Mobile gadgets threaten in-flight entertainment

From Reuters: "Airlines around the world now spend millions of dollars annually upgrading their inflight entertainment systems, but iPods and other mobile entertainment gadgets could render all that useless.... with USB ports and a power socket increasingly common even for economy class passengers on carriers such as Singapore Airlines Ltd and Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd, the concept of in-flight entertainment could change..." Full article here.

(Virgin gave me as USB port on the back of the seat in front of me and noise-cancelling headphones. I could listen to my iPod (if I had one) through the noise-cancelling headphones or watch iPod video on the screen. Very cool.)