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<title>American Airlines flight attendants to get Galaxy Notes</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/09/19/handhelds.will.have.passenger.flight.information/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1348075490_ScreenShot2012-09-19at1.23.19PM.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[American Airlines' flight attendants will soon be assisting passengers with the help of Samsung's Galaxy Note. The airline has announced that all 17,000 of its flight attendants will be getting one of Samsung's stylus-enabled phablets to help them access passenger information, track food and beverage preferences and purchases, and stay up-to-date on travel conditions....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 19 Sep 2012 17:20:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>American Airlines given approval for in-cockpit iPad use</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/09/10/bag.with.35.pounds.of.maps.manuals.replaced.by.15.pound.ipad/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1347335787_american777.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[The Federal Aviation Authority (FAA) has given approval for American Airlines to replace its flight manuals with iPad versions. The airline is the first commercial carrier to replace the satchels with the tablet, saving $1.2 million dollars annually in aviation fuel. The iPad remains the only tablet approved for aviation use by the FAA....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 11 Sep 2012 03:47:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>American Airlines brings Galaxy Tab 10.1 to premium seats</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/11/12/14/galaxy.tab.101.now.available.to.american.patrons/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1112/aagalaxytabin.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[As promised back in June, American Airlines is now offering the Galaxy Tab 10.1 to passengers flying in premium seats. The devices will replace the airline's traditional entertainment options and come preloaded with 70 movies, including 30 new releases and three exclusive titles from Paramount. TV shows and audio files will also be available on the tablets....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 17:25:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>FAA said to have cleared iPad for whole flights</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/11/12/13/faa.could.allow.ipads.for.all.crews.on.friday/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://cdn.macnn.com/news/1108/united-ipad.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[An apparent leak on Tuesday maintained that the FAA has already approved the iPad for all purposes.  The ZDNet tip had American Airlines being the first whose cockpits would use iPads at every stage of the flight, not just logbooks.  The first flight would come on Boeing 777 aircraft, where Apple's tablet would also handle charting and flight manuals....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 21:10:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Gogo gets 4X faster Wi-Fi on Virgin, Vision on American</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/11/09/16/gogo.atg.4.wi.fi.and.vision.video.due.in.2012/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1109/googlechromebook-virgin2.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Gogo has unrolled a major upgrade to its in-air Wi-Fi access for 2012.  Starting with Virgin America, its ATG-4 spec Wi-Fi promises to quadruple the practical speed, enough to where HD video streaming is an option.  It upgrades to the faster EVDO Revision B standard for its 3G and also has upgrades to improve the connection quality, such as two modems on the aircraft to reduce bottlenecks and a di...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 16 Sep 2011 14:50:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>American Airlines to deploy Wi-Fi across entire 767 fleet</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/11/08/03/airline.continues.to.expand.in.flight.connectivity/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1108/aa.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[American Airlines has reasserted its commitment to expand its in-flight Wi-Fi program. After first announcing expansion plans in May, the company now promises to outfit its entire Boeing 767 fleet with Gogo Wi-Fi and a new 'Entertainment On Demand' system for streaming movies and TV shows....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 04 Aug 2011 02:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Gogo unveils its in-air multimedia platform</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/11/07/14/gogo.to.launch.in.air.platform.this.fall/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1107/gogoin.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Gogo this week announced it will offer an in-flight multimedia platform rather than just offering in-flight Wi-Fi, as it has to date. Users will, through their own Wi-Fi-enabled devices, have the ability to access real-time travel information, destination content, news and information and exclusive shopping deals. All this will come from a web browser, and passengers will also have access to strea...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jul 2011 20:05:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>American Airlines to use Galaxy Tab 10.1 for entertainment</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/11/06/13/american.airlines.premium.cabins.get.galaxy.tab/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1106/samsunggalaxytab101-e3.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Samsung scored an unusual deal with American Airlines to become the platform of choice for its in-air entertainment.  About 6,000 Galaxy Tab 10.1 units will take the place of the airline's usual entertainment devices in premium cabins on certain long distance flights in the US as well as to Europe and South America.  The models wouldn't be stock and would get "expanded memory" among other changes ...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jun 2011 17:50:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>American Airlines to stream video in-flight, grow Wi-Fi</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/11/05/03/american.airlines.plans.in.flight.video.streaming/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1105/americanairlines.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[American Airlines said Tuesday that it was testing a new streaming video service for its in-flight Wi-Fi.  Rather than use movies stored on the plane, it would pipe movies and TV to users' own devices from an on-plane collection.  Platforms weren't named but, given the airline's existing app experience, would likely cover at least Android devices such as the Xoom as well as iPads and iPhones....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 04 May 2011 02:25:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Airlines give out free in-flight Facebook for a month</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/11/02/01/gogo.seven.airlines.give.free.in.flight.facebook/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1102/fbflightin.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Seven major airlines have teamed up with Gogo Inflight Internet to provide free access to Facebook during flights. Accessing other pages on the web, however, requires payment, ranging between $5 for short flights or $13 for long ones. Facebook is the most popular place visited on the Gogo network and is being used as a promo to drive adoption of in-air Internet use....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 01 Feb 2011 20:55:00 GMT</pubDate>
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