Watch out whoever owns those ridiculously expensive in-flight phones…Almost half of all airlines plan to offer in-flight mobile phone connectivity for passengers by the end of 2008.

Airbus already has plans to replace “no-smoking” signs with “no mobile” signs.

Cellphone friendly flying is popular in Europe, possibly serving as a test market to the U.S.

Not looking forward to hearing

of the intimate details of your seatmate’s love life?

Take heart, using cellphones planes could end up costing as much as $3 a minute.

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