More cycle demands on the CPU means significantly more battery drain. This is the case whether running Android or iOS. People are wanting to run multiple functions / apps whilst running turn-by-turn navigation. Finally, it was late at night when I wrote the message.
David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA Email: dchitten...@gmail.com Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 Sent from my iPhone On 08/04/2013, at 6:35, Christopher Chaltain <chalt...@gmail.com> wrote: > I'm curious, when you say your friend knows that Apple knows what it's doing > when it doesn't allow widgets on an unbroken iPhone, is that because there > are some technical reasons why widgets are evil or is it Apple just > protecting users from themselves or some other reason I haven't thought > about? I'm also wondering why you included that little tidbit in your > message, since it seems tangent at best to the rest of the thread. > > On 04/07/2013 03:27 AM, David Chittenden wrote: >> Hello, >> >> There is only one GPS antenna in the iPhone. It is either active and >> draining the battery, or it is not active, and therefore not drawing power. >> No matter how many GPS apps are running, the GPS antenna will draw the same >> amount of power. That said, more GPS (or other apps for that matter) running >> means more cycles of the processor and more power drain above that of the >> GPS antenna. Furthermore, GPS apps running guided GPS navigation >> (turn-by-turn) in the background drain more power than when they are the >> primary open app. >> >> A friend set up widgets on his Android phone and found that the widgets >> drained the phone's battery quite rapidly, and caused major slowdown/lag on >> his android phone. >> >> He acquired an iPhone 5 a few weeks ago and jailbroke the iPhone. He then >> installed the same widgets he was running on his Android phone. Today, he >> told me the results. He experienced the same extreme battery drain and >> lag/slowdown on the iPhone 5 that he experienced on the Android phone. It >> should be noted that this friend is sighted. He considers himself to be a >> power-user of mobile technology. He also told me that Apple apparently knows >> what it is doing in not allowing widgets on standard iPhones. >> >> David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA >> Email: dchitten...@gmail.com >> Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> On 03/03/2013, at 15:22, "Kramlinger, Keith G., M.D." >> <kramlinger.ke...@mayo.edu> wrote: >> >>> David, >>> >>> This sounds cool. >>> >>> Can you give us a primer on how you use all these apps in an integrated >>> way? Is it as simple as just opening them all and it somehow magically >>> happens? >>> >>> Does all these apps working simultaneously, and presumably needing their >>> own gps data, pose a significant battery drain that perhaps one integrated >>> app would diminish? >>> >>> Thanks. Keith >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf >>> Of David Chittenden >>> Sent: Saturday, March 02, 2013 5:24 PM >>> To: viphone@googlegroups.com >>> Subject: Re: Summary of Seeing Eye app presentation at CSUN >>> >>> Which is why I have everything covered that the Seeing Eye app will be >>> providing in a few apps. TomTom and Apple Maps gives me just about >>> everything I need including names of streets I am passing, turn by turn >>> directions, automatic routing and rerouting, with onboard maps (TomTom) or >>> online maps (Apple Maps). Both apps even can give my current address (which >>> is now automatically announced in Apple Maps (when set to Tracking On with >>> Headings). I have stopped using Ariadne, for the most part, because Apple >>> Maps finally does it all, including giving me an accessible onscreen map >>> (Tracking On (without headings). >>> >>> And, even better, Local Scope accesses automatically several internet POI >>> listings and consolidates them for me. It is the only POI system that >>> accesses all my local bus stop locations. Even better, VO accesses Local >>> Scopes map view, if turned on, the same way and to the same degree, that it >>> accesses Apple Maps graphical maps. >>> >>> The best thing, my total, one-time charge (given that TomTom and Navigon >>> are both more expensive here in NZ) is $70 to $80. I do not remember what, >>> if anything, I paid for Local Scope. Where To, the other POI app I like >>> cost me $1.99, and provides many more POIs than I got from Look Around when >>> I was visiting the US. Finally, all the apps I use work perfectly well in >>> NZ. >>> >>> It must be noted that Navigon and TomTom must be purchased separately for >>> each country or region. >>> >>> My point here is I am paying significantly less for equivalent service. I >>> am not getting clock-face directions, but with practice, I have something >>> better, an audio graphical map view interface which shows me the >>> information via haptics (touch) and audio. >>> >>> >>> David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA >>> Email: dchitten...@gmail.com >>> Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>> On 03/03/2013, at 11:47, Keith Watson <lnx...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> John, >>>> >>>> Exactly. You bought a device, it had maps on it. You can now choose to >>>> upgrade or not to upgrade those maps on the device when they become >>>> available. If you do not choose to upgrade the device will continue to >>>> work the way it was sold to you. >>>> >>>> Now I buy a device, lets call it an iPhone. I then purchase an app called >>>> Seeing Eye from a company called Sendero. I pay $100 for the app. time >>>> goes by. Lets say for the sake of argument that its 3 years later. In the >>>> interim I have lost my job, the stock market has crashed and the bank has >>>> taken my house back. I have a job interview and want to use this app to >>>> find my way to it. I turn it on and low and behold they want another $100 >>>> in order for me to use it. In other words I have rented the app for 3 >>>> years and now its useless to me. To my small mind this is not good >>>> business. I would go so far as to call it extortion. If I am going to pay >>>> that high a price for something I damned well want to own it. >>>> >>>> I do not know what Garmon is going to do with map updates. Whether they >>>> are going to be free or not is besides the point. I bought Navigon. It >>>> will work the way it is until I get rid of the device, IOS changes so >>>> drasticallyy that it no longer is supported or something else better comes >>>> along to replace it. The choice is mine, not theirs. >>>> >>>> Again, these are my opinions and my thoughts. I by no means condemn those >>>> of you who have the money to waste on this type of business plan. I guess >>>> I am just a bit more frugal than most. >>>> >>>> Keith >>>> >>>> On Mar 2, 2013, at 2:21 PM, john gallagher <j...@pianotuner.plus.com> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> hi there keith interesting but say on my sendero on the apex because the >>>>> maps are actually on the machine even though they will not get updated >>>>> they will still work and yes cost is important for blind people as we >>>>> have to pay much more for our devices and of course the software. am i >>>>> correct in saying that with navigon there updates are free. >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" >>>>> Google Group. >>>>> To search the VIPhone public archive, visit >>>>> http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. >>>>> To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>>> viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>>> http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. >>>>> --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>> Groups "VIPhone" group. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>>>> email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" >>>> Google Group. >>>> To search the VIPhone public archive, visit >>>> http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. >>>> To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>> viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>> http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. >>>> --- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "VIPhone" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>>> email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" >>> Google Group. >>> To search the VIPhone public archive, visit >>> http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. >>> To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. >>> --- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "VIPhone" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" >>> Google Group. >>> To search the VIPhone public archive, visit >>> http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. >>> To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. >>> --- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "VIPhone" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>> >>> >> > > -- > Christopher (CJ) > chaltain at Gmail > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google > Group. > To search the VIPhone public archive, visit > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. > To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. 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