In article , Chris Green wrote:
> We don't tend to have phones at hand all the time at home because
> there's no mobile coverage here so they're not terribly useful.

You have WiFi, so they're very useful. Just not for making phone calls.

I appreciate that a smartphone isn't the solution you're looking for to
control your putative Pi music centre ... but don't write them off as
useless about the house just because there's no cellular phone signal!
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Cheers,
 Daniel.

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