Hi, Thanks for responding. I can not force mycustomer for buying anything to run my applciation. That it self will become an overhead for me.
Please give me some other way to resolve this. rgds ritu -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Petr Stetina Sent: Thursday, May 20, 2004 12:22 PM To: Palm Developer Forum Subject: Re: Usb Port Battery Consumption You can simply overcame this issue with Recharging USB Cable: http://www.palmone.com/us/products/accessories/chargerscablescradles/P10884U .html -- Petr Ritu Chawla wrote: > Hi, > > I am planning to use Usb communication in one of my applciation , I have > read follwoing in the Companion guide. > > IMPORTANT: Applications that open a serial port are responsible for closing > it. Opening a serial port powers up the UART and drains batteries. To > conserve battery power, don't keep the port open longer than necessary. > > What i could get is i cannot keep the Usb port open for long. i.e. for every > transaction with server i need to reopen the port. > Can any body please tell me what is the actual effect on battery if i keep > the port open for the complete session when my applciation is running. > say for 10 min or long? > > rgds, > Ritu > > > -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/support/forums/ -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/support/forums/
