> So, the question is: with an open-but-quiet Internet connection on a > carrier data network, how much power draw is there from the GSM radio? I'm probably beyond the limits of my understanding here, and definitely well beyond the limits of my competency :)
But that won't stop me from choosing to extrapolate from the repeated comments by Google engineers to the effect that phones are designed to conserve power at any opportunity. On that basis, I anticipate that radio will go into a lower power state any opportunity it can; including when a quiet network connection is present. This seems entirely plausible given the packet based nature of the network. Tom. 2008/11/26 Mark Murphy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > And the radio is necessarily always on. > > Yeah, but... > > I was under the impression that, in normal operating mode, the GSM radio > is in a low-power state. That's why you have "talk time" versus "standby > time" in mobile device battery life specs -- when a call begins, the radio > stays in a high-power-draw state until the call ends. > > So, the question is: with an open-but-quiet Internet connection on a > carrier data network, how much power draw is there from the GSM radio? > > There's also the scenario of the device being on WiFi instead of GSM, but > that's probably not as frequent. > > -- > Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) > http://commonsware.com > _The Busy Coder's Guide to Android Development_ Version 1.4 Published! > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
