Attention: TDR Forum Junkies 
Guess the cellphone annoyance will be everywhere now!!!
Can see a lot of possibilities for plane rage here, as many who use cell phones don't have consideration for those around them, and the whole flying thing is very sensitive anyway!!!!! Wonder if the pilots can use while flying
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American, Qualcomm Test Cell Phones In Flight
In-Flight Personal Cell Phone Calls Require FAA Approval
DALLAS -- The information superhighway is about to take off into the skyway.
American Airlines and Qualcomm are teaming up on technology that will enable travelers to make phone calls from an airplane in flight using their personal cell phone.
"Now we're just gonna open up this whole thing and let everybody on this airplane place calls around the world and receive calls," said Irwin Jacobs, Qualcomm's chief executive.
Jacobs recently made the first call 25,000 feet in the air.
The quality of the calls is pretty clear, no matter how far away the person on the other end of the line is, KXAS-TV in Dallas reported.
American Airlines spokesman Monte Ford said it's all about convenience and instant communication in case of an emergency.
"[Passengers can] continue the phone call that they had or the business meeting or check on Joey," Ford said.
But in-flight cell phone usage still needs approval from the Federal Aviation Administration.
Jacobs said the approval is necessary to "make sure that all the safety agencies are comfortable, that we cannot be harming any of avionics. "
"This is the beginning of a great journey and I think the fact that entertainment and Internet access -- and cell phone usage -- is starting to at least be on the horizon [covered] with air travel. I think that's a step in the right direction," American Airlines spokesman Roger Frizzell said.
Using a personal cell phone on planes is currently banned on planes due to concerns that they could interfere with navigation systems. It will probably be another two years before it's legal to chat on a cell phone and fly, KXAS-TV reported.
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Can see a lot of possibilities for plane rage here, as many who use cell phones don't have consideration for those around them, and the whole flying thing is very sensitive anyway!!!!! Wonder if the pilots can use while flying
??American, Qualcomm Test Cell Phones In Flight
In-Flight Personal Cell Phone Calls Require FAA Approval
DALLAS -- The information superhighway is about to take off into the skyway.
American Airlines and Qualcomm are teaming up on technology that will enable travelers to make phone calls from an airplane in flight using their personal cell phone.
"Now we're just gonna open up this whole thing and let everybody on this airplane place calls around the world and receive calls," said Irwin Jacobs, Qualcomm's chief executive.
Jacobs recently made the first call 25,000 feet in the air.
The quality of the calls is pretty clear, no matter how far away the person on the other end of the line is, KXAS-TV in Dallas reported.
American Airlines spokesman Monte Ford said it's all about convenience and instant communication in case of an emergency.
"[Passengers can] continue the phone call that they had or the business meeting or check on Joey," Ford said.
But in-flight cell phone usage still needs approval from the Federal Aviation Administration.
Jacobs said the approval is necessary to "make sure that all the safety agencies are comfortable, that we cannot be harming any of avionics. "
"This is the beginning of a great journey and I think the fact that entertainment and Internet access -- and cell phone usage -- is starting to at least be on the horizon [covered] with air travel. I think that's a step in the right direction," American Airlines spokesman Roger Frizzell said.
Using a personal cell phone on planes is currently banned on planes due to concerns that they could interfere with navigation systems. It will probably be another two years before it's legal to chat on a cell phone and fly, KXAS-TV reported.
Distributed by Internet Broadcasting Systems, Inc. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
, while the fast-talking nerdy-voiced guy on the other side of the aisle is saying, "Okay, now if you look at the budget projections on page two, you will see that if we maximize the net return ratio on an upward trend, the marginal basis will create a bias toward potential growth in third quarter net gains thereby maximizing maximum maximizations while minimizing minimum negative aspects. Therefore the whole projected return ratio (blah blah blah)... " 
And in the meantime, a guy behind you is arguing with his wife in Spanish :-{} while the woman next to the high school girl is having a conversation in Korean, and she's being loud enough to be heard in Korea. 
And you're surrounded by all these people for 3 or 4 hours!! :{ 
Sort of like at the mall but you can't walk away. 
