Norwegian Railroads to Rent Archos PMPs on Board

Archos

By: Andreas Ødegård on May 21, 2008 12:09 PM

As part of an entertainment upgrade on the railroads in Norway, NSB (Norwegian railroads) is said to be considering Archos players as part of the entertainment package.

The plan is to add power outlets and Internet to the trains on some routes in Norway to begin with. On top of providing Internet access there are talks of a media server on the train which will stream media (movies and so on) directly to the media players which will be possible to rent for each trip. The project is still in it's early stages and nothing is written in stone, but Archos is said to be the most likely choice for providing these devices. Archos have several WiFi capable devices and it's not clear which model will be used if Archos is chosen.

[Press Release via ITAvisen] (both links in Norwegian)

Comments

stian on May 21, 2008 12:56 PM

Hmm, Widerøe (a norwegian airline) tried (and I believe failed) to rent out PSP's on their longer flights. Even though it's a cool "addon" to your railing experience, it's not really something that'll make me take the train.

And doesn't everyone have some sort of device or other allready? Just gimme the poweroutlet and keep the Archos :P

aaa on May 26, 2008 12:47