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November 02, 2006

Mobile Phone to Take the Air by

airplanemobile.jpgJust when you could handle that crying baby, coughing lady, snoring fatty and kid kicking your chair'€"your flight will be getting a little more annoying. A little over 50 percent of airliners plan to offer some form of in-flight mobile phone connectivity by the end of 2008. It won't be that bad because the Economist is reporting this in-flight cellphone service could cost over $3 per minute, and you have to be completely stupid to pay $3 per minute for in-flight chitter chatter. Regardless, I think I'd deal with chatty Cathy or Blackberrying Betty for the chance of finally getting internet access way up in the sky. '€" Travis Hudson Mobile calls allowed on half of all airlines by 2008 [Silicon] Would you fly in chattering class? [Economist] [Via Consumerist]

From Mobile Phone to Take the Air by

Posted by Perry at November 2, 2006 01:47 PM