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Old 10-21-2009, 02:49 PM   #75
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Originally Posted by DaleDe View Post
I suspect the person who posted this was worried that if the device supports this feature then the battery life will be less since the unit has to be alive to beep the timer and has to keep track of when the timer needs to sound. Even if he/she never uses the feature there are times when compromises in the design are made.

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Well timing isn't an issue... all these dedicated devices already have a built in system clock. And it shouldn't be too difficult to configure it to only run a check while the device is active, and only when you have the feature enabled.
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