Aircraft interiors EXPO: Why IMS says handheld Passengers are happy

Posted by admin on April 2, 2008

California-based IMS claims market leadership in the IFE handheld sector and here at Aircraft Interiors Expo the company is showing examples of how it intends to consolidate that position.

Exercising the minds of the IMS engineers are new concepts for the in-seat accommodation of the company’s players alongside passengers’ own devices – this work is on show here – and connectivity. Harry Gray, IMS sales and marketing VP believes that broadband connectivity is still in its infancy. “We’re talking with various airlines about broadband, and not just in relation to the portable players,” he says. “We will enable WiFi and associated support services as demand dictates.”

If connectivity is still undercooked, so too is the handheld IFE market itself, Gray believes. “The adoption rate has been low – in terms of seats served if not in the number of airlines - but it is growing. That trend can only be accelerated by the emergence of a variety of applications to go alongside hand

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