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Originally Posted by sbm12
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And I'm guessing that most of the questions are going to come from all the BB users who read that they are going to have BB access in the air and then come to discover that they can't because they aren't using the 8820/8320s with WiFi. I also love that they are specifically calling out iPhone users (and that Apple was foolish enough to not provide granular control over those two different radios. I guess it wasn't aesthetically pleasing :rolleyes:
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Even if there was seperate controls over the two radios, or there was no cellular radio (as in the iPod Touch), the iPhone still wouldn't work because of its lack of a flash plugin for Safari.
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I posted this in the plane name game thread, but should mention it here as well:
http://www.jetblue.com/about/whyyoul...cmp=tdbetablue check out all those new logos on Beta Blue... Yahoo!, BlackBerry, and even LiveTV on the engines. --Russ |
Originally Posted by magiciansampras
(Post 8854516)
While this is true, about North America, LH had a similar service for awhile and dumped it quickly because 1) it didn't work well and 2) customer comments were very similar to the ones here (i.e. yahoo mail and text messaging isn't all that exciting).
It'll be interesting to see if B6 does better with it. I remain skeptical that people will pay for services other than regular internet access. |
Originally Posted by JerseyVics
(Post 8876552)
I posted this in the plane name game thread, but should mention it here as well:
http://www.jetblue.com/about/whyyoul...cmp=tdbetablue check out all those new logos on Beta Blue... Yahoo!, BlackBerry, and even LiveTV on the engines. --Russ |
I do hope this expands to full Wifi service. mail and IM alone are not gonna be enough.
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Originally Posted by JetBlueFA
(Post 8876811)
I'm not positive but I don't think those logos are actually on the aircraft. I think they where just put on the photo release. Anybody in SFO today she's on her way to you.
I figured in the spirit of the Official Airline of Springfield and Homer's endorsement logo, they would extend the courtesy to other partners as well. --Russ |
Some turbulence for JetBlue's in-flight e-mail
I'm typing this somewhere over Louisville, Ky. (or so the "live map" on my seat monitor tells me), on board JetBlue flight 641, a "BetaBlue" New York-to-San Francisco plane equipped with Yahoo and BlackBerry e-mail and instant-messaging access. I was able to load up the Yahoo Mail in the Sky application, an ultra-light version of Yahoo Mail, but before I could send any messages, the system had faltered again. About five minutes later, I was able to ping CNET News.com's newsroom with a test message. I received three replies from my colleagues on the ground, but then the Wi-Fi started to fuzz in and out again. BetaBlue's Wi-Fi infrastructure clearly isn't ready for prime time, which is why I think it's ultimately a good idea that they've started small. Representatives from JetBlue's LiveTV division, which handles the service, said that the program will see expansions over the next few months. |
Originally Posted by JetBlueFA
(Post 8876811)
I'm not positive but I don't think those logos are actually on the aircraft. I think they where just put on the photo release. Anybody in SFO today she's on her way to you.
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I was wrong the sponsorships are on the aircraft. Look pretty neat if you ask me.
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Interesting Beta-Blue photo. So it is real that sponsors got their logo on the plane now :D. Too bad they won't have Beta-Blue flying from IAD-FLL :(
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BetaBlue will work her way through the system over the next year. Here is the preliminary schedule for the next couple of days.
12/11 641 JFK-SFO 644 SFO-JFK 727 JFK-BQN 12/12 728 BQN-JFK 209 JFK-LGB 210 LGB-JFK 12/13 181 JFK-SAN 182 SAN-JFK |
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Looks like BetaBlue will make the same trip today (12/12) --
641 JFK-SFO 644 SFO-JFK 12/13 preliminary: 181 JFK-SAN 182 SAN-JFK |
hey Jet Blue Flyer Talkers... send me a Yahoo IM when you're on Beta Blue... my sn is JerseyVics, lol
--Russ ;) |
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