Many travelers often complain of the hassles of traveling through the air, especially during the holiday seasons. With unexpected lines and flight delays, travelers often miscalculate the time that they need to charge their cell phones to keep the battery alive. With a dead cell phone battery, very important calls and e-mails are unable to be received. Acting upon this common knowledge, Samsung plans to have over one hundred charging stations installed in three of the nation’s busiest airports. Along with the marketing advantage, Samsung cell phones will be favored by those charging stations. Samsung also plans to put small shelves in the stations to hold the device being charges.
This push will be the largest number of charging stations Samsung has announced in one day said CIO Bill Ogle. He commented that these charging stations will reduce stress, keep families connected, and provide a much-needed convenience to travelers trying to reach their destinations. By the end of 2008, it is said that Samsung will have installed over fourty stations in Miami International Airport, George Bush Intercontinental Airport, and Washington Dulles Airport. "Providing electronics outlets for passengers to charge their gadgets while they're on the go to Bush Intercontinental's 105 domestic and nearly 70 international destinations will definitely be a plus for them," said Rob Wigington, the Houston airport's system deputy director.
These charging stations are only one of the newest technological developments that will revolutionize the ease of airport travel. Airline companies are most recently developing programs that might allow flyers to present their boarding passes through their cell phones. Pulling up the boarding passes will not be a future problem because many airports and airlines are implementing in-flight Wi-Fi. This latest technological advance could revolutionize the airline industry.
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While I think that this is a good idea and will definitely be convienent for travelers, I wonder if the statement that it will "reduce stress and keep families connected" is a bit of an overstatement. Usually, if you travel, isn't your cell phone charger the first thing you think to pack? Since we are so reliant on our cell phones, remembering our cell phone chargers is always the first thing on our minds when traveling. Since most people bring them along, all they really need is an outlet which they most likely can already find in airports. While I think this will be convienent for cell phone users who have forgotten their chargers and are current Samsung users, I have doubts that people will actually switch their phones to match the charging stations at airports. I agree that this will make Samsung a more appealing company for travelers, but I wonder if it will have any actualy affect on sales.
I agree that while this is a good concept, I hesitate to believe that people will switch their phone and their service to Samsung. Airports already have charging stations for cell phones and computers that are located throughout the airport for our convenience. I think that as more and more cell phone companies hear about this idea, they will come up with a similar technology. The end of this article discusses a new way to present boarding passes. I think that this new system will cause complications, such as a cell phone failing to open the boarding pass. I have doubts that this will actually work.
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