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From: krw
Date: Wed, 03 Oct 2012 23:42
Date: Wed, 03 Oct 2012 23:42
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On Wed, 3 Oct 2012 21:52:53 +0100, "R. Mark Clayton" <nospamclayton@btinternet.com> wrote: > >"jim stone" <tgh6h56nzh@mail.invalid> wrote in message >news:k4flsm$pbt$1@dont-email.me... >> Not being able to find a small internet radio to buy we liked, we got >> mobile phone with which we link with wi-fi to a modem router, and use it >> as an internet radio. >> >> Keeping the phoned plugged into its charger all the time, we are using it >> to play *all-day* background classical music through an amplifier and >> speakers. >> >> Since the phone has no 'moving parts' unlike a computer, we are wondering >> if this continuous playing all day of the phone is going to shorten its >> working life ? >> > >The bits that will fail [first] in a mobile phone are the battery and >display. You can replace the battery and switch off the display. Except phones with hardwired batteries. >I have two 40+ year old solid state radios that still work. My 39YO HP45 still works but the power switch is too flaky to be usable.
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Subject: Re: Using mobile phone as an internet radio
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