Device that manages power provided to an object sensor

A hand-held device, comprising:

• a processing device;
• a plurality of input receiving elements coupled to the processing device;
• a first wireless transmission device coupled to the processing device;
• a second wireless transmission device, different than the first wireless transmission device, coupled to the processing device;
• a sensor coupled to the processing device;
• and
• a memory storing instructions which, when executed by the processing device, cause the hand-held device to perform steps comprising:
• (a) using a signal received from the sensor to determine whether the hand-held portable device is positioned proximate to an object surface;
• (b) when it is determined from the signal received from the sensor that the hand-held portable device is positioned proximate to the object surface causing the hand-held device to operate a first operational mode in which the hand-held device is configured to use the first wireless transmission device to transmit a first communication representative of an activation of a one or more of the plurality of input receiving elements and when it is determined from the signal received from the sensor that the hand-held portable device is not positioned proximate to the object surface causing the hand-held device to operate in a second operational mode in which the hand-held device is configured to use the second wireless transmission device to transmit a second communication representative of the activation of the one or more of the plurality of input receiving elements;
• and
• (c) periodically repeating steps (a) and (b).