To tell you the truth it's not Boeing that messed this up for everyone that is dissapointed, it was the airlines. They have to first buy and install the systems on their jets and and offer it to a larger market before the price can come down. It's the airlines that denied the Boeing service that lack vision and ultimately condemed the system.

Think about it - if there is an average of 2 people using the service on a transcontinental flight they basically have a dedicated sattelite uplink and all of the air/ground support that goes with that factoring into their price.

True, while this may never see light in a normal stage race in any pro-peloton, technology like this could be benificial in Time-trials. While weight may be a considerable trade, fully-enclosed is the trend with the highest-tech TT bikes so getting rid of chainrings and chains could be quite a plus.

A Google circular cardboard scratch off game.

Quite honestly looks like an old RAZR prototype rather than a successor to the current one.

- Robert

The filename for this pictures is a standard flickr format - Maybe theres more info on that post...

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