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Originally Posted by gguruusa
It's a fact of cell phone life. Cell connections cost you lots of battery life (voice or data).
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Hi, gguruusa -
While what you say makes sense in broad terms, I have to disagree. Not all software is created equal. If I have WLM checking the status of my email only once an hour (not even downloading messages, since I typically see only a few messages on this account every day), it should only have accessed my account 5 times, yet those 5 times cost me 20-30% of my battery life. That just doesn't make sense. My phone is acting more like it is not fully in a power-down mode even when it isn't supposed to be checking email. To me, it seems like the WLM software that is counting the minutes 'til the next email check is keeping the phone out of "suspend" mode.
Another simple test proves this out. I currently have WLM effectively disabled (manual updates only). I also have two other email accounts under the built-in WM6 Messaging client that I have configured to check for email once an hour. If what you say is true, I would expect my battery power to drop similarly, and possibly more (since it would be checking 2 accounts instead of one). Instead, there is a much less significant effect on my battery life in this configuration: 90% battery after over 10 hours.
Cheers!