Via CJ comes news of a new version of Nokia's Energy Profiler (Forum Nokia login required). New in this version 1.2 (for all S60 variants), in addition to the existing energy profiling features, are a graphing feature and plotting of Wi-Fi signal strength in real time. It has an element of 'cool' about, but can also be used to help troubleshoot problems. Rafe says this is a must have tool for every developer and explains more in the full story.

Rafe's comments

Every developer should take a look at Nokia's Energy Profiler application. Why? Because energy usage (or battery life) is already a major constraint on mobile devices and it is only going to get more important. While memory (both RAM and disk space) is increasing along with processing power, a commensurate improvement in battery technology is not taking place. This means power management is going to become the most important constraint when developing mobile applications.

Developers can use Energy Profile to see how their application performs. My personal recommendation would to pay the most attention to the time when your application should be in a dormant state.