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Originally Posted by HarryT
Hang on - you are well aware, surely, that having your mobile phone turned on on board an aircraft in flight is illegal, aren't you?
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That is the point of the
above mentioned "FLIGHT MODE". Modern mobile phones also function as pda, camera, and mp3 players. It was specifically that mp3 playing capability that made manufacturers to include
"FLIGHT MODE", so you could listen to your favorite e-book during flight or in hospital. Please see link at the bottom of the post.
Quote:
Originally Posted by HarryT
A mobile phone is a radio transmitter which can interfere with on-board flight systems.
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It can not interfere and it will not interfere. Even if it was not switched into a "flight mode" (and I *did* make sure that it WAS). On *every single* flight there is at least one passenger that is forgetful / distracted / stupid / ignorant / arrogant enough to leave his/her cellphone switched on. There are also users that think their phone is switched off, and like the iPhone user from the following
story on slashdot that accumulated $4800 bill during his visit to Europe thinking that when his iPhone is switched off it is really switched off ... I do not even want to think how many people put their mobile phone into the checked in baggage and forget to switch it off. My father, for example, would not be able to switch his phone off if his life depended on it. All he can manage is to answer it and to call those four numbers he has in the memory. If there really was such danger of interference the airlines would have installed a [relatively] simple and inexpensive device that can detect any transmitter on a mobile phone frequency. If there really was such danger of interference the airplanes would be falling like flies in a DDT factory.
Quote:
Originally Posted by HarryT
Why on Earth did you have it switched on?
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1. the *mobile phone* was not switched on, just 3.2 Mega Pixel camera, mp3 player and organizer that happen to be in the same case. Not even Blue tooth is functional in flight mode.
2. To take the photos from the window. Just like I said in the previous post
Please see this
link
a short quote:
What do
Normal and
Flight mode mean in the start-up menu?
In the menu that appears when your phone starts up, you can choose
Normal or
Flight mode.
Normal means your phone will have full phone functionality. If you choose
Flight mode, all the phone's transmitters are turned off to prevent disturbance of sensitive equipment, e.g. in a plane or a hospital. You cannot make/receive calls or send/receive messages, etc. You can use the WALKMANŽ player and use other applications that do not require network access.
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