Apple Announces iPod Airplane Integration

[xPismo]

United is the ONLY airline that does this.

I wish they all did. Its a great way to enjoy the flight.

As for the ipod plugins, its great the only downside I see is it forces Apple into a single connector / body shape for future ipods. It would suck to release a new ipod that isn't useable on your next flight.

 

[steelfist]

hope it's on the A380. that would be awesome! I agree, ipod video abuse will go pretty far though, as far as pornography goes.

 

[MrCrowbar]

"Because he's a pervert, son. Stop staring at his screen and keep watching how the American hero slaughters evil terrorists with his machine gun on your TV screen."

Technically, people were able to watch porn on their notebooks during a flight, and so far this hasn't been an issue, has it?

I flew with Virgin Atlantic once, and they have a great entertainment system where you could watch porn if you wanted. But it says you have to ask a stewardess to enable it for you (enter a code)... Might be a bit embarassing asking "Can you put the password in so I can watch big boobies 4 please?"

 

[clint@bihbs.com]

klm has denied a deal

As of today at 1800 GMT+1, Klm stated that they had preliminary talks but were no where near to closing the deal. source. www.nu.nl

 

[SactoGuy18]

99 bottles of beer on the wall,
99 bottles of beer.
If one of those bottles should happen to fall,
98 bottles of beer on the wall.

98 bottles of beer on the wall...

Funny you should mention that because one time I actually sang the song and it took about 25 minutes for me to do it all the way through. But that's only just over two segments of an ESPN Radio show podcast....

(By the way, I always remember the third line as "Take one down, pass it around.")

But getting back on topic, I think this is a great idea. Especially if you listen to long podcasts like I do that can take about way over an hour per podcast. It'll be great for long cross-country flights, that's to be sure.

 

[Cinch]

future of air travel

What will the future of air travel holds?

1. Boomless supersonic jet (NYC to LAX in 2.5 hours).
2. inexpensive jetblue/southwest flight in continent, price point $200 round trip, todays money of course
3. weight/bag restriction to increase fuel economy-saving us money
4. packing sardines even tighter allowing more seats (I hope this will not come to pass).
5. computer/machine pilot (yes, they can handle landing and take-off)--eliminating overpaid pilots and terrorism too
6. no food service (don't worry no one will starve to death, we are in a middle of a obesity epidemic for god sake)- saving weight and money
7. reduce flight attendance by at least 50% (no food see above), and add a "useful" security guard to control rowdy passenger - saving us money


If you can't reduce the weight of a LCD or OLED or whatever screen, don't add it to every seats. I think the future is clear and it looks like it will diverge into two paths. 1) basic travel that allows people to do it more frequently or 2) travel in comfort and pay more thus less frequent travel. I'm not talking about first class travel here.

Think about it, wouldn't you want to travel anywhere in the US more frequently say 7+ times a year, or 1 or 2 times a year and have all the amenities (meal, iPod, movies and overpaid pilots)?

Tune in your fear and imagine the possibility with me

Cinch

 

[lord patton]

regulation is inevitable

With their proprietary dock connector becoming ubiquitous in cars and airplanes, it's only a matter of time before the government uses anti-trust law to crack down on Apple. Not because they really believe iPod dominance threatens the "public good" (whatever that is), but because it will be a way to extort protection money from Apple (i.e. campaign contributions) and sell government services (regulatory predation) to their competitors.

IMO

 

[Squonk]

(By the way, I always remember the third line as "Take one down, pass it around.")

We used to alternate verses. You know, to break up the monotony of it. HA!

 

[flir67]

LOL, now that was good...

Zune (zoon)

See: Brick​

Now that I say that, Zune can never have the Airline compatability! All those bricks would add too much weight!

 

[newmacuser13]

but how many connections

I think this would be great, but really, how many seats will get actual connections. Ever try to find an empower jack on a plane in coach - I've never seen one yet. A great idea, but poorly executed. Hopefully Apple can bring it to the masses (coach) not just 1st class seats. Hey airlines, while your doing the wiring, how about installing those empower jacks at the same time.

 

[LimeiBook86]

that's stupid! why would the person behind me want to watch my videos!? They shouldn't put the video on the seatback of iPod connected passengers, they should put it on the seatback of the passenger in front of them!!

No, no. You got it all wrong. They mean the seatback that your facing. This is usually where the personal video displays are in a section that has them.

I think this is a good thing for Apple. Once a few companies start to use the dock connector in their planes others will want the same thing. Now if they would still install some dock connectors in coach class...(maybe just not every seat) that would be nice too.

 

[scu]

Here is my take. Anyone who owns a video iPod mostly like would own a laptop. If they take the video iPod on a trip they are also more likely to take their laptop. I would prefer to watch a video on my laptop instead of the little screen on the airplane. But then of course battery life is an issue as well.

 

[Stridder44]

And it begins.

I suspect we'll see a few more announcements in the near future - all meant to kick the Zune's butt.

No kidding!! iPod integration in airplanes!??! The iPod connector is becoming as much of a standard as a headphone jack is.

 

[princealfie]

And where is Jetblue in all of this???

