, missed their wedding, etc -- something to make it a real human interest story. The Android bug would have been front and center if there were a confirmed "example" story where someone got fired or dumped on their wedding day or something because of a misdirected SMS.
If you miss a flight due to the phone, you can.
Woman sued cellphone company for sending her cell bill to her husband, allowing him to discover her cheatin' ways. Was a pretty humorous story.
When a phone causes someone's spouse to find out they they're cheatin' .. comedy gold.