From: Martin Joseph (martyNT_at_barknaturalpet.com)
Date: Sun Oct 10 2004 - 10:34:23 PDT
On Oct 10, 2004, at 12:59 AM, DJ Vollkasko wrote:
> I reckon if BT has less bandwidth that WLAN, but the Newton can't even
> handle *that*, then there is not much chance that WLAN is faster in the
> Newton then BT, as it has to pass the very same bottle neck. But I may
> have
> misunderstood Eckart, so if I'm wrong, pls. kindly correct me.
I will correct you. I am certainly not going to challenge Eckhart
though :~)
I can tell you from first hand experience with both 802.11b and BT on
the Newton, that WIFI is WAY, WAY faster. I would estimate about 4
times faster...
On the other hand the BT power consumption is unbelievable.
With the Ambicom purple antenna card that I have, it barely makes a
difference to Newtons battery life to have it on. As opposed to Wifi
which hammers the battery hard.
Marty
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