On Fri, Aug 6, 2010 at 4:59 PM, <david@xxxxxxx> wrote: > > now, android is betting that the apps are all developed specifically for the > android from scratch, so having a different API is acceptable, even if it > cuts them off from the rest of the *nix applications. For a phone this is > not neccessarily an unreasonable stance, but as Android moves into the > spaces where normal applications are in use (netbooks and tablets), this > becomes a much shakier stance to take. "Normal" apps work reasonably well -- they get halted when the screen turns off, just like they do when my laptop suspends. Wakelocks are useful for mobile-centric apps that you want to keep running in the background, wake up and do work when the device is "asleep", etc. Brian _______________________________________________ linux-pm mailing list linux-pm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.linux-foundation.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-pm
