Cognitive Dissonance Watch
Wired News reports that United is adding WiFi - I have hated flying United, but with WiFi in the mix? Hmmm. If I can just get past the intense dislike....
United Airlines gets FAA approval for wireless internet access during domestic flights, but the FCC still has to OK it. Some international carriers already provide the service -- for a fee of course.
Comments
Laptops on Airplanes
[Daniel Berger] June 8, 2005 17:53:40.004
I gave up trying to use my laptop in coach. Just not enough room to be fun. Now if I happened to end up with free tickets in First Class...
Good niche
[George Paci] June 10, 2005 15:21:18.821
Airplane seats might be a good niche for wearable computers: if you move the files you want on to a USB drive (or mirror your hard drive to it), you can plug that into a little wearable box, and use a heads-up display. Then you'd only need room for a keyboard, not room for a laptop to fold out enough to view the screen and type at the same time. Or, if you're willing to learn it, a FrogPad one-handed keyboard.