“Delta Airlines has launched its Fly Delta app for iPad that features a ‘Glass Bottom Jet’ option and the ability to connect to social networks while in the air,” Ken Yeung reports for The Next Web. “The company has also released an update to its iPhone app with support for Passbook.”
“With the Fly Delta app for iPad, once in the air and connected to the in-flight WiFi, passengers will be able to enable the “Glass Bottom Jet” feature which will give them the ability to view the ground below them,” Yeung reports. “The app also features maps, social networking tools, and other Internet content.”
“Its iPad app can still be used on the ground as it also includes travel planning tools, destination guides, flight check-in, an interactive trip map, and a ‘What’s Next’ guide to help users navigate from one gate to another,” Yeung reports. “Delta also released an update today for its iPhone app. Available in the Apple App Store in 2011, the Fly Delta app for iPhone is everything you get from the iPad version, except for the ‘Glass Bottom Jet’ feature.”
Read more in the full article here.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Dan K.” for the heads up.]
That is so cool! Every time I fly, I wonder exactly where we are, what is below, what is that I see out the window. Love it!
I second that! I’m always squirming around trying to see what’s below. Trouble is, going from SFO to LHR, all you see for hours on end is the white of northern Canada, Greenland, and the open seas. Even worse going from SFO to HKG – the entire trip is over water.
I used to drive from the SF area to Denver via US 50 and I70 so I knew the lay of the land. One time I flew and as we headed over Grand Junction I mentioned to the lady sitting in the window seat (I was in the middle seat) that we had just crossed into Utah. She asked how I knew, and ever the clown, I replied, “Can’t you see that dashed line running from north to south?” I had hardly gotten the words out of my mouth when this young feller on the aisle leaped up and looked out. He thought I was serious. Poor guy.
Q: How much does Delta charge for in-flight wifi access?
Q: Does anyone know if its one price per flight, or a different price for different length flights?
In the past, the use of the Delta website, Delta App, Amazon, and a couple other services has been free… just connect.
So does that mean I can set up an Amazon AWS server, connect to it via VPN from the plane, and thus browse the entire web from my flight for free?
Well…. you would need really big bandwidth to browse “the entire web ” during the flight…… or a really L o n g flight. lol
On the ground, you can also watch your bags get mangled.
The price for mangling is inversely related to the price per bag.
Just kidding. They get mangled equally regardless of the price you pay to have it put on the plane.
Unless the bags sport Yves St-Laurent or Polo or Louis Vuitton (mallet user of Paris) logos, then they go through a special lane that makes a detour through cages of gorillas and feral cats and monkeys with diarrhea.
Good one. Too true.
Actually, it’s just the TSA. You shouldn’t insult the monkeys like that.