01-26-2007, 08:00 PM
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Boeing Abandons WiFi in New 787
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2003540074_boeing25.html
"Boeing has abandoned its plan to install a wireless inflight-entertainment system on the 787 Dreamliner, one it had touted earlier as saving weight and complexity by eliminating wires. Boeing will substitute a wired system with cables running to each seat row, instead of a wireless antenna at each row, to feed movies and music to passengers' seats."
Ironically, the wired system will weigh less than the wireless system since part of the aircraft won't have to be thickened to support the access points. This really shouldn't affect most laptop users as most have built in CAT5 ports. PDA users though are in a different boat. It is rare that a PDA/Smartphone user has an accessory that snaps into the device to accept Ethernet cable. This leaves you with the alternative of using something like the WiFlyer if you can find an AC port for it, but now you are setting up a WiFi network on the plane which will probably be a no-no. So, I guess if you are at 40,000 feet, you need a laptop to check emails. 
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01-26-2007, 08:48 PM
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Once again showing that you should have specified a CF slot when you chose your PocketPC model.
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01-26-2007, 11:13 PM
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I thought this was to be a dedicated wireless system specifically for the in-seat entertainment system and not a general purpose Wi-Fi for passenger access to the Internet on their own computers.
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01-27-2007, 12:08 AM
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Originally Posted by PPCRules
Once again showing that you should have specified a CF slot when you chose your PocketPC model.
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How many Pocket PC phones come with a CF slot?
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01-27-2007, 05:27 AM
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...thickened to support the access points
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What in the world does this mean? What kind of access point requires a plane to be thickened?? Sounds a little fishy to me.
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01-27-2007, 02:03 PM
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simple
there's a simple solution. find someone on the plane with a mac laptop, ask if you can check your email, and make their mac into a Access Point (which takes 2 clicks).
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01-27-2007, 04:18 PM
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Re: simple
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Originally Posted by yada88
there's a simple solution. find someone on the plane with a mac laptop, ask if you can check your email, and make their mac into a Access Point (which takes 2 clicks).
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Yep. Not trying to instigate a flame war with this question, but will Vista do that too? (seriously... I don't want to hijack the thread... I'm just curious as I haven't seen this listed as one of Vista's features).
Another possible option: get a pocket access point. I grabbed a Linksys WTR54GS last month back when they were $13 after rebate. It's a sweet little unit.
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01-27-2007, 05:14 PM
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Re: simple
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Originally Posted by yada88
Another possible option: get a pocket access point. I grabbed a Linksys WTR54GS last month back when they were $13 after rebate. It's a sweet little unit. |
I am an airline pilot and I use a Nokia 770 internet tablet instead of a laptop on most trips. Don't have to take it out for security, very light, I've ripped movies for it. etc. Anyway, I have one of these Linksys WTR54GS for the hotels that don't have wireless. Works like a charm. Very small and handy.
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01-27-2007, 06:11 PM
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Re: simple
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Originally Posted by Deslock
Yep. Not trying to instigate a flame war with this question, but will Vista do that too? (seriously... I don't want to hijack the thread... I'm just curious as I haven't seen this listed as one of Vista's features).
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Well, I don't know about two clicks, but Windows XP can do this. For that matter, so can Windows 98. Internet Connection Sharing.
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01-27-2007, 06:24 PM
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Originally Posted by eagle63
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Yeah, that sounds a bit weird to me too. Especially when on one flight the guy next to me weighs 125 pounds while on the next the guy wieghs 375.
How much can a couple of pieces of aluminum weigh? 
Dave
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