no, really

It’s been 8 months since I’ve been in an airport (I know, right?), and upon my arrival to the JetBlue terminal at JFK, I discover that JetBlue has heard the cries of the disconnected masses, and has put a s-itton of power outlets all over the terminal.

JB has always been ahead of the curve, tech wise, but there’s a full cafe of touch screens where you can order food to be delivered to your seat, and each seat has at least one power outlet available to it.  There are Samsung-sponsored power pillars around the airport with plugs and a little counter around each one, and in various areas, full strips of iPod-ready power ports.

This is really pretty nifty.  And sad.  When you walk around the airport every plug is consumed.  iPods, cellphones, laptops, and most notably iPhones.  If there’s one thing I hear most, it’s that the iPhone’s battery dies in no time if you use anything more than the phone and an occasional text message.

Now add to that the fact that JetBlue offers free wi-fi, and you’ve got a thousand or more iDrones not only sucking up all the power ports, but all the wi-fi bandwidth too!  Just to write this post, I had to stick in my Verizon card.  I couldn’t get enough bandwidth to open one or two web pages!

I’m sure JetBlue has better things to worry about (like getting people to pay for blankets and curbside check-in).  But it does seem that some tech innovation is in order.

Oh yeah, and it’s barely 80 degrees out, and it’s kind hot in here.  You think all these extra charging appliances are generating some heat?