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This looks incredible. My one burning question: For integrations on mobile devices, how does this affect the battery life? I'm concerned that there is some open-ended connection from the client to server listening for data changes which will drain the battery while the app is open.

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Good question. We haven't heard any complaints about battery life so far. If you'd like you can check out Simplenote to judge for yourself: http://simplenoteapp.com

You do have control over the granularity of your updates. For example, we spoke to a game developer who would want to disable Simperium while a game is being played, and then enable it again at the end of levels. These coarse changes are supported since they'll resolve automatically when the client comes back online.

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