[iplayer]

as far as I know one cannot use bluetooth on a plane, that being the case, I assume one cannot access playbook emails, calendar and so on when flying?

[Aero247]

i safely used bluetooth on a flight last week. i saved five bucks by signing up for wifi on my phone and then bridging it with my playbook for free.

[blackranger3d]

as far as I know one cannot use bluetooth on a plane, that being the case, I assume one cannot access playbook emails, calendar and so on when flying?

Correct. No wifi, or BT while in flight. BUT many people still do.

[prebetsabu]

i found out in the pb help, theres a symbol logo for "flight mode".

how to activate and whats the function do?

[SuperDuckWC]

It's like cell phone in Gas Station, it's like make up while driving (I don't make up :P), it's like cross a road eyes closed... it 's like putting a pitbull in a nursery...

you are not supposed to, but you do

[A7omic]

It's like cell phone in Gas Station, it's like make up while driving (I don't make up :P), it's like cross a road eyes closed... it 's like putting a pitbull in a nursery...

you are not supposed to, but you do

This is true. I mean just the other day I put a pitbull in the nursery down the street, I was like meh why not!

[Mercury]

OMG, your wanting your bbm/email on the plane? Oh no, don't turn on your cellular connection because the plane is going to crash LMAO

You can live without being connected for a few hours. Believe me, I had serious withdrawls when I flew from toronto to Austin Tx last year. it sucked but I survived lmao

[flyersfan76]

It's like cell phone in Gas Station, it's like make up while driving (I don't make up :P), it's like cross a road eyes closed... it 's like putting a pitbull in a nursery...

you are not supposed to, but you do

Nothing ever happened with regards to mobile phone use at a gas station. The problems came from static electricity caused by reentering your vehicle while refueling.

[jkeithbrown]

I fly 3 times a week. The one thing I do find to be a pain with my playbook is with the GOGO flight internet you can only have one device logged in at a time. So if I have my phone logged in to get email & BBM I can not use the wifi of the playbook without logging out of the phone & logging into the playbook then I lose email & BBM. No I cannot tether by bluetooth because sprint has no tethering plans.

[liquidlink]

I fly every other week if not more and I use Bluetooth all the time. I have had the pb since the 1st day and keep my BB in my backpack under my seat or over head and bridge to email, calendar, etc. I pretty use my BB durign the whole flight for email. Once I land all my email is sent which is awesome for me.

[SuperDuckWC]

Nothing ever happened with regards to mobile phone use at a gas station. The problems came from static electricity caused by reentering your vehicle while refueling.

I agree, but when you switch on a cell phone there is enough power to enligth gas or another inflamable gas,

Here a man uses his cell phone as torch lamp.

[SixStringMadness]

above 10,000 ft, wifi is okay to use. BT also. I fly all the time, and many of the planes I'm on have WiFi that is turned on over 10k ft.

[bquinney]

I fly 3 times a week. The one thing I do find to be a pain with my playbook is with the GOGO flight internet you can only have one device logged in at a time. So if I have my phone logged in to get email & BBM I can not use the wifi of the playbook without logging out of the phone & logging into the playbook then I lose email & BBM. No I cannot tether by bluetooth because sprint has no tethering plans.

Correction. I signed up for their tethering plan (it's listed as specifically for the Playbook) then immediately dropped it due to the slow nature. It's there though, but I did that two weeks ago. When did you look for the plan?

[Aero247]

Sorry, I meant to say that I bridged using BT and had no problem. GoGo wants you to pay $12.99 for WiFi on the Playbook but only $7.99 on your Blackberry. Since I didn't have a need for any apps that go online while I was flying, I was happy just having bridge browser.

[jkeithbrown]

Correction. I signed up for their tethering plan (it's listed as specifically for the Playbook) then immediately dropped it due to the slow nature. It's there though, but I did that two weeks ago. When did you look for the plan?

When I got my playbook a little over month go, I will have to go back and check on it THANKS.

[mgm1979]

I agree, but when you switch on a cell phone there is enough power to enligth gas or another inflamable gas,

Here a man uses his cell phone as torch lamp.

Ever watch MythBusters? They de-bunked the cell phone at the gas station myth a couple/few years ago. Tried everything under the sun, including the "unrealistic" scenarios to try and get the thing to ignite fuel/fumes, and nothing...I can't remember if they used different types of cell phones, or not though.

And, at the time, I'm pretty sure they made a big deal of the fact that they were unable to track down a legitimately documented case where a cell phone was proven to have been the cause of igniting a gas station explosion...yet, we've all seen the stickers at pumps warning us of the dangers - lmao.

[PanaSama]

I agree, but when you switch on a cell phone there is enough power to enligth gas or another inflamable gas,

Here a man uses his cell phone as torch lamp.

LOL you cant even see if it was a cellphone, it might as well be a lighter.

[blackranger3d]

This is true. I mean just the other day I put a pitbull in the nursery down the street, I was like meh why not!

Ahh too funny.

[Fonz0]

I use the PB and my 9780 all the time on flights above 10k feet. Cannot have both connected to wifi unless you have 2 GoGo accounts (I fly Delta). But I do bridge over BT and get emails and chat for the whole flight until we go under 10k feet. UMA also works so I can even talk, but explaining that to the flight attendants is not fun :-o

[Dougielas]

It’s like when you go into a hospital they want you to turn your phone off because it can interfere with medical testing equipment. However in 2007 the Mayo Clinic did a study that found “Calls made on cellular phones have no negative impact on hospital medical devices”

Hospital equipment unaffected by cell phone use, study finds

[StaticFX]

.. No I cannot tether by bluetooth because sprint has no tethering plans.

I thought you can use BlackBerry Bridge and tether for free.

[StaticFX]

I agree, but when you switch on a cell phone there is enough power to enligth gas or another inflamable gas,

Here a man uses his cell phone as torch lamp.

sure there is enough 'power' but you would need a faulty cell phone that sparked.... and you cant even tell what he uses to look.