How Wi-Fi Drains Your Cell Phone

Interesting, from Technology Review, how Wi-Fi drains your cell phone.

Some simple changes to the software running on Wi-Fi access points could significantly extend or even double cell phone battery life. That's the finding of a study that investigated why using Wi-Fi on a cell phone, and on some other portable devices, sucks up power so quickly. It found that a protocol designed to reduce Wi-Fi power drain often has an opposite effect.

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emily | 10:34 AM | News, Buzz |
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