Noticed that Beam is turned on. Will this cause battery waste?

[BenC]

Not one on mine; Bluetooth is on 24/7.

[p-slim]

Originally Posted by BenC

Not one on mine; Bluetooth is on 24/7.

EXTREMELY GOOD POINT!
If you turn you're bluetooth on at all, whether its for music or bluetooth speech, if you have that beam checked, while you have bluetooth on it is draining extra battery power. So like myself my bluetooth is turned on quite often because i have a bluetooth stereo deck and a headset, so for sure if i'm in my car my bluetooth is on streaming music. If i have that beam checked its draining unused battery power. So if you use bluetooth at all it does save power by unchecking that box. Being as its 2009 and especially in california, alot of people use bluetooth on a daily basis because its against the law to drive and talk directly on your phone. actually right now its against the law to drive and text also. we need bluetooth voice recognition for text messaging

[swinn]

If you use a program that displays the current power being used by the phone, turning beam on or off doesn't make any difference.

[darnell]

Originally Posted by swinn

If you use a program that displays the current power being used by the phone, turning beam on or off doesn't make any difference.

How long did you wait and look? Perhaps it spikes at polling intervals?

[darnell]

So if I beam information via BT in a crowded room, would everybody be able to capture it?

IR was so weak, that you knew nobody else in the room would get it .

[p-slim]

you have to select which device you want to send it to. you will have all the options for phones who are capable with bluetooth beaming.

[krohnjw]

Originally Posted by p-slim

you have to select which device you want to send it to. you will have all the options for phones who are capable with bluetooth beaming.

PCs as well if they are discoverable - I beam from PC to phone as it's easier than picking the cable out of my laptop bag for just one cab.