Yeah, but where’s the snooze button?

Hilton is furnishing their hotel rooms across the country with a new toy this spring: the
Hilton Family Alarm Clock. The new clock features an easy-to-set alarm and four pre-set music selection buttons. In almost all Hilton Hotel properties the alarm clock sports an "MP3 jack" (since when is an audio jack an "mp3 jack"?) so you can plug in your "music device"
(that's a layman's term for iPod) and wake up to your own favorite tunes instead of some lame local radio station.
Cheap bastards Budget travelers who stay at the Hampton Inn get the clock – but no audio jack.

If I am not mistaken, the clock is also pre-programmed to alert you 15 minutes before Paris Hilton does something stupid, so make sure your iPod is loaded with stuff you don't mind hearing every hour or so.

To kick things off, Hilton is
sponsoring a sweepstakes where you can win one of these new clocks, some iTunes music, an Apple iPod mini and/or a few free Hilton Family hotel nights.

There are 4 phases to the contest. For Phase 1 you have 60 seconds to answer a few questions. Even if you don't answer them all correctly, you still have a chance to win a $10 iTunes gift certificate. You can play once a day* – and no you don't have to download their virtual clock in order to play,
although doing so seems rather harmless if you really want to. I think Phase 2 involves identifying which fluids caused the stains you'll find on the sheets the next time you stay in a hotel (not at Hilton, of course).

*Sorry Usher, the sweepstakes is only open to people whose phone numbers are not in
Paris Hilton's Sidekick.

[via Apple Hot News and C.K., who was too lazy to blog it himself]