On Thu, Jan 25, 2007 at 12:38:18PM +0000, Igor Stoppa wrote: > On Thu, 2007-01-25 at 13:08 +0100, ext Frantisek Dufka wrote: > > I meant way to get discharge current from battery circuit to know what > > is actual consumption of the device and how big is the influence of > > various parts. This is easy to get on laptops and it was possible on > > iPAQ but is currently kept very close to Nokia's chest. > > I think you won't see this information made available anytime soon for a > very good reason: there is a significant risk that somebody uses this > knowledge to write malicious software that literally blows the device by > doing nasty thinigs with the battery and Nokia would be liable if it was > releasing such information. This is also behind the clause about reverse > engineering. Why is this not a problem for laptop manufacturers? > One has to prove that we made it hard for him to get such information, > so that we are not liable when he blows hiimself up with a modified > 770/n800. Marius Gedminas -- Gates' Law: Every 18 months, the speed of software halves. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: Digital signature Url : http://lists.maemo.org/pipermail/maemo-users/attachments/20070125/358af842/attachment.pgp
