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Was it the first in-air commercial videoconference?
It’s a long flight from Munich to San Francisco, even non-stop. But recently two enterprising Apple product managers cut the distance dramatically with a few at-hand tools: iChat AV, iSight, 17-inch PowerBook G4, a Boeing 777 and an orbiting satellite.
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In a briefing we recently attended, the speaker said that a few other commercial airlines, besides Lufthansa, will be turning their cabins into Wi-Fi Hotspots within the year.
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- 06-24-2004, 01:16 PM #1Mac Addict
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iChat AV at 35,000 Feet
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- 06-24-2004, 02:26 PM #2Mac Lover
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Ultimate Kewlness
The world is getting smaller every minute.... its just like you never left.
There may be security implications though. A VIP can be visually confirmed on board by a suicide??? ichatter before he "chats" the instruction to shoot down the aircraft.
- 06-24-2004, 04:21 PM #3Mac Fanatic
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What did he mean by "Hint: AppleScript + Unicode dingbat 2708"? How to I get the airplane?
- 06-24-2004, 04:35 PM #4Mac Freak
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That is cool.
I wonder what other airlines will be doing this...
- 06-24-2004, 04:43 PM #5Mac Addict
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Hi Miguel!
Singapore Airlines by 3rd quarter, 2004. They'll call theirs, "CyberCabin".
Originally posted by mistermoya
That is cool. I wonder what other airlines will be doing this...
- 06-24-2004, 04:49 PM #6Mac Addict
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Hi Mikaelrules!
Am no Applescript expert but I was crudely able to recreate his status by getting the icon from Zapf Dingbats in Office 2004.
[Edited on 6-24-2004 by Arel]Originally posted by mikaelrules
What did he mean by "Hint: AppleScript + Unicode dingbat 2708"? How to I get the airplane?
- 06-24-2004, 07:29 PM #7Mac Lover
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this is so cool! i hope they have one on PAL too! But i doubt that'll happen anytime soon. But this is a really cool idea.
- 06-24-2004, 07:56 PM #8Administrator
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PAL??? The airline who has no in-seat video on long-haul flights? (well, at least not on the last few flights I've taken to the U.S.). The same airline that is still using plastic forks and knives in first class? (whereas others like SQ use stainless steel ones in economy class). They don't even have Airphones in their flights!
Safe to say, fat chance!
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