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ohwut	2009-10-13 , 21:03
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Originally Posted by zgold550

I don't think the following marketing message would go over so well

"Try the new N900! It will get you your email and internet instantly because it is always on, but only in the morning. You'll have to switch to your old blackberry in the afternoon"

The vision you propose is very compelling zerojay. The only problem is our technology is not at a point where we can enable this. The battery simply will not last a full day with the radios on and hence the N900 still has to act like everybody else it is competing with and disable unused devices.

So, back to the original point in this thread. Is there a way to automatically disable radios or should I file a bug?

I must be missing something here. Last I checked on my Android MyTouch there's always a connection open. My BlackBerry Bold requires an active GSM or Wi-Fi connection for internet and Push services since they all go through BIS, Windows mobile 6.5 disables the data features until an application requests them, but the Radio is still on with an active connection on EVDO in this case. The only time I can think of any smart phones completely disabling the radios is when your BlackBerry gets below 5% battery.

I understand there are power saving features on these things but they're never completely disabled unless there is user input, or am I just confused, it sounded like if you weren't using the radio for something you want it completely disabled?

While I agree with the idea on some level...that would be a lot of calls to voicemail and late SMS messages.

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