American Airlines to feature Tablets on board

Samsung electronics is to provide American Airlines with Galaxy mobile electronic tablets for premium class in-flight entertainment.  The carrier plans to deploy 6,000 of the new Galaxy Tab 10.1 devices onboard select flights beginning later this year. 

The tablets will replace the airline’s current personal entertainment device in American’s premium cabins on transcontinental flights between New York’s JFK and Los Angeles, JFK and San Francisco, and Miami and Los Angeles served with 767-200 and 767-300 aircraft; international flights to and from Europe and South America flown by 767-300 aircraft; and transcontinental flights departing from Boston to Los Angeles with 757 aircraft.

The Galaxy Tab 10.1 combines the Android platform, ultra-slim, lightweight design, a brilliant 10-inch touch screen and array of applications.  It is powered by the Android™ 3.1 (Honeycomb) platform, offering faster and smoother transitions between different applications, more intuitive navigation to and from home screens and broader support of USB accessories, external keyboards, joysticks and gamepads.  Samsung will customize the Galaxy Tab for American’s in-flight entertainment needs, including the addition of expanded memory. www.samsung.com

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