Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder2.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: The Real Bev Newsgroups: comp.mobile.android Subject: Re: Which uses less power Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2024 09:20:25 -0700 Organization: None, as usual Lines: 23 Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2024 18:20:26 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="708a28302d7da6e05bc3af92e9e6b80e"; logging-data="2840803"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+5JIDljR6EpucM+DU1FnPCjGKiOLWcdC8=" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:68.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/68.0 Thunderbird/68.12.1 Cancel-Lock: sha1:ETCeILqmVRrZ4+X+R3lyTY4nK2Y= Content-Language: en-US In-Reply-To: Bytes: 1890 On 10/23/24 11:56 PM, sms wrote: > On 10/22/2024 8:45 PM, The Real Bev wrote: > > > >> Why not obviate the battery problem by putting the podcasts on a USB >> stick plugged into the AUX socket? > > The Aux socket is a 3.5mm jack. A USB stick plugs into a USB port. Mine (2013 Corolla) is a USB port clearly labeled AUX. Take it up with Toyota! > In a vehicle you have power for the phone anyway so there is no battery > issue. Perhaps the worry is the heat caused by the constant charge. -- Cheers, Bev "I love deadlines... especially the whooshing sound they make as they go by." -Douglas Adams