On the Lafayette to Houston segment the time between blue light (electronics off) and wheels down was 23 minutes. Houston to Newark: Door closed (blue light on) to 10,000 feet was 23 minutes. Blue light to wheels down was 26 minutes. There were no taxiing or traffic delays so this was the minimum. The guy next to me had a Kindle. He shut it off at the announcement. I asked if he could turn off the wireless download feature and continue to read. He said he had no idea.
Me too. I spend way too much time all day looking at a computer screen as it is. I'm not giving up my reading and other leisure time to it lightly. I like the books and I keep the best ones --the ones worth reading again or the rare editions worth money. But I agree with martin, if you read a lot, you can't buy and keep everything. So I borrow library books, and I buy paperbacks which I recycle to other readers.
i read it about it a bit and i now not really sure on airline policies regarding kindles. obviously you can turn off the wireless and they are harmless to the avionics or whatever (although i would argue that cellphones are harmless as well, given that there is zero chance that every flight does not have at least 5 peeps on it that forget to turn off their phone), but sometimes the stewardesses are haradasses and demand that ALL electronic devices are off. and that sucks. so i concede the point to sabanfan that maybe kindle is not as awesome as it could be, because it might not be as useful at exactly the time when you are most bored.
Really? They make you turn off Ipods, blackberries (even if you have it in airplane mode). I've never seen anyone with a kindle but I would think they would make you turn that off too. My experience is primarily on Continental so maybe it's different on each airline.
Yes. Like I said a couple minutes. Doesn't matter. Electronic devices have to be powered down. The wireless signal 9which is supposed to be turned off at all times when the aircraft is in flight) has nothing to do with it.
You're being a hard ass with him for no apparent reason. A couple of minutes is two minutes. Since you supposedly fly a lot as well, you should realize how boring, routine, and mundane those twenty or so minutes after takeoff and before landings can get.
Lafayette to Houston is a 35 minute flight. Gate to gate is about an hour. Time where electronics are allowed is 15-20 minutes, so 2/3 of the flight is "no reading allowed" if you have a Kindle. Accept your whuppin'.
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