[android-developers] Re: Opportunistic Transfer

2011-08-25 Thread Chris Stratton
On Wednesday, August 24, 2011 5:38:59 PM UTC-4, lbendlin wrote: there is no perceptible difference between the energy required to establish a connection and the energy required to maintain a connection. Plus, most devices are always connected anyhow. On mobile. On wifi, there probably

[android-developers] Re: Opportunistic Transfer

2011-08-25 Thread Hank
Does the mobile data connection hold a connection? Or does it only establish one when it is used? I thought mobile data would be more battery intensive and only establish connections when it is being used and then disconnect the connection when it is finished. Unlike Wi-Fi which I believe always

Re: [android-developers] Re: Opportunistic Transfer

2011-08-25 Thread Dianne Hackborn
On Wed, Aug 24, 2011 at 2:38 PM, lbendlin l...@bendlin.us wrote: there is no perceptible difference between the energy required to establish a connection and the energy required to maintain a connection. Plus, most devices are always connected anyhow. Where do you get this from? Keeping a

[android-developers] Re: Opportunistic Transfer

2011-08-25 Thread Hank
So based on your answer, does implementing an opportunistic transfer system provide beneficial results? On Aug 25, 4:16 pm, Dianne Hackborn hack...@android.com wrote: On Wed, Aug 24, 2011 at 2:38 PM, lbendlin l...@bendlin.us wrote: there is no perceptible difference between the energy required

Re: [android-developers] Re: Opportunistic Transfer

2011-08-25 Thread lbendlin
I believe we are talking battery impact here. Can you substantiate your statement with actual mAh numbers? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Developers group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To

[android-developers] Re: Opportunistic Transfer

2011-08-24 Thread lbendlin
there is no perceptible difference between the energy required to establish a connection and the energy required to maintain a connection. Plus, most devices are always connected anyhow. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Developers group. To