Fasten your seatbelts and no cell phones please

Air "No Smoking" the panels will be replaced by "no cell phone" signs on some planes next year when technology is introduced to allow passengers to use their mobile phones safely during flights. Airlines are looking for ways to control potentially distracting onboard phone conversations via crossed-out cell phone symbols, requiring passengers to turn it off during takeoff and point to a cell phone. "night" periods. The company developing satellite technology for Airbus planes (EADS.PA) also said cabin crew could remotely turn off phones or deactivate their voice function, allowing travelers to simply use text messaging and email during quiet periods.
"It is envisaged that airlines will deactivate the voice function, for example on long-haul flights during the night of the aircraft." said a spokesperson for the OnAir communications joint venture.
"Each airline is likely to develop different protocols for the use of mobile devices, in the same way that different protocols have developed in different countries…