Mar 01

JetBlue dreams of an airport with Google Glass, forgets to include lost luggage

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JetBlue dreams of an airport with Google Glass, forgets to include lost luggage

Google has been asking prospective Glass owners how they would use the eyewear if they had the chance. The team at JetBlue did more than write a hashtagged post and call it a day: the airline posted mockups of its vision for how Google Glass would work at the airport. Its concept would mostly save passengers from the labyrinthine mess they know today by popping up useful alerts and directions in the right locations, such as flight times at the gate or (our favorite) the locations of those seemingly invisible power outlets. Of course, JetBlue’s images don’t necessarily reflect the final product, if there even is one. It’s not the likely gap between theory and practice that we’re worried about, mind you — we just have trouble believing in an airport where our flights are on time.

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Mar 01

JetBlue Google Glass Concepts Tease Future Airport Travel

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JetBlue Google Glass Concepts Tease Future Airport Travel

Google Glass has been exciting tech enthusiasts ever since they were announced, and people are even more excited Google has promised the device will be available to consumers later this year for under $1,500. To help fuel people’s excitement for Google Glass, Google recently announced a contest to see what everyday people could do with the device, which they’re calling #ifihadglass.

JetBlue thought this was the perfect opportunity to showcase what it believes would be ways Google Glass could be helpful in our everyday lives. (more…)

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Sep 18

JetBlue Ka-band high-speed internet now arriving in early 2013, eight times faster than the competition

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JetBlue Kaband highspeed internet now arriving in early 2013, eight times faster than KuBand

JetBlue Airways’ high-speed wireless initiative is being held in a flight pattern until “early 2013,” apparently. The company announced as much in a detailed blog post this afternoon, which also compared speeds of its forthcoming in-plane high-speed internet to the competition — JetBlue’s Ka-band operates roughly eight times faster than the Ku-band competition, and over nine times faster than ATG. Moreover, Ka-band can scale to a full plane of passengers, meaning everyone gets the “at-home experience” they’d like regardless of how many folks are signed on. As previously noted, the “basic Wi-Fi” service with JetBlue will cost nothing — which sounds to us like there are plans to reveal a more expensive tier (or tiers) in the near future. But then again, we really like free things.

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Sep 18

JetBlue in-flight Wi-Fi coming your way in Q1 2013

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Having in-flight Wi-Fi service is not something new or groundbreaking, but it is still encouraging to see more and more airlines offer this feature whenever you are traveling to your destination. After all, most of the movies shown during your journey are not the latest blockbusters in cinemas, and there are only so many times you can play some cheap knockoff of Pong in your cramped economy class seat. An internet connection while you are in the air would definitely be more fun to play around with, and JetBlue will be unveiling their in-flight Wi-Fi service sometime in the first quarter of next year, where this free baseline service will be available for the first 30 planes in its fleet at the very least.

JetBlue claims that their in-flight Wi-Fi will be able to deliver “exponentially more bandwidth” compared to other airlines’ Wi-Fi services courtesy of satellite-based technology, but I guess the proof is in the pudding, so we will need to hop on a JetBlue flight before coming to a conclusive decision on that claim. Instead of relying on Gogo, JetBlue will use the satellite service in a partnership with ViaSat. It must be noted that ViaSat’s Exede Internet service does promise a minimum speed of 12Mbps (theoretically) for each passenger, which is sufficient for basic email and browsing. You might need to fork out more for the non-basic service if you want to enjoy movie streaming in the air.

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