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Here’s a great post:

Many airlines are ready to test wireless Internet service.
American Airlines expects to have a test plane operating by December and its whole transcontinental fleet of 767s ready in 2008.
Virgin America is expected to equip every seat back with high-speed capability by mid-2008. This airline also plans to integrate broadband into its existing seat-back entertainment […]

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Just came across this:

When portability was enabled for mobile phone numbers on November 24th, 2003 I was ready to eliminate one of my three cellular service providers. I already had a phone that only my closest friends had the number of, my T-Mobile SideKick, because I use it as a data device. My old AT&T Wireless phone had been replaced by a Sprint model that offered 70k USB data connections as well as thousands of minutes of voice for the same money that I was paying to Ma Bell. The problem I had was that thousands of my business cards had this AT&T phone number printed on them. I wanted my contacts to be able to reach out and touch me.
On the first day of what the press had thought would be a “mass exodus” of mobile users I called T-Mobile and began the process of giving them control […]

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Kent emailed us this:

I have owned my original Sidekick, the black and white version for a full year now. It replaced my TiVo as my most used digital product within a month of owning it. Since then it has been upgraded to a the 65,000 color version which also sports a longer battery life, a higher resolution camera and double the contacts at 2000 entries. This product has its flaws; it is a cumbersome cell phone, the battery must be charged daily and it is a tad large but no smart phone comes close to it in features.
There are no fewer than five ways to communicate with the Sidekick. First is voice which sounds great but is difficult to dial as the number pad is across the top of the keyboard. Forget touch dialing when you drive down the highway. Those of you in cities with public transportation will […]

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Thanks Sarah, for pointing out:

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Heather sent us a link to this:

If you are a heavy laptop or PDA user the LG-5350 provides ~70k serial connections to your portable devices. Phones like the Nokia 3650 and the Ericsson P800 have email, mini browsers and 640X480 VGA cameras while the Treo 300 with its built in keyboard and Palm OS support web pages via color touch screens and multiple server POP email clients. How much phone do you need and is voice important any longer?
LG 5350 - Handspring Treo 300 - Nokia 3650 - Sony Ericsson P800: Watch the QuickTime Video

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