Apple could be winner if laptops are banned

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NewtonMP2100 wrote:
.......everyone wants to get a 13"........

But that is before arousal.

[Paul F.]

Run cold water over it, it'll shrink...

[OWC Jamie]

[gabester]

I'm enough of a conspiracy theorist to wonder if this "threat" is in fact motivated by a nativist Apple marketing department trying to secure additional sales.

Don't get me wrong, I believe it is quite trivial to convert a laptop enclosure into a lethal aircraft disabling bomb.

But it's curious when the only country pushing for a laptop ban also happens to harbor the only company that makes laptop substitution products.

And of course there's the money airlines could charge for in-flight laptops to use with their internet while the passengers' actual laptops are in the cargo hold. Which is where this security argument really falls down... cuz that thing will do as much damage in belowdecks as in the cabin, and can still no doubt be triggered via timer or a bluetooth or simply wireless signal.

So I hope these companies enjoy their limited additional profits until the actual threat manifests, but they need to admit that given the state of American air travel there's a decent likelihood of that threat being natively driven by people frustrated with the air travel process.

[MacJeepster]

Only the Israelis, the CIA, the president and the Russians know.

[OWC Jamie]

gabester wrote:


But it's curious when the only country pushing for a laptop ban also happens to harbor the only company that makes laptop substitution products.

The U.K. ?
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/m...-countries

[Lew Zealand]

billb wrote:
[quote=gabester]


But it's curious when the only country pushing for a laptop ban also happens to harbor the only company that makes laptop substitution products.

The U.K. ?
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/m...-countries
Yeah, they're pushing the Raspberry Pi as a phone alternative:

PiPhone

[gabester]

billb wrote:
[quote=gabester]


But it's curious when the only country pushing for a laptop ban also happens to harbor the only company that makes laptop substitution products.

The U.K. ?
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/m...-countries
No I was talking about the US who had been in talks to expand from the same 6 countries where the UK has banned laptops from the cabin.

[Bill in NC]

No need to jailbreak the iPad.

Buy a $0.01 SIM from Freedompop, add "friends" to your account for 600MB/month free data.

Use the Freedompop app for texts, & calls via VOIP.

hal wrote:
[quote=btfc]
So if someone can make a call on a jailbroken iPad, is it a phone?

if you can give me the phone number and I can call you and you answer it on an ipad, it's a phone