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Maybe iPads will be a growing market segment, after all...

by mkmk 9y ago

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GuiA 9y ago
iPads are part of the ban, as are Kindles. https://techcrunch.com/2017/05/12/heres-how-the-laptop-ban-works-on-flights-to-the-us/ https://techcrunch.com/2017/05/12/heres-how-the-laptop-ban-w...
- bluejekyll 9y ago
  Kindles too?! Seriously??? Edit: I'm pretty sure the battery in my phone is bigger than the kindle, btw.
  - wbl 9y ago
    Someone has mastered the art of casting and forming explosives into shapes that look like batteries. Put a small battery in to turn device on, and al-Qaeda indulges its love of planes.
    - obstinate 9y ago
      Be that as it may, if Kindle batteries are no larger than phones, they pose no additional risk relative to phones.
    - pharrlax 9y ago
      This is what I think, too. The Trump administration might be prone to racist paranoia panics but I don't see what objective this ban accomplishes unless there's some sort of legitimate intel.
      - bluejekyll 9y ago
        But aren't you allowed to just check the laptop? And so if it is a threat, wouldn't it remain a threat in the cargo area?
    - bluejekyll 9y ago
      What happened to the turn on test? Or something. Or background checks on the passenger manifest. Or some other article of clothing that can be 'shaped'. Pretty soon we'll need to ride naked. If I were a conspiracy theorist, I'd start thinking that this isn't out of concerns for safety, but instead an attempt to stop international travel; stop the free flow of thought and people.
      - nine_k 9y ago
        This is exactly how terrorists win. Or, rather, have won.
      - wbl 9y ago
        Turnon test is easy to fool. Background won't catch newly radicalized unknown to services.
- tanilama 9y ago
  Kindle...LOL, this bureaucracy is beyond me
- ClassyJacket 9y ago
  It occurs to me at this point that airlines probably love the idea of passengers not being allowed to take any entertainment on board with them - that way they'll have to pay 8.99$ to rent a terrible quality movie.
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flukus 9y ago
I have a dell tablet hybrid, I have to fold it in half for takeoff because you can only use tablets and not laptops.

Maybe iPads will be a growing market segment, after all...

by mkmk 9y ago

Maybe iPads will be a growing market segment, after all...

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GuiA 9y ago

iPads are part of the ban, as are Kindles. https://techcrunch.com/2017/05/12/heres-how-the-laptop-ban-works-on-flights-to-the-us/ https://techcrunch.com/2017/05/12/heres-how-the-laptop-ban-w...

bluejekyll 9y ago
Kindles too?! Seriously??? Edit: I'm pretty sure the battery in my phone is bigger than the kindle, btw.
- wbl 9y ago
  Someone has mastered the art of casting and forming explosives into shapes that look like batteries. Put a small battery in to turn device on, and al-Qaeda indulges its love of planes.
  - obstinate 9y ago
    Be that as it may, if Kindle batteries are no larger than phones, they pose no additional risk relative to phones.
  - pharrlax 9y ago
    This is what I think, too. The Trump administration might be prone to racist paranoia panics but I don't see what objective this ban accomplishes unless there's some sort of legitimate intel.
    - bluejekyll 9y ago
      But aren't you allowed to just check the laptop? And so if it is a threat, wouldn't it remain a threat in the cargo area?
  - bluejekyll 9y ago
    What happened to the turn on test? Or something. Or background checks on the passenger manifest. Or some other article of clothing that can be 'shaped'. Pretty soon we'll need to ride naked. If I were a conspiracy theorist, I'd start thinking that this isn't out of concerns for safety, but instead an attempt to stop international travel; stop the free flow of thought and people.
    - nine_k 9y ago
      This is exactly how terrorists win. Or, rather, have won.
    - wbl 9y ago
      Turnon test is easy to fool. Background won't catch newly radicalized unknown to services.
tanilama 9y ago
Kindle...LOL, this bureaucracy is beyond me
ClassyJacket 9y ago
It occurs to me at this point that airlines probably love the idea of passengers not being allowed to take any entertainment on board with them - that way they'll have to pay 8.99$ to rent a terrible quality movie.

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flukus 9y ago

I have a dell tablet hybrid, I have to fold it in half for takeoff because you can only use tablets and not laptops.