[LINK] 5 Reasons Why E-Books Aren't There Yet

[Paul Brooks]

On 8/06/2011 9:17 PM, Jan Whitaker wrote:
> At 08:57 PM 8/06/2011, Ivan Trundle wrote:
>> The effort involved in shielding all cabling is a challenging task 
>> and adds many kilos to the overall aircraft weight. It's more 
>> efficient to simply ban wireless devices.
> That all makes sense. I turn off the radio on my netbook. Is there a 
> way to turn off the radio on an ebook reader? If there were, then it 
> wouldn't be an issue. Maybe that is the design element that needs to 
> be added to the hardware controls so these readers can be used in any 
> situation and aren't dependent on real time access to files via wifi.
>
> Jan

I am amazed the airlines allow people to power devices back up again midflight. People
are required to not power up mobile phoines unless they are in 'flighht mode' with the
radios turned off - but somehow they've forgotten about all the wifi, bluetooth and 
3G radios in laptops and such. I've lost count of the number of laptops I see with a
little blue network light merrily flashing away mid-flight.

Do 3G-enabled iPads and tablets  have a readily accessable 'flight mode' switch?