Apple to provide iPod integration to major airlines

Mumbai, Nov 17 (UNI) iPod and iTunes are leading the digital music revolution, providing the best way to listen to music on the go, at home, in the car and now in the air.

Apple has tied up with aviation players like Air France, Continental, Delta, Emirates, KLM and United Airlines to deliver the first seamless integration between iPod and in-flight entertainment systems.

These six airlines will offer iPod seat connections to their passengers from mid-next year. Besides charging their iPods during the flight, they would also allow the video content on their iPods to be viewed on passengers' seat back displays.

''There is no better travelling companion than an iPod, and now travellers can power their iPods during flight and even watch their iPod movies and TV shows on their seat back displays,'' said Apple Vice President (Worldwide iPod Product Marketing) Greg Joswiak in a statement here today.

Also, the company is working with Panasonic Avionics Corporation to bring even more leading airlines in-flight iPod connectivity in the future.

The iPod is the world's most popular digital music and portable video player and the iTunes store is the number one online music store with over 1.5 billion songs purchased and downloaded worldwide.

The iTunes Store features over 3.5 million songs, 65,000 podcasts, 20,000 audiobooks, 5,000 music videos, 250 television shows and over 100 movies from Walt Disney Pictures, Pixar, Touchstone Pictures and Miramax Films.

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