Motorola V710
airplane friendly phones?
I read somewhere that some phones can turn off the radio portions of a cell phone so that the other features can be used on an airplane. Has Motorola made any phones like this? Maybe an indicator that the 710 may have this feature. I would really like to use the MP3 player on my frequent plane trips. Thanks for any info
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I think moto new gsm phone A630 is airplane ready. Besides due to the memory limitations you wouldnt be able to hold too many songs on it i think youd be better off getting an mp3 player. BTW until they standardize the Airplane Mode Icon for cell phone you wount be able to use your phone in flight
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With standard SD to trans flash adapters. There will be no memory problems, at least as much restrictions as non-hardrive based mp3 players. I will probably engineer somthing to increase memory solution. I just hope the 710 will have the feature that maybe enabled with firmware.
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In theory, as long as its not an 800 MHz phone, you *can* have it on in an airplane. The prohibition on phones on planes was for cellular phones, not PCS phones. I don't think it was ever updated.
Frankly, the concept that any consumer handheld device can interfere with the plane's avionics is patently absurd anyway. If I thought planes were that poorly built, I wouldn't set foot in one.
That being said, try convincing your stewardess of any distinction between a cell phone and a PCS phone or a funky phone that allows you to disable the RF. I'm guessing that a stewardess is going to consider anything with a number pad and an antenna stub a "phone" and make you turn it off and put it away...
Frankly, the concept that any consumer handheld device can interfere with the plane's avionics is patently absurd anyway. If I thought planes were that poorly built, I wouldn't set foot in one.
That being said, try convincing your stewardess of any distinction between a cell phone and a PCS phone or a funky phone that allows you to disable the RF. I'm guessing that a stewardess is going to consider anything with a number pad and an antenna stub a "phone" and make you turn it off and put it away...
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rcdslv said:
That being said, try convincing your stewardess of any distinction between a cell phone and a PCS phone or a funky phone that allows you to disable the RF. I'm guessing that a stewardess is going to consider anything with a number pad and an antenna stub a "phone" and make you turn it off and put it away...
My thoughts *exactly*. 🙂 My SE T608 has such a mode, but I've never tried it, just assuming that a flight crew member would see the screen lit up like a Christmas tree and think "ok, the phone's gotta be turned off". Once you start getting to that LOD, people with laptops, gameboys, and other things start griping, and then you've got 150-200 people on the same flight needing some level of a...
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Yes, I have been on a plane with a friend whos cell phone had an "airplane" mode (it was a siemens i think). Anyway, the stewardess told her to turn it off and shes said that airplane mode was on. The stewardess looked at the phone and saw the screen had ---Airplane Mode--- written on it. Then she said OK, thats fine, and walked away. I think airlines know about these features, but don't particularly like them, because you never know when a passenger might "Accidentally" turn it back on to radio mode.
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rcdslv said:
Frankly, the concept that any consumer handheld device can interfere with the plane's avionics is patently absurd anyway. If I thought planes were that poorly built, I wouldn't set foot in one.
The facts, as far as I can tell are:
1) At least one time where there was personal electronics reported to cause interference, Boeing purchased the laptop in question and was not able to reproduce the problem on a test plane. It was one of those weird cases, too. They turned the laptop on and off and noted the problem appearing and dissapearing, so they thought they could reproduce it easy. No such luck.
2) The FCC is actually the folks who banned cell phones, not the FAA. Apparently they cause...
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The FCC is actually the folks who banned cell phones, not the FAA
Oops - my bad. 🙂 I didn't know - since most of what one reads about is "FAA Regulations" I just figured. Thanks for the post - interesting read!
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Hate to be way over the top on this but actually FAA has a regulation on the books that Airlines can use to ban use of broad range of electronics.
US Federal Aviation Regulation 91.21... prohibits the use of electronic unless the aircraft operator has determined that it will not cause interference. So ultimately Airline is responsible for this.
A separate FAR requires that passengers comply with the direction of Flight personnel. So assumption is correct that ultimately it will depend on Stewardess. I suggest to her that you have put it in aircraft safe mode. Mot seems to indicate that they have such a mode. (The have one on their 2-way pager.) But do not get beligerent in this day and age, unless you enjoy cavity searches. It i...
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US Federal Aviation Regulation 91.21... prohibits the use of electronic unless the aircraft operator has determined that it will not cause interference. So ultimately Airline is responsible for this.
A separate FAR requires that passengers comply with the direction of Flight personnel. So assumption is correct that ultimately it will depend on Stewardess. I suggest to her that you have put it in aircraft safe mode. Mot seems to indicate that they have such a mode. (The have one on their 2-way pager.) But do not get beligerent in this day and age, unless you enjoy cavity searches. It i...
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So all I have to do is set the banner to "airplane mode", and take off the antenna. should be convincing enough 😈 🤣 😁
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