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Nippon Airways To Offer iPhone Connection Service for New York City to Tokyo Travelers

By: , IntoMobile
Thursday, November 12th, 2009 at 11:29 AM

Nippon Airways iPhone

In today’s world, it seems a lot of smartphone users tend to rely on their own entertainment to get through air travel.  Movies, TV shows, even games can keep us busy for a good chunk of our flight.  Nippon Airways recently announced they will be making some changes to their New York City to Tokyo flights, one of which is the addition of allowing passengers to connect their iPhone / iPod to their individual LCD screen to display videos and pictures.  Best of all, the iPhone / iPod connectors also charge your device while it’s being used.

You would think this kind of service would only be available to first-class fliers, but thankfully, Nippon Airways is offering the service to all of their passengers.  I definitely see the benefit for offering this service since I for one love to watch some TV shows or movies that I’ve got ready for travel, but having the video right in front of you instead of your lap can make the experience that much better.  All I ask is that no one bugs me for a spare earbud to watch an episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm along with me.  I likes to hear my Larry David with both ears, thank you very much.

Now… if I could only find a reason to fly to Japan…

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Daniel Perez

Daniel is a Jersey boy, born and raised. He currently lives in the Northern NJ area, close to New York City. He prides himself in being known as a geek and knows his way around technology. He’s the kind of person that if he can’t figure out a solution to a tech problem, it’ll keep him up at night. Daniel has experience in editorial from his previous work with Ziff Davis Media. With a strong background in the journalism field, he’ll chime in from time to time on IntoMobile to share stories of interest with the IntoMobile readers.

  • Jennifer

    Do you need a better reason to fly to Japan just to fly to Japan. I mean cmon really! That is pretty cool though now they are allowing us to use devices on planes!

  • Daniel Perez

    I should clarify. What I should have said was now I need to find a reason to fly to Japan for FREE. I hear it could be hella pricey to travel from the US to Japan.

  • Tom Baker

    Very cool – a real breakthrough for those long flights. I’ve recently flown from Australia to the United States, and back again. I took a lot of video/photo media on my iPod touch and I developed real eye strain after a few hours focussing on such a small screen.

    This is a good step forward in offering more choice, and greater connectivity to travellers!