HELLO, I'M ON THE PLANE. ON THE PLANE. HELLO?
Rory Cellan-Jones, he of the BBC, goes up in an old flying boat over Las Vegas and holds a Skype conversation via mobile broadband with BBC colleague Maggie Shiels. Although the noise in the old aeroplane was such that a conversation was almost impossible, the video bit worked well. Nice to see him using a Mac.
He also posted a number of tweets on Twitter while up there.
This is not unique as the system is already in place on some US airlines.
Stephen Fry sent a number of messages via Twitter on his recent flight from LA to Auckland, only to be met by a paparazzi snapper when he got there.
With the internet you are never alone. If you're a celeb be careful what you say.
See here
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/technology/2009/01/surfing_over_vegas.html
and here
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=VkSISc8APYs>