The San Francisco Android User Group | Fisherman’s Wharf

Submitted by the Event Organizer

Sick of everyone walking around San Francisco with their friggin’ iphones? Fight back against Apple by supporting another multi-billion dollar corporation in Google joining the San Francisco Android User Group. Tonight’s workshop shop will teach you about power consumption and battery life on Android-powered devices.

• Tuesday, March 30, 2010 6:30 PM
• SUPINFO International University
• Free with RSVP through meetup.com

March 30, 2010 – Meetup Description

Some of you might have already attended/seen Jeffrey Sharkey’s talk Coding for Life — Battery Life, That Is from Google I/O 2009, but hopefully all of you get that power consumption of your Android app can play a significant role in the overall user experience.

For our March 30th event, we are very fortunate to have Frank Maker, Eric Jung, and Yichuan Wang, a trio of very smart PhD students, come and share what they’ve learned about power consumption / battery life on mobile/Android devices in their years of research.

Specifically, they plan to talk about:Mobile Architecture – Talk about differences with desktop/laptop computers, where power goes, etc.
Measuring Power/Energy – difference between energy and power, battery technology, why the problem isn’t going away anytime soon
Software Optimizations – different ideas you can use to lower the power consumption of your application

We are working on securing sponsors for this event, but I’m sure that there will be plenty of pizza, drinks, and other giveaways

Disclaimer: Please double check event information with the event organizer as events can be canceled, details can change after they are added to our calendar, and errors do occur.