Windows Phone Thoughts: Qualcomm Demos In-Flight Cell Phone Service

"On a special two-hour American Airlines test flight over Texas yesterday, Qualcomm publicly demonstrated its solution for in-flight CDMA cell phone service. The service uses a picocell - a cell phone tower the size of a laptop - to provide in-cabin coverage. Because the picocell is so close, phones automatically emit a weaker signal, preventing interference with plane navigation systems and phone networks on the ground."

Rich Brome over at Phone Scoop has a good summary of the situation, and links for more information. Whether or not interference as it stands today is real, the use of cell phones on planes certainly clogs up ground towers, causing congestion issues -- so this workaround solution brings us closer to the day when cell phones are legal in planes. Of course, will those of you who like a quiet plane flight survive aviation after that day? 8O