Apple Takes to Friendly Skies
- December 10th, 2006
- 7 Comments
Apple has announced that it has struck deals with Air France, Continental, Delta, Emirates, KLM and United to provide seamless integration for iPod on flights. Starting in early 2007, iPod owners will be able to plug their devices into seat adapters that will charge their players and play video on the seat displays. So that the next time you fly, you might be subjected to your single-serving-friend’s peculiar movie tastes.
This is an significant development for Apple and a heavy blow against Microsoft and it’s Zune. If Redmond is truly serious about making the Zune a contender it’s going to have to quickly develop relationships with other airlines (like Southwest) as well as develop an adapter that’ll let Zune users play their devices on iPod-planes.
Whatever the case, it’s cool to see this happening. It’s pretty infuriating to have your DAP gasp its last breath while you’re in the air. Now if only they’d make regular power jacks regular so I could just use my laptop.
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ZuneJustSucks (Who am I?)
1 year ago
Hilarious!
ZUNE is just so DOOMED.
ArnY (Who am I?)
1 year ago
Actually Air France & KLM refuted Apple’s claims:
http://www.macnn.com/articles/06/11/16/airlines.on.apple.claims/
Sydney (Who am I?)
1 year ago
I personally think it is a lot of money for the airlines to invest when they really don’t have to. In coach the screens are hardly bigger than the ipod anyway. The only real benefit to the passenger is charging. I just assume watch the movies.
Spud (Who am I?)
1 year ago
This is a huge deal for Apple and will only further cement the iPods place as the number one music and video device. Now we don’t have to worry about our iPods dying, especially on long haul flights.
Stephane (Who am I?)
1 year ago
Huummm!
News from one month ago! A good news though!
http://www.cliczune.com/2006/11/ipod_in_a_plane.html
Peter (Who am I?)
1 year ago
I definitely hope Southwest and American jump on board. If the airlines were smart though, they would build the the docking ports to accomodate other portable video devices.
Thomas (Who am I?)
1 year ago
Zune, Ipod all use similiar power requirements. All i have to do is cut a zune cable and a ipod cable and I betcha I can build a converter cable to make it for other player, that is assuming security doesn’t think my zune with wires coming out of it is a bomb.