> Thanks for this post and these app recommendations. I've been saying > this for months, the reason android phone get such poor battery life > is due to the always on data connection and all the apps and services > constantly hitting data. Even the Google services alone, you have > gmail, calendar, contacts, market, talk, all in a constant open > connection state.
Probably that's why users rave about battery savings from automation apps that turn mobile data on/off and/or switch 2G/3G based on circumstance. Unfortunately automatic control of mobile data is another battery- saving possibility that Google views as sacriligeous for some reason and stamped down on some more in Gingerbread. Similarly GPS toggling by apps. Pent p.s. OK, disclosure, I have some vested interest, I wrote an automation app -- 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
