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Photos: Top iPhone apps for business
Photo This free application provides up-to-the-minute information on flight arrival and departure times. It also allows users to browse flight schedules, helping them to plan their business itineraries.... [27 Oct 2009]
British Airways' London to New York route lets flyers use mobiles
News Despite the OnAir rollout, British Airways CEO Willie Walsh recently said the airline will not extend in-flight mobile comms to any of its aircraft already in service.... [28 Sep 2009]
The A to Z of wireless
News In-flight connectivity is delivered via onboard picocell technology, with a satellite link connecting the aircraft to mobile networks on the ground. Despite the closure of Connexion,... [11 Aug 2009]
Underwater robots, Google Moon, edible beetles and ID cards
Photo Airport IT supplier Sita developed this mobile web app for air travellers, currently being trialled by Malaysia Airlines, that allows them to check flight schedules and fares from their phones. Last... [04 Aug 2009]
Photos: The tech keeping the world's airports flying high
Photo Sita has also developed a mobile web app for air travellers, currently being trialled by Malaysia Airlines, that allows passengers to check flight schedules and fares from their phones. This is a... [07 Jul 2009]
Take a trip to the future of air travel
News The mobile app could also detect when a traveller misses their connection after an incoming flight has been delayed, and then automatically books a seat on the next onward flight,... [03 Jul 2009]
British Airways: No mobiles on old planes
News British Airways CEO Willie Walsh has said the airline will not extend in-flight mobile comms to any of its aircraft already in service. BA CIO Paul Coby predicted... [01 Jul 2009]
350,000 NHS email accounts Exchanged in massive migration
News Also, unlike Lewis Hamilton who has a chance to have a pitstop, we had to do this in flight, so everybody was able to continue using their email and that both the old and new systems could work together. [29 Apr 2009]
Photos: 10 ways to pimp your BlackBerry
Photo It's feature-packed - including a comprehensive travel directory (airlines, hotels and car rental companies), plus flight schedules and status, hotel booking, world and local weather and a currency converter. [17 Apr 2009]
Photos: My seven wonders of the tech world
Photo Flight controllers have shifts that average eight to 12 hours per day in front of the consoles with only five to 10 minute screen breaks every 90 minutes - but they are allowed to eat and drink at their... [09 Apr 2009]
In-flight mobiles takes off in EU
News Europe now has 27 aircraft equipped to allow passengers to use their mobiles in-flight, and the number of planes enabled for in-flight use of mobiles is expected to... [02 Apr 2009]
Photos: Bowled over by high-tech cricket at Lords
Photo Part of this is the Hawk-Eye system (above) which maps out the trajectory and flight of a cricket ball when it's been bowled. This shows how the flight of the ball is mapped by three cameras mounted... [25 Mar 2009]
Cheap broadband will stop BT going fibre charge crazy
News I is for In-flight While mobile broadband may be no competition for fibre, BT is not without its rivals in super-fast broadband: Virgin has already started offering an... [03 Mar 2009]
The Weekly Round-Up: 20.02.09
Round-Up Let's indulge in a flight of purest whimsy and find out. Speaking at the annual Mobile World Congress trade show in Barcelona, GSMA CEO Rob Conway said it was... [20 Feb 2009]
All Ryanair planes to offer mobile calls by 2010
News Passengers will be charged their operator's respective roaming rate for communications during the flight. Currently O2 is signed up with the company, which is also in talks with 3, Orange and Vodafone. [19 Feb 2009]
