No more using iPods on airplanes...

ElDiabloConCaca

ElDiabloConCaca

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...not because of some screwy FDA law, but because you're not supposed to according to Apple!

Maximum operating altitude: 10,000 feet (3000 m)
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http://www.apple.com/ipod/specs.html

Last time I flew somewhere I distinctly remember the captain mentioning "30,000 feet."

Didn't know where to post this, but "News" seemed a good category as the first thing I thought of when I read this was, "Whoa, that's news to me!"
 
:p Luckily the cabin is pressurized to an effective altitude of no more than 10,000 feet, so you iPod should still work :)
 
As long as the airplane doesn't develop a large hole while in flight, you're fine. However, if it does develop a large hole, you have bigger problems than your iPod not playing.
 
Holiday and at work, paying for said holiday.

Besides, you and ElDiablo are about the only 2 regular faces I know these daze.
 
ElDiabloConCaca said:
...not because of some screwy FDA law, but because you're not supposed to according to Apple!
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Damn those crazy food & drug administration guys getting involved in everything!! :)
 
chornbe said:
Damn those crazy food & drug administration guys getting involved in everything!! :)
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Err... you do realize that the quote reads "not because of some screwy FDA law" (emphasis added).
 
Err.. you do realize that the FDA would having nothing to do with such a restriction. That was what chornbe was pointing fun at.
 
Darn, what'll I listen to when I am there...
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On Mt. Everest?

Your own tortured breath wheezing raggedly in and out, the blood hammering in your ears, and the howl of the frigid wind....

Anyone considering it should read "Into Thin Air". INCREDIBLE story.
 
Really all that that warning is saying is that if the pressure gets too low we won't promise that the juice wont leak out of the battery or the LCD won't pop. For that you will need one of the special "ruggedized" ipods.
 
ElDiabloConCaca said:
Eh... FAA, ATF, FDA, FBI, CIA, it's all the same thing... ;)
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Ironically, you still missed the FCC. Between the FCC and FAA, the regulations about electronics on aircraft are set. The FAA might have more power in this particular segment, but it is still partially the FCC's jurisdiction as the issues are with interference from communications devices.
 
Well, I was on two planes recently, and had my iPod with me - so I can confirm that the iPod worked without any problems while in the skies. :)
 
Well, tried it, iPod at 16'200 feet AMSL (unpressurized). As a private pilot crossed the alps today.

Wife's iPod stopped working at about 12'000 started up again at about 8'000.

However, during high altitude the iPod got hung, you could feel the disk fighting, this completely drained the batteries.
 
How strange! I wonder why low atmospheric pressure causes the iPod to malfunction... any physicists in the house? Something with electricity or magnetism or something? What about zero-gravity?

Thanks for the real-life test, aicul!
 
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