I've been a huge fan of using sound, NLP, and binaural beats to improve sleep and meditative states, so I was excited to see them being combined for the first time in Pzizz.

Unfortunately, the product allows for precious little flexibility and the developers seem intent on forcing you to use the product their way. The most egregious example of their inflexible approach is the horrifying buzzer that goes off at the end of the program. This cannot be turned off. When I asked why this is explicitly not possible, I was told by company executives that they fear they will be sued if people overstay their "naps."

I am not making this up.

The support staff then proceeded to hector me to use the product in exactly the way they specify, because it is the <B><I>only</b></i> right way to do so. They are very excited about the many other types of horrifying buzzers they are adding to the product in the near future.

But the ability to turn the end-buzzer off is out of the question.

Their best suggestion for someone like me -- and this is the part that really taxes the imagination -- is to snatch off my headset when the spoken voice says, "OK, it's time to wake up now." By ripping your headset off your head at this time, they advised, I can avoid the earsplitting end buzzer.

Wow.

Another suggestion made by the support staff was to hit "Stop" immediately after hearing the spoken voice saying, "Time to wake up now." Or to use command-Q to quit the app.

My experience with the product and the company have made me very sad that this product is not ready for prime time.

However, I am now hopeful that some enterprising competitor will see the opportunity for a more flexible product in this category.