Comments on: Connected in the Air: Win Some, Lose Some http://gigaom.com/collaboration/connected-in-the-air-win-some-lose-some/ Fri, 25 May 2012 10:45:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Michael http://gigaom.com/collaboration/connected-in-the-air-win-some-lose-some/#comment-57376 Thu, 05 Apr 2007 18:56:04 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/04/04/connected-in-the-air-win-some-lose-some/#comment-57376 And how tempting it would be to elbow the chatty salesperson in the face. Shut-up mate; I am trying to:

Watch a movie
Sleep
Read
etc…

]]> By: A Roadmap for the Mobile Future - PC Blade Daily - Practical News and Views on Centralized Computing http://gigaom.com/collaboration/connected-in-the-air-win-some-lose-some/#comment-57375 Wed, 04 Apr 2007 17:38:39 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/04/04/connected-in-the-air-win-some-lose-some/#comment-57375 [...] play a major part in bringing mobile devices fully under the corporate umbrella. Developments like Wi-Fi hot spots on airplanes will extend the mobile network to (literally) new [...]

]]> By: Cote' http://gigaom.com/collaboration/connected-in-the-air-win-some-lose-some/#comment-57374 Wed, 04 Apr 2007 16:51:33 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/04/04/connected-in-the-air-win-some-lose-some/#comment-57374 I’ve always wondered if there was technically a reason to ban cellphone use on flights. As one comic once said, “if a cellphone can screw up the computers on a plane, we have a lot to be afraid of.” Point being: I mean, like, isn’t the tech on a plane solid enough that a cellphone couldn’t ruin it? There’s numerous times that I’ve forgotten to turn my phone off, and I’m sure there’s plenty of people who have done. Same from my wifi card in my laptop.

Meaning, if planes were going to be falling out of the sky because of cellphones, I suspect we’d already be seeing it.

It’s interesting that they’ll block VoIP. That makes me wonder if the cellphone/VoIP bane is more a security precaution — so that teams of hijackers can’t coordinate — than anything else.

Ya’ll know the “real story” on phone ban use? Or is it actually the sensibility of avoiding being that person in the middle with the two chatty salespeople?

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