[TriLUG] Android Phone vs iPhone vs other smartphones

[matt at noway2.thruhere.net]

In respect to discussing USB power limits, this thread might be of
interest: http://www.eng-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?qid=263327

> USB power is limited to 500 milliamps.
>
> Wall adapter power on my HTC Kaiser (running Android) is 1000 milliamps.
>
> When I used to run windows mobile (before the goodness of Android existed)
> it would use about 750 milliamps to have wifi, GPS (tomtom) and the
> tethering software running while we'd take trips in the car.  Had to get a
> dedicated 1 amp mini usb car charger to keep things running on long trips.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: trilug-bounces at trilug.org [mailto:trilug-bounces at trilug.org] On
> Behalf
> Of Brian Dale
> Sent: Friday, March 19, 2010 11:22 AM
> To: Triangle Linux Users Group General Discussion
> Subject: Re: [TriLUG] Android Phone vs iPhone vs other smartphones
>
> Right, that's typically what I do when I'm using it for a while.
> Although, in my experience it doesn't give it enough to juice to
> charge or stop the battery drain, just drain slower. I've still been
> able to get several hours out of it this way.
>
> --Brian
>
> On Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 11:07 AM, Adam Gregory <arcaneadam at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>> ***Slightly Off Topic***
>>>but it can drain the battery pretty fast.
>>
>> Hmm,  if you're using it as a wifi point why not just plug it in to the
> usb
>> of your computer to save the battery life.
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