Comment Re:Been running a dev build for a few weeks now (Score 1) 212
I'm no EE, so I don't know if the impact is significant or not, but wouldn't "wired" RAM that is actively storing bits require additional juice. Volatile RAM, like that used in smartphones, doesn't work like flash. There is a power penalty for apps that are storing stuff in RAM. If you are literally doing nothing with the phone, it doesn't make sense to keep the whole 512MB of ram wired just because you happened to use applications before, especially if the OS has functions for the app to essentially be put to sleep. Again I'm not an EE or CE so in reality the power usage may not even be relevant but it's something to think about.