At 25 Aug 2007 13:33:20 -0500 Wooly wrote:
> "Off" is relative, I believe. I think the "off" power setting
really
> refers to the display and not the device itself - otherwise how
would
> it receive calls?
Not really. PPC Phones are really PDAs with a phone "grafted on."
All
PDA based functions (including the display, the media player, web
browser etc.) shut down at power off, but the phone functions (phone
and e-mail client) stay on. Power consumption is much less on power
off. Picture the phone as a separate device inside the unit that is
controlled by the OS (because it lacks it's own display and controls)
sort of like a printer to a PC- the printer can stay on when the PC
is off, but can't really do very much by itself without the PC
controlling it.
--
"I don't need my cell phone to play video games or take pictures
or double as a Walkie-Talkie; I just need it to work. Thanks for
all the bells and whistles, but I could communicate better with
ACTUAL bells and whistles." -Bill Maher 9/25/2003