Forewarning - straying a bit off-topic.

What if you didn't have to choose. Imagine a location aware device (n810) that could be setup to automatically determined when your device is 'always on' or 'always available'. Say you show up to a location, work/home/preconfiged-hotspot (anywhere with a known wifi connection), and bam your automatically switched to 'always on'. But at the same time being configurable to the point where it auto switches back to available-mode when entering the conference room, class room or the can. That'd be pretty cool.

I don't know much about the battery drain of GPS enabled devices (I've only got a BT gps myself, and its battery life is pretty decent, powering just itself that is). I'm assuming that sort of app would be a battery killer. Just a random thought.


As for myself I'm not in contact with the world at large, no IM or VOIP. So I throw my vote at always-available. Plus I'm at a bloody university 12hrs a day with a funky wifi that robs the life from my battery (15min inactivity timeout, constant reassociations while on the go, more laptops than you can shake a stick at all fighting for first dibs on one of three channels, its not pretty).

So yea, with current options I'd say always available.