It is common knowledge that we are prohibited from using or even having our mobile phones switched on during a flight. But Dubai based Emirates Airlines have been the first to allow its passengers to make phone calls during a flight. The aircraft in question was an Airbus A340, it is claimed that Emirates Airlines have developed a device which stops mobile phone transmissions interfering with aircraft instruments and electronics during a flight.

This new policy and technology was introduced for the first time on a flight between Dubai and Casablanca. Emirates claim that the system will work on most mobile phone networks, allowing the user to send and receive text messages as well as phone calls. Although data devices such as the Blackberry are not supported at the moment, they plan to develop the system further in order to accommodate these and more devices in the future. Don’t think it’s that easy though, the crew will only allow you to use your mobile phone when the aircraft has reached a cruising altitude state. The crew can also control when the service will be available, for example they can bar the system from working during night flight, although they request passengers to keep their mobile phones on silent at all times.

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Introducing the Dell 3008WFP, a massive 30 inch computer monitor. There have been numerous attempts from numerous manufacturers to create a quality 30-inch computer monitor, it was a shame that most were even completely over priced or were lacking in quality and resolution, a lot of previous attempts were failures because professional users didn’t really get the quality they craved in a large monitor such as this, also non professional users didn’t really see the need for a massive 30 inch screen or could not justify spending all that money on one.

Dell have rolled out an unusually high amount of monitors as of late, but this one is sure to be welcomed in the computer world. Not only does the 3008WFP look great, they’ve done a brilliant job on the quality and performance also. It offers the user a host of different compatible input connection such as dual DVI, HDMA and VGA, it also has a couple of USB ports nicely hidden from view but easily accessible. It really is an improvement from previous attempts at creating these large panelled monitors with resolution and picture quality you would expect from a smaller monitor. You probably can see this for yourself but the viewing area is frankly huge.

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We’ve had the Nunchuck, the Zapper gun and the Sports pack, now get ready for the Thrustmaster T-GO Kart NW wireless steering wheel designed specifically for the Wii. The steering wheel not only looks great, it’s also very comfortable with its rubber outer grips.

Thrustmaster have gone all out on this wireless beauty and designed it specifically to have the look and feel of a go-kart steering wheel, it does seem they have achieved this very well, and there is also an upper hand slot for you to place your Wiimote for easy reach. This allows the user to navigate menus and pointers etc via infa red without removing the Wiimote. The Nintendo Wii has definitely put the fun back in gaming with energetic and action packed gaming, this steering wheel by Thrustmaster definitely contributes to this feel and theme and they have though about looks, feel and functionality with this motion sensitive wireless accessory for the Nintendo Wii.

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The PS3 is inching closer to becoming the ‘all-singing-all-dancing’ heart of the living room with its forthcoming firmware update.The v2.20 firmware update at the end of the month will eclipse the recent – and disappointing - v 1.17 update by adding support for the eagerly awaited BD Live, the advanced playback technology used on newer Blu-ray movie discs.

The update supports the latest Blu-ray Disc (BD) Profile 2.0, which includes BD Live, allowing users watching a Blu-ray movie to check the Net for related downloadable content, trailers, ringtones and movie-based games. Only newer, standalone Blu-ray players have this while owners of older Blu-ray players are, well, pretty much screwed.

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