>>-----Original Message----- >>From: maemo-users-bounces at maemo.org >>[mailto:maemo-users-bounces at maemo.org] On Behalf Of ext Simon Budig >>Sent: 10 January, 2007 13:16 >>To: maemo-users at maemo.org >>Subject: Re: [maemo-users] Battery Benchmarking? >> >>I believe Nokia is missing a psychological factor here. Putting the >>cover on the 770 allows the user to forget about it. He finished using >>it and it is kind of stored away safely, it won't distract him. >> >>The N800 has no equivalent. When you stop using it, its screen stays >>lighted for a while - "wasn't there something else you wanted >to use me >>for?", it still demands a certain amount of attention. Then >it switches >>the light off at some point - if it is lying around in your vincinity >>this is another visible intrusion that you'll notice even from the >>corner of your eyes. Plus it - at least the prototype I've >seen - keeps >>blinking the blue LED in the cursor pad. Not sure what this >is supposed >>to indicate. Active Network connection? "not really switched off"? > >I am afraid that _IS_ the product concept of "ALWAYS ON". Of course you >don't have to be always ON, but it requires changing the default >settings. Do the following: And to attempt to defend the concept of Always ON, think about the general populace - tech savvy enough to use VoIP, but not geek enough to understand/care about what goes into making it work. They would not understand why they can't receive their VoIP calls on Gtalk, Skype, etc. _all_ the time. After all it works on PCs. /Amit
