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To: ftth who wrote (27616)	8/1/2008 6:59:19 AM
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Great info, ftth: far better than anything I came up with. "So I think the reason VoIP isn't being talked about as a problem is that it doesn't really tax the capabilities of today's handsets, except maybe the low-budget, low-end types." Yes; that probably explains why I found so little information. It's a non-issue. So the linked article, with heat/power use problems, was probably a case of individual circumstances. And newer silicon will defeat the problems. --- Research did reveal some problems; the most commonly discussed was battery drain caused by "always on" networks. Different solutions were proposed, depending on the technology (LTE, HSPA, etc). The article Frank posted discussed devices using 2.4 GHz and frequency hopping, but not Wifi (802.11b), as far as I could tell. Nobody said it explicitly, but I get the sense that all-IP mobile networks are less power-efficient than their predecessors. --- In any case, it appears that the power usage problems for VoIP handsets are under control. Thanks to you and Frank. Jim