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Yeah not so much anymore. They typically replaced all the paper in the cockpit with iPads. They've done this on several airlines and it's FAA approved.

http://edition.cnn.com/2011/TE...
http://www.padgadget.com/2011/...
http://www.todaysiphone.com/20...
http://old.seattletimes.com/ht...

Like this?

The joke's on you, asshole. The app is Find My iPhone that is sending these people to his home.

That's not what I was talking about from the beginning which was quite clear. You are trying spin it when caught that what you were saying doesn't make sense.

You were talking about a live demo from the beginning, and said it was "no big deal". That is what I keyed in on.

What? The iPhone is not a router. It was not doing anything with "untested volume.". Jobs tried to surf with it. It was not receiving any data. I have no idea what you are imagining.

What any consumer might imagine and the kind of thing that happens all the time: when faced with a stressed environment, the product failed due to a design error. I call you a fanboy because the idea that the product might have been at fault doesn't even enter your mind, whereas the typical consumer sees that Jobs expects everybody to turn off their WiFi for the damn thing to work.

I don't remember any journalists immediately blogging "OMGZ. iPhone wifi doesn't work!". At best, they joked about it the glitch.

"awkward", "embarrassing and rare", "a bit sad"

You're right, in that most just accepted it was an understandable WiFi congestion, but there was at least one person who was uncertain and hinted at a problem with the phone:

"It wasn't clear exactly what the actual Wi-Fi issue was, but it seemed that his demo iPhone may have had trouble staying connected to the Wi-Fi network it was supposed to be attached to given there were so many other options around. (If anyone can better diagnose the problem let me know.)"

I don't think there was a single unanticipated thing in the announcement beyond the odd "mail a postcard" feature and the existence of a "Where are my Friends?" app.

I love how you say "leaked" as if they knew. Many "leaked" larger screens and 4G and that didn't happen. Many said "no home button" and no 64gb since everything is "in the cloud" but we still have the home button and a 64gb model. (more no 64gb rumors)

Rumors are just that, rumors. Nothing was "leaked", reporters just threw cards up in the air and predicted some would land face up... and they were right!

Maybe. The developer of GV Mobile has apparently gotten word that the app would likely be approved for the app store if he resubmitted it: http://www.todaysiphone.com/2010/09/gv-mobile-may-return-to-app-store/

So there may be hope for an official Google Voice app from Google as well.

...though it wouldn't necessarily make the apps any safer: http://www.todaysiphone.com/2010/07/disguised-tethering-app-tricks-apple/