battery life:wifi vs. bluetooth

[wildbill]

[Guest]

[tomdon]

[Crypty]

[Pejo Software - Per]

Crypto, you are correct with your assumption, especially the range affects how much power that is used since they are both radio based and about the same frequency.

[Guest]

wifi is faster, more powerful and has longer range

[wildbill]

[Crypty]

[jubjub64]

[Crypty]

[Dermot81]

I have optimum online too, its great!

Just thought I'd jump in and say that :)

[someone somebody]

Bluetooth uses significantly less power, and has a range of 33 feet under ideal conditions, with a speed of 1.5mbs (I think). 802.11b uses significantly more power, and has a range of 330 feet and a speed of 11mbs. 802.11g is the same as 802.11b, but is 54mbs. 802.11a has a range of 175 feet and a speed of 54mbs, using the same power as 802.11g, because it operates at 5GHz, where Bluetooth and 802.11b and 802.11g operate on the 2.4GHz band (which is very crowded, microwaves and some cordless phones cause massive amounts of interference).

[Miracle]

So what you're saying is that 54mbit will drain the battery less then the 'normal' 11mbit version?

[Alexander]

[sponge]