Thread: What is your battery life?
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go1dfish is offline go1dfish
2009-12-13 , 20:00
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Originally Posted by MaxiKana View Post
Yes, this is supported by my current findings with my battery drain tests. I wonder if it's possible to fine-tune the IM plugins to NOT check who is online constantly, but say every five minutes or so? Or does that go against the APIs from Skype/MSN/Google? It seems unnessesary for the IM accounts to constantly exchange information from the servers.
Not sure about skype, but on MSN, AIM (and I'm pretty sure Jabber/gTalk status updates are pushed by the server, not pulled by the client at intervals.

If a protocol has an option to suppress these messages that might potentially reduce power usage.

Unfortunately Skype is a completely closed box, protected by obfuscation layers and legal threats. You're 100% at the mercy of Skype and it's handlers for any improvement there.