Changes between Version 15 and Version 16 of AndroidBoinc

Timestamp:

Mar 19, 2012, 10:47:50 AM (13 years ago)

Author:

davea

Comment:

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AndroidBoinc

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 = BOINC on Android =
+
+Because of the increasing power of mobile computers (e.g. smart phones)
+and their large population (~5 billion)
+we're interested in using them for scientific computing.
+
+Apple iOS has a number of technical and legal barriers.
+For now, we're concentrating on Android, which is Linux-based and open-source.
+
+To avoid battery drain, the plan is to do computing only when the device is recharging.
+During these periods the device typically is on wifi.
+To avoid using up cell-phone data transfer quotas,
+we plan to do network communication only over wifi.
 
 == History and people ==
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  * Create a template for making a project-specific Android app,
    with instructions for adding it to app stores.
+
+== Common objections ==
+
+'''Power management turns the CPU to low power usage
+(1/10 clock rate or slower) when user not active.'''
+
+'''Reduced battery lifetime if left plugged in all the time.'''
+
+'''Many cell phone plans have restrictions on data usage.'''
+
+We'll do communication only over wifi.