RSSSix Airlines to Offer iPod Integration
By Ed Oswald | Published November 14, 2006, 1:39 PM
Soon airline passengers of six major airlines will be able to charge their iPods as well as view videos stored on the devices on the seat back displays of those airlines, Apple announced on Tuesday. The functionality is expected to be available by mid-2007.
It was not immediately clear whether the integration would also support older iPod models that do not have video support.
Airlines participating include Air France, Continental, Delta, Emirates, KLM and United. While these would be the initial partners, Apple said it was working with Panasonic's avionics arm to bring the functionality to additional carriers.
"There is no better traveling companion than an iPod," Apple marketing vice president Greg Joswiak said. "Now travelers can power their iPods during flight and even watch their iPod movies and TV shows on their seat back displays."
Airline integration is a testament to the iPod's increasing prevalence in modern society. Over 70 percent 2007-model US automobiles now offer iPod connectivity, and the music device has an robust ecosystem of over 3,000 accessories.
These all things are just about money operation, U cannot complain anything for those insuffcient services until u got enought money to get over it.
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|It's too bad I don't fly on these airlines...ok sorry, yeah I'm being sarcastic. But, that's great eh?! Looking out for ipod users everywhere!...ack, sorry, more sarcasm.
I mean, ok...how likely is it that your at least 12 hour music player will run out on a 2-4 hour flight? Lets say your flying around the world though, or with stops across the U.S....ok, how likely is it that a person flying like this doesn't carry a second battery? The integration is nice, but I'd like to hear how that works first - I suspect you'll have to buy anything you're going to be able to watch/hear on your Ipod anyway. All in all, I think it's silly and another marketing ploy. It'd be smarter for them to include a miniusb connector in that case.
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|why not just install generic dc style connectors? you know like those in cars? i know those turbines generate more than enough energy to power one per seat.
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|Maybe because energy = gas. But I don't know the exact physics of it. I'm thinking people would use it for laptops, dvds and things that pull waaaay more power than a music player. I say use miniusb connectors, like the one on your cellphones (razr for example) and that will charge most new small electronic devices out nowadays.
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|Gee, I smell lawsuit ... monopolistic tactics?
Why are they not including a generic connector/charger. What a joke.
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|yeah that's stupid :/
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|I actually like the idea but that's because I have an iPod and happen to fly a lot. It would be nice to have a choice but then again, some airlines only serve Coke products and not Pepsi, and there's only one brand of "airphone" to use--why not more to choose from? Also, what would you rather have--iPod integration or nothing at all? Most airlines do provide an air charger (although not for every seat)that you need to buy an adaptor for so it would be nice to have that as an option. As for watching videos for a "generic" player, you would probably have to buy a video adaptor for your player in order for that to work. You can't always please everyone I guess...
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