Based on how people are using the Nokia Internet tablets, many of them let the device go to sleep rather than shutting it down. It takes some time to power-up and reboot the device, so for many users, it is preferable to let the device go to sleep, even if it is a light sleep that is drawing from the battery. On the Nokia Internet tablets, there is a special hardware button that pops up a menu that provides various options, such as locking the device, putting it into "airplane" mode (Bluetooth and wireless are disabled), and shutting down the device. This might also be a reasonable approach for MIDs. This button is also used to turn the device on (after being shutdown), and holding the button down for several seconds will cause the device to instantly shutdown, which is useful in case of a freeze.
Hibernate would be great, but I'm not aware of hibernate functionality on Linux, only on Windows. Is hibernation planned for MIDs? Aaron Levinson -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Adilson Oliveira Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2007 9:54 AM To: ubuntu-mobile@lists.ubuntu.com Subject: What about a shutdown/hibernate button? I believe the idea is to keep the devices on, hibernating when not in use, but to have some way of forcing the this behavior and power down the device is not a bad idea either I guess. []s Adilson. -- Ubuntu-mobile mailing list Ubuntu-mobile@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-mobile -- Ubuntu-mobile mailing list Ubuntu-mobile@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-mobile
