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Rent an iPad For Inflight Entertainment

Posted by samzenpus on from the would-you-like-an-apple-product-with-your-meal? dept.

OzPeter writes "Jetstar will start renting out of pre-loaded iPads as a form of inflight entertainment instead of the more typical seat back video system. No word in the article on how or if they will handle Wi-Fi connections, but interestingly it does mention that they will be usable during takeoff and landings — something that will be sure to spark lots of discussion regarding planes and modern electronics."

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  1. daily tampon story? by js3 · · Score: -1, Troll

    seriously enough with the tampon stories.

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    did you forget to take your meds?
    1. Re:daily tampon story? by MrHanky · · Score: 1, Troll

      Yeah, Slashdot is essentially a spamhost working for Apple these days. "News for nerds"? "Stuff that matters"? This story is neither. Not even the worst offenders among the fanboys can find it interesting at all. I can't imagine Apple doesn't pay Slashdot a significant amount for keeping their hype going.

  2. I want a google-pad by santax · · Score: 0, Troll

    Since Jobs decided for all of us that watching porn is something very evil to do.

  3. Re:Aircraft electronics by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    As for "a battery of EM tests for every device imaginable"...are pilots really so superstitious that they think an iPad emits a different sort of aircraft-confounding rays than a ThinkPad or a Palmcorder?

    Of course it does. Remember, the iPad is magic. The ThinkPad/Palmcorder aren't.

    Very few airplanes are properly shielded against magic.

    just like very few civilizations are properly shielded against Jews. Fiat currency controlled by a private corporation? hah, you lose.

    since most of you dont know this. most of the Jews who are fucking the world economy up the ass for the sake of their power, who are a fraction of a percent of the population yet an overwhelming majority of media ownership and college professors, are not actually Semetic at all. they are a people called the Khazars who converted to Judaism around 1000 AD. you cannot be anti-Semetic if you think their disproportionate control and power is fucking us up because they are not Semites.