Thu, Mar 24, 2011
Cabin Handset Designed Specifically For Business Aircraft
The new Aircell Smartphone was unveiled Wednesday at the AEA
convention in Reno. The company says the unit's intuitive,
menu-driven features allow passengers to place and receive voice
calls aboard business aircraft as easily and conveniently as they
do with mobile phones on the ground. In addition, its Android OS
platform sets the stage for rich-media features and functions in
the future. First shipments are scheduled for late 2011.
The company says its new smartphone will provide the best voice
quality in aviation through a number of embedded technologies and
design features. At 3.8” diagonally, the Aircell
Smartphone’s bright, color touchscreen display is the largest
the aviation industry has ever seen in a telephony device. It
exceeds the size of most consumer smartphones on the market today.
“The result of extensive industrial design and human factors
study, the Aircell Smartphone epitomizes the notion of
next-generation inflight communications. It gives passengers
exactly what they want – the best-sounding, best-looking and
easiest-to-use handset in aviation,” said John Wade,
Aircell’s Executive Vice President & General Manager,
Business Aviation Services. “We’ve received
extraordinary feedback from all corners of the industry on this
achievement, and we look forward to bringing it to market later
this year.”
Aircell says the fully-certified Aircell Smartphone will be
backward-compatible with all Aircell Axxess communications systems
currently in production, and available as a drop-in replacement for
the company’s prolific Aircell Axxess flush-mount handset. It
will also be fully compatible with the company’s forthcoming
Gogo Biz Voice service via the ATG 4000 and ATG 5000 systems.
Shipments of the new Aircell Smartphone are scheduled to begin in
late 2011 and pricing will be announced prior to that time.
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