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ali · 09-11-2006, 08:18 AM

From the discussions here and at the iRex forum I got the impression they are not going for that approach.

You could do that: Clicking a button re-awakes from suspend, makes the screen update and possibly some pre-caching, then goes back into suspend.

You loose the possibility to run background tasks. (Examples: SMB server to copy files via network; background downloading of content; ...) I could live without that, but apparently others don't.

It looks like they are simply using a powersaving scheme similar to laptops - CPU gets throttled when nothing is to be done. We will know for sure when the SDK is out.

Note: It might be that the buttons aren't accessible in suspend mode (that is, the necessary hardware capability to wake up on button click is missing). Then, it would only be possible with the Iliad v2.

09-11-2006, 08:18 AM	#3
ali Addict Posts: 302 Karma: 116 Join Date: May 2006 Device: Iliad, dude!	From the discussions here and at the iRex forum I got the impression they are not going for that approach. You could do that: Clicking a button re-awakes from suspend, makes the screen update and possibly some pre-caching, then goes back into suspend. You loose the possibility to run background tasks. (Examples: SMB server to copy files via network; background downloading of content; ...) I could live without that, but apparently others don't. It looks like they are simply using a powersaving scheme similar to laptops - CPU gets throttled when nothing is to be done. We will know for sure when the SDK is out. Note: It might be that the buttons aren't accessible in suspend mode (that is, the necessary hardware capability to wake up on button click is missing). Then, it would only be possible with the Iliad v2.