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From: William Sommerwerck
Date: Tue, 02 Oct 2012 21:43
Date: Tue, 02 Oct 2012 21:43
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"Tom Biasi" <tombiasi@optonline.net> wrote in message news:506b5d4b$0$9802$607ed4bc@cv.net... > On 10/2/2012 5:21 PM, jim stone wrote: >> Not being able to find a small internet radio to buy we liked, >> we got a mobile phone with which we link with WiFi 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 ? > Using anything shortens its working life. Not so. There aren't any obvious failure mechanisms in solid-state devices (other than dopant migration in high-power output transistors). It's also true that most mechanical devices "like" moderate use. Letting anything mechanical "sit" most of the time will probably cause it fail sooner than if receives regular use. It's now possible to build computers without moving parts (other than the optical drives). My new computer has a solid-state "hard disk", and you wouldn't believe how fast it boots up, or how fast programs start to run.
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From: "William Sommerwerck" <grizzledgeezer@comcast.net>
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