In addition to 300 hours of entertainment, ports for USBs MP3s, camcorders and cameras (and AC outlets to keep them all powered), Virgin Atlantic will also trial phone conversations on personal mobile phones later this year.

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Of course, leaving a smartphone's display on for multiple hours as you traverse Montana, Wyoming, Idaho, Oregon and California isn't wise without a power source to sustain that type of abuse, so it's worth mentioning that I traveled with an AC inverter in order to keep a constant power connection to the Lumia 900.

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