We posted several weeks ago that improving camera phones mean you may be able to leave one more thing out of your travel kit: the camera that’s just a camera. Kodak and Motorola have collaborated on what may be the best one yet - the Motozine ZNS. It’s worth a look.It’s promised by the end of the year and is said to offer one-touch upload to a Kodak online account. I like the idea of uploading trip pictures daily (or hourly) so those back home can see them almost live.
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GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP) — Guyanese authorities say a first-class airline passenger was so angry at seeing economy passengers leave a jetliner before him that he yanked open an emergency hatch and slid down the chute. - USA Today
And more from the airborne (or, in this case, stuck-at-the-gate) summer of love:
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Minneapolis-St. Paul now has 22 charging stations throughout the Lindbergh and Humphrey Terminals. Sponsored by Samsung Mobile, the 8½-foot-tall towers include four outlets per station, letting travelers recharge their electronic devices for free.
Similar stations are available at five other airports: New York’s John F. Kennedy and LaGuardia, Los Angeles, Orlando and Dallas/Fort Worth. - from USA Today’s Airport Check-in
Elites can be demanding customers, but hell hath no fury like a card-carrying frequent flier bumped down to steerage class. I’ve seen it. Every time I snag a bulkhead or exit row seat with the other un-upgraded suits, I get a lesson on how to get a free drink from a flight attendant. It’s embarrassing.
Some travelers don’t even bother to ask. Consider the case of Bert Niepel, a German banker who was apparently unaccustomed to sitting in the cheap seats. So Niepel reportedly upgraded himself to a seat in the first class section on a recent flight from Berlin to New York. Then he refused repeated requests to return to his seat in economy class. Finally Niepel flew into a rage, forcing the pilot to lock the cockpit door and divert the flight to Manchester, England, where Niepel was arrested and fined. It could have been worse. Two years ago, passengers stormed the first class section of a Boeing 747 operated by Pakistan International Airlines after it sat on a hot Islamabad tarmac. More than a dozen would-be first class passengers were arrested. - more…
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