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http://www.waea.org/events/edu_works...

2005 Conference & Educational Workshops

Brighton, United Kingdom -- 23-24 February

Educational Session Topics

Portable IFE - What`s in the Cabin and on the Horizon?`` (Three Parts)

Trends in Consumer Portables

Learn what new portables your passengers will be bringing

onboard. A representative from a consumer electronics specialist

will discuss and demo the latest lines of portable

gadgetry. Will these new devices compete with or complement

the cabin IFE offering? Learn how you can keep pace

with these emerging technologies and higher passenger

expectations for ``mobile`` entertainment and communications.

Presentation followed by Q&A.

Options in Portable IFE Devices

``digEplayer,`` ``Pea,`` ``Yes! Solo,`` or off-the-shelf handheld

DVD player? What do these competing portable IFE devices

offer? How do they compare in terms of content capacity,

interactive features, content loading, battery life, maintenance,

etc.? What are the business models and licensing

arrangements for each? Our panel of device manufacturers

put forward their take on what`s hot and what`s not, describing

what their current products offer and what`s ahead! Plus

you`ll get the pros and cons of ``going portable`` from representatives

from the content supplier/distributor community.

Presentations followed by Q&A.

Portable IFE: An Airline Case-History

Get the real story directly from an airline that has ``gone

portable.`` Follow step by step from the early stages of product

selection, pre-launch preparations/promotion, and cabin

crew training ... through the product launch, device distribution/

collection procedures, loading cycles, charging/maintenance

routines ... to actual passenger reaction, usage, and

satisfaction. Discover all the lessons learned, all the challenges

and ``rough edges,`` and all the rewards of implementing

a portable IFE solution. Plus ... based on this case-history

experience and your audience input, we`ll ``sketch out`` the

ideal portable IFE solution(s). Case-history presentation followed

by Q&A and structured breakout sessions.

Speakers: Web Barth (APS), Chris Brady (IMS)

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BTW I asked Putnam several weeks ago @ the embedded IFE and if it was being tested by the FAA. He wouldn`t say anything about it. All I could get was the process took anywhere from a couple to several months. He wouldn`t say when they started the process nor even if they had. I asked him why he wasn`t able to discuss it. He said that APS / Wencor was trying to sell Digeplayers. Any disclosures would have to come from them.

SGE, I don`t know if that answers your question regarding Putnam lame cut and paste email responce to Moxa but I wouldn`t interpret ``working on it`` as just getting started.

Larry