 

[justflie]

Does anyone else find it really really really weird that Apple would announce it today and an airline that is mentioned is denying that a deal was even close to fruition? Someone got their lines crossed/translations screwy I think. Sheesh.

 

[Hertog]

As of today at 1800 GMT+1, Klm stated that they had preliminary talks but were no where near to closing the deal. source. www.nu.nl

I allready posted that, but everyone seems to be overlooking this fact (including you )

So, this time in bold:
People, one of the airlines mentoined has denied the deal, so it's not sure if it is true!

 

[swingerofbirch]

Has no one else thought of the security implications of this? They are allowing people to connect complex computer devices to the electronics system of an airplane. What is to stop someone from writing a virus that would infiltrate the plane's computers and cause it to crash? With all the crazy precautions they take regarding toothpaste, it's hard to see how they could miss the obvious.

 

[p0intblank]

Now this is really cool! The iPod is everywhere now... even in flight! Go Apple!

 

[apfhex]

4. packing sardines even tighter allowing more seats (I hope this will not come to pass).

I'd be happy with your 6 other points if it meant cheaper ticket prices (the food in coach isn't worth any amount of money!!!). But if they squeeze those seats any closer together, it will make it physically impossible for me (and anyone else over 6 ft) to fit in them. It's already pretty much a fracking health hazard (damned if blood is going to flow through my legs when they're so crammed up against the seat in front of me, hah ).

Hey airlines, while your doing the wiring, how about installing those empower jacks at the same time.

HOW ABOUT INSTALLING WORKING HEADPHONE JACKS FIRST? What's an Empower jack, anyway?

 

[Poff]

I allready posted that, but everyone seems to be overlooking this fact (including you )

So, this time in bold:
People, one of the airlines mentoined has denied the deal, so it's not sure if it is true!

I think we might just be surpressing this..

..this is veeery un-apple. Last time I remember something like this was Steve announcing the G5 would reach 3GHz within a year, upon which IBM said they would try to get it to 3GHz within a year.

..I'm guessing someone got fired at Apples today..

 

[DaveTheGrey]

Well, let's see... the Zune comes out today. The iPod has been out for about 5 years (?) now. So it took Apple 5 years to have them integrate with airplanes. Shame on Apple for not innovating quicker. Shame, shame, shame. And shame on MS for not innovating quicker too. The Zune's only been out, what,... a few hours and it still can't integrate with planes? Shame on MS.

Seriously.... what's with all this Zune bashing? This story isn't even about the Zune, yet someone just had to post something about it. I'm not defending MS or anyone. It's just that I get's pretty redundant when everyone praises Apple and bashes on everyone else (especially MS), like Apple can do no wrong. I bet you haven't even played with a Zune yet. It's like people who say they don't like Japanese food or something. And when asked if they've tried it, they say no. How the hell do you know whether you like somethinig or not when you haven't even tried it yet?

Apple fan boys......

i can tell you:
ms has stolen 13 years of my life with bluescreens and driver installations and because ms won't pay me for the time i spent having fun with their "os" i just love to laugh about their try to copy apple and fail, as they did for the last 20 years.

 

[kpangilinan]

I believe this will be the coolest thing ever. As long as it charges it at the same time, I'll fly more.

 

[Glenny2lappies]

What will the future of air travel holds?

1. Boomless supersonic jet (NYC to LAX in 2.5 hours).
2. inexpensive jetblue/southwest flight in continent, price point $200 round trip, todays money of course
3. weight/bag restriction to increase fuel economy-saving us money
4. packing sardines even tighter allowing more seats (I hope this will not come to pass).
5. computer/machine pilot (yes, they can handle landing and take-off)--eliminating overpaid pilots and terrorism too
6. no food service (don't worry no one will starve to death, we are in a middle of a obesity epidemic for god sake)- saving weight and money
7. reduce flight attendance by at least 50% (no food see above), and add a "useful" security guard to control rowdy passenger - saving us money


If you can't reduce the weight of a LCD or OLED or whatever screen, don't add it to every seats. I think the future is clear and it looks like it will diverge into two paths. 1) basic travel that allows people to do it more frequently or 2) travel in comfort and pay more thus less frequent travel. I'm not talking about first class travel here.

Think about it, wouldn't you want to travel anywhere in the US more frequently say 7+ times a year, or 1 or 2 times a year and have all the amenities (meal, iPod, movies and overpaid pilots)?

Tune in your fear and imagine the possibility with me

Cinch

8. Couldn't give a toss (aka Ryanair). Like we're going to give you anything.

9. You can't take that piece of electronics through sir. It could be used by trrrrrroooooiiiisssts [think Team 'merica here].

 

[Cinch]

8. Couldn't give a toss (aka Ryanair). Like we're going to give you anything.

Ryanair must be a British com. or others. I never heard of Ryanair.

Cinch

 

[RodThePlod]

..I'm guessing someone got fired at Apples today..

Haha... I don't think so. On the face of it this seems like Apple's marketing team have jumped the gun on this announcement - however I'm guessing Steve Jobs sanctioned this as a swift poke in the eye to Microsoft on Zune launch day.

It's showing the industry how creative Apple are being when it comes to their plans for iPod. They have a lot of cool stuff in store for us that Microsoft aint even thought of yet!!