The article implies that amazon somehow got the law changed, and therefore it only covers reading devices, not laptops etc. I dislike its tone. Before, no elect

The article implies that amazon somehow got the law changed, and therefore it only covers reading devices, not laptops etc. I dislike its tone. Before, no electronics of any kind. Now, reading devices. This is strictly progress[1], and we should be happy for all the progress we get. If Marco (or more plausibly, apple) was to start lobbying in a year or so to permit tablets, then being able to point to a year of kindle safe flying would be a good thing. It seems unlikely that amazon (who are in the tablet business as well) choose to somehow limit the change to only reading devices. [1] Lets ignore the risk to flight safety caused by letting passengers use electronics. Because that risk is so small one needs the LHC to find it.