 jmn1207Premium
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Ashburn, VA | BlackBerry Needs This...Or Any Wi-Fi At least on the many popular models that have none.
"the company claims that the new chip won't be any more draining on phone batteries than existing 802.11g chipsets"
I am not sure how comforting this statement might be since the 802.11g significantly drains most existing devices when used for any length of time. |
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eggboardPremium
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Seattle, WA | said by jmn1207:I am not sure how comforting this statement might be since the 802.11g significantly drains most existing devices when used for any length of time. I've been using my iPhone (1st gen) model since the day Apple released it, and without being fanboyish, I use the Wi-Fi all the live-long day and finish up with a good charge on it. Of course, if you're traveling and can't get a good charge for 12 or 18 hours of regular usage, it's a different matter.
I'm not sure how BlackBerrys with Wi-Fi perform, but 802.11g in handsets has gotten to a point where battery drain is far lower than 3G talking. |
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 wifi4milezBig Russ, 1918 to 2008. Rest in Peace
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New York, NY | reply to jmn1207
said by jmn1207:At least on the many popular models that have none. "the company claims that the new chip won't be any more draining on phone batteries than existing 802.11g chipsets" I am not sure how comforting this statement might be since the 802.11g significantly drains most existing devices when used for any length of time. I completely agree. 802.11b/g has literally killed the battery of every phone I have ever used in what felt like minutes. My experience with wifi on phones (I have had many of them) has been so bad that I actually prefer to buy phones that do not include that feature any more.
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jmn1207Premium
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Ashburn, VA
1 edit | I thought Wi-Fi was a power hog, but everything I have read suggests otherwise. Apparently, if given a choice, Wi-Fi is preferred over Edge and especially over 3G for the iPhone.
The tests shown suggest a much better performance with Wi-Fi.
Here are a few review/articles I was reading:
»www.anandtech.com/gadgets/showdo···036&cp=2
»blogs.chron.com/techblog/archive···n_1.html
I'm actually kind of disappointed at my discovery, being a BlackBerry fan boy. Sorry, it's crack. 
Obviously you could save power by not having Wi-Fi enabled, or by not having it at all, as I prefer (yeah yeah sure, right  ), but it seems to be more efficient than other wireless protocols. I suppose it is much closer to the receiver, so the transmit power would not have to be as high.
Unless I see otherwise, Wi-Fi is the shiznit, and I am just a grumpy BlackBerry user stuck with EV-DO Rev. 0.  Five more months to go for a new phone.
Edit: I'm guessing that fanboy is supposed to be one word and not two in the context I meant. I suppose a "fan boy" might be one of those ancient Roman Empire slaves that wafted a large frond around to cool their servant? |
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