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Daily Tech: AT&T to Get the LG Vu in a New Wine Color

GeekSugar — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 12:05:57 -0800

Coming to AT&T stores very soon, is the new Vu (920 version), which comes with MediaFLO, a nice large touchscreen and is available in this beautiful new wine color. - The Boy Genius Report
Yesterday on The Daily Show With Jon Stewart, Jon talked about the craziness associated with Black Friday, and then showed off his new C-3PO and the Lego Millennium Falcon. - Gizmodo
After my test flight last week, Virgin America has officially rolled out its Gogo Inflight WiFi service on select flights. The remainder of the planes will be equipped with this service in early 2009. - Engadget
Learn how to watch YouTube videos in your Firefox sidebar or on their own in a standalone player window. - Digital Inspiration
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Virgin America's New Inflight WiFi and YouTube Live Event

GeekSugar — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 02:00:30 -0800

OK, I promised you a full recap about my event-filled Saturday - the flight, the WiFi test drive, and the YouTube Live Event - and here it is! Testing out Virgin America's first WiFi enabled plane with Gogo Inflight Internet among other tech enthusiasts was a rush in itself, but heading to the first official YouTube Live event here in San Francisco was icing on the cake to a spectacular day. To see how I made out with the Gogo WiFi service during the flight and to see some YouTube Vlogging stars and celebs I ran into at the event, check out my slideshow!

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I'm Going to YouTube Live! And Getting WiFi on a Jet Plane . . .

GeekSugar — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 10:04:27 -0800

I've got quite the geeky day planned, and I had to share my excitement with guys! First, I'm packing my bags and heading to San Francisco International Airport to board a Virgin America plane - I'm not really going anywhere, per se, but the short flight will be showing off GoGo's new in-flight WiFi! Then afterward, drum roll please - I am hitting up the YouTube Live event!

At SFO, I'll board a Virgin Airlines plane - already my fave airline for its awesome techy features - and test out the in-flight Wifi on a special beta flight.

Afterward, it's off the to the YouTube Live Event, to celebrate YouTube's new webcasting feature, where I'll hopefully rub elbows with Will.i.am and Katy Perry, to name a few! Stay tuned for my recap on how it all turns out!

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Which In-Flight Entertainment Feature Do You Like Best?

GeekSugar — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 14:00:58 -0700

Last week I was on a Virgin America flight and I couldn't help but play around with Virgin's fantastic in-flight entertainment system called Red. Usually, I check out TV shows or listen to music, but this time I decided to get my game on and play a fun word-scramble game called Anagramarams.

I guess you could say I'd be all for the movies if you didn't have to pay $7.99, but all in all, I'm just happy this touchscreen system has some free time-killing options available for its passengers. When flights offer entertainment services, I'm curious to know which features you like the most?

Have You Used Virgin America's "Geeky" Amenities?

GeekSugar — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 15:00:44 -0700

A few weeks ago a bunch of us Sugar folk flew down to Los Angeles for a very geek-chic party on Virgin America.

It was the first time some of us had flown the relatively new airline (it launched in August 2007) and we took full advantage of the plane's Red inflight system by instant messaging one another and playing around with the onboard games. While we had fun chatting, we concluded the system still needs a bit of work (adding passengers to the chat wasn't exactly intuitive) and after about a half hour we went back to talking to one another.

I didn't realize how exciting the system, which includes 25 on-demand movies, live TV, video games, Google maps, 3,000 MP3s and seat-to-seat chat via a nine-inch video touchscreen, really is until I took another airline this weekend and went back to the old-school way of flying. You know, staring at the back of the chair in front of me.

Have you tested the Red system and if so, what do you think of it?
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Geeky Virgin America Ads: Too Hot to Handle?

GeekSugar — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 10:02:49 -0800

No pun intended, but I haven't had the pleasure of flying high in the sky with Virgin America just yet - even though they are the mac-daddies of total-tech airlines. With mood lighting, MP3s on every flight, a 110v power adapter in each seat, personal-ordering screens, in-flight entertainment systems, and best of all competitive prices, I can't think of one good reason why I haven't tested out this hot new airline.

Speaking of hot, Virgin America's ads are quite steamy with slogans like "Whatever turns you on" and pictures of voluptuous women. And after seeing Paris Hilton (strategically), check out the the in-flight, seat-to-seat instant messaging keyboard, I can't say I'm surprised by their advertising strategy - sex sells so they say! I can't say that these "red light airline district" pics do it for me, but then again, I was already sold on all the high-tech features. What do you think? Do you like them, or are they too hot to handle?

Paris Can't Keep Her Hands Off the Gadgets

GeekSugar — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 14:02:49 -0800

The queen of cell phones, Miss Paris Hilton, sure does know her way around a BlackBerry keypad, but who knew she was so intrigued in other gadgetry goods? While at the Sundance Film Festival, Paris chatted with Virgin America's director of in-flight entertainment and partnerships, Charles Ogilvie, about the new in-flight, seat-to-seat instant messaging keyboard. She told Ogilvie that she can't wait to try out the new high-tech entertainment system on an upcoming trip to New York and on the airline’s debut of in-flight WiFi, which will happen sometime this year.Paris was also spotted at a Philadelphia mall a week later promoting her new movie Hottie and the Nottie and showing off her photo skills with a Flip digital camcorder. . . . Now I wonder if she uploads herself, too?!

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Virgin America Takes Broadband Internet to the Skies

GeekSugar — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 08:00:54 -0700

Virgin America, a new airline that began service on August 8th and is quickly gaining a reputation for its techie features, has announced that it is partnering with AirCell in an effort aimed at offering air-to-ground broadband internet service on Virgin America flights sometime in 2008.

Guests onboard the airline will be able to access the internet either through their wifi-enabled personal devices or through the RedInflight Entertainment system at every seat. According to a press release, the system is anticipated to allow guests to connect to the internet with the AirCell Broadband Service, using either their Red seatback video screens or their own wifi enabled portable gaming devices, laptops, PDAs or Smartphones.

Guests will also be able to check and send web-email from their seatbacks through Red's TALK - the airline's onboard chat system - using popular instant messaging services such as MSN, Google talk, Yahoo! Skype, and AIM.

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Mile High Geek: Peek At Virgin America's Planes

GeekSugar — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 09:00:48 -0700

We've been complaining about the nightmare that is business trips for ages, but it looks like the future of flight will be completely geek and work friendly.

Gizmodo featured a sneak peek of the new Virgin America planes yesterday revealing each seat will include 110 volt AC current, ethernet and USB ports for charging iPods and phones. They will also accept a QWERTY for the linux-based, thin client, in flight entertainment system.

The planes will feature a "Red Inflight Entertainment System" that includes 18 channel live in-flight satellite entertainment, as well as access to Google Maps and pay-per-view movies The airline is launching August 8.

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Daily Tech: Mario Voice Actor Confirms New Game

GeekSugar — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 11:00:35 -0700

Mario voice actor confirms new Mario game - Blast Magazine
Google is paying for Virgin America to make the WiFi on all its flights free from Nov. 10 to Jan. 15 - Gizmodo
How to manage your Google reputation - Lifehacker
Apple unbans 3G TV app - The Register
Mozilla unblocks Microsoft's Firefox plugin - PC Mag
Internet heavyweights put for net neutrality - PC World
Twitter cofounder's new mobile payments venture explained - Crave
Miyamoto: New Mario tests your hardcore gaming chops - Wired
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