Flight mode on non-PDA phones?

Bert Hyman · Joined: 25 Jul 2007 Posts: 81

Even my old Motorola V195 has a few games and functions I might want to
use if I'm desperately bored on a flight, but there's no way to turn off
the radio.

Do newer non-PDA phones have a "flight mode" so that you can use their
cameras, MP3 players and the like while airborne?

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Steve Sobol · Joined: 25 Jul 2007 Posts: 291

On 2008-02-14, Bert Hyman wrote:
> Even my old Motorola V195 has a few games and functions I might want to
> use if I'm desperately bored on a flight, but there's no way to turn off
> the radio.
>
> Do newer non-PDA phones have a "flight mode" so that you can use their
> cameras, MP3 players and the like while airborne?

Several do, like my wife's Nokia 5300 XpressMusic and my Nokia 6133. On the
other hand, both of our phones are also MP3 players, which probably played in
to Nokia's decision to implement flight mode...

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Todd Allcock · Joined: 25 Jul 2007 Posts: 793

At 14 Feb 2008 00:00:03 +0000 Bert Hyman wrote:
> Even my old Motorola V195 has a few games and functions I might want to
> use if I'm desperately bored on a flight, but there's no way to turn off
> the radio.
>
> Do newer non-PDA phones have a "flight mode" so that you can use their
> cameras, MP3 players and the like while airborne?
>

I just picked up a cheap Samsung A437 for my son (games, camera, but no MP3
player) and was stunned to see it did have a flght mode!

DevilsPGD · Joined: 25 Jul 2007 Posts: 61

In message Bert Hyman
wrote:

>Even my old Motorola V195 has a few games and functions I might want to
>use if I'm desperately bored on a flight, but there's no way to turn off
>the radio.
>
>Do newer non-PDA phones have a "flight mode" so that you can use their
>cameras, MP3 players and the like while airborne?

Some do, some have a half-assed approach, some have nothing. Sony, for
example, allows minimal media player functionality, but no PIM,
Calendar, photos, camera, or other functionality.

Andreas Wenzel · Joined: 25 Jul 2007 Posts: 86

Bert Hyman schrieb:
> Even my old Motorola V195 has a few games and functions I might want to
> use if I'm desperately bored on a flight, but there's no way to turn off
> the radio.
>
> Do newer non-PDA phones have a "flight mode" so that you can use their
> cameras, MP3 players and the like while airborne?

Good luck trying to explain the concept of "flight mode" to your
friendly flight attendant...

Andreas

nfrabbit · Joined: 25 Jul 2007 Posts: 6

On Thu, 14 Feb 2008 20:42:35 +0100, Andreas Wenzel
wrote:

>Bert Hyman schrieb:
>> Even my old Motorola V195 has a few games and functions I might want to
>> use if I'm desperately bored on a flight, but there's no way to turn off
>> the radio.
>>
>> Do newer non-PDA phones have a "flight mode" so that you can use their
>> cameras, MP3 players and the like while airborne?
>
>Good luck trying to explain the concept of "flight mode" to your
>friendly flight attendant...
>
>Andreas
>
Why do you say that? My phone as flight mode and I have never had any
trouble at all with using it on a plane.

Andreas Wenzel · Joined: 25 Jul 2007 Posts: 86

nfrabbit schrieb:
> [...]
> Why do you say that? My phone as flight mode and I have never had any
> trouble at all with using it on a plane.

Did they ask you to turn it off and were OK after you told them you had
flight mode enabled? My experience with flight attendants is, they have
their rules, the rule is "no cellphones" and - flight mode or not - they
keep insisting you turn it off.

Andreas

DevilsPGD · Joined: 25 Jul 2007 Posts: 61

In message Andreas Wenzel
wrote:

>Bert Hyman schrieb:
>> Even my old Motorola V195 has a few games and functions I might want to
>> use if I'm desperately bored on a flight, but there's no way to turn off
>> the radio.
>>
>> Do newer non-PDA phones have a "flight mode" so that you can use their
>> cameras, MP3 players and the like while airborne?
>
>Good luck trying to explain the concept of "flight mode" to your
>friendly flight attendant...

This might depend on the airline, but I've actually been asked "is that
set to flight mode?" on AA. This was on what she thought was an iPhone
(actually an iPod Touch -- Which does have wifi, so the question was
valid)

Todd Allcock · Joined: 25 Jul 2007 Posts: 793

At 14 Feb 2008 23:48:02 +0100 Andreas Wenzel wrote:

> Did they ask you to turn it off and were OK after you told them you
> had flight mode enabled? My experience with flight attendants is, they
> have their rules, the rule is "no cellphones" and - flight mode or not -
> they keep insisting you turn it off.

It's much better in the last year or so- on the last few flights I've been
on, they even mention "flight mode" in the pre-flight "rules speech."

nfrabbit · Joined: 25 Jul 2007 Posts: 6

On Thu, 14 Feb 2008 23:48:02 +0100, Andreas Wenzel
wrote:

>nfrabbit schrieb:
>> [...]
>> Why do you say that? My phone as flight mode and I have never had any
>> trouble at all with using it on a plane.
>
>Did they ask you to turn it off and were OK after you told them you had
>flight mode enabled? My experience with flight attendants is, they have
>their rules, the rule is "no cellphones" and - flight mode or not - they
>keep insisting you turn it off.
>
>Andreas

I have never even been asked about it and I am positive that several
attendants have seen that I was using a cell phone to listen to music.

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