AllThingsD » Middle Seat Terminal http://allthingsd.com Sun, 12 Feb 2012 00:49:41 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://allthingsd.com/theme/images/logo-rss.jpg All Things Digital http://allthingsd.com/ 144 22 Kindle DX: Must You Power Down on the Plane? http://allthingsd.com/20090507/kindle-dx-must-you-power-down-on-the-plane/ http://allthingsd.com/20090507/kindle-dx-must-you-power-down-on-the-plane/#comments Thu, 07 May 2009 17:37:22 +0000 Matt Phillips http://voices.allthingsd.com/?p=11543 kindledxSome tech-savvy fliers find it a bit frustrating that they’re asked to turn off their Kindles and e-readers for takeoffs and landings.

The Kindle DX, displaying a page from The New York Times (NYT), is demonstrated at a news conference Wednesday.

Airlines say Amazon’s (AMZN) Kindle and Sony’s (SNE) Reader are like any other portable electronic device, and thus must be turned off for takeoff and landing. Still, this does not sit well with some fliers.

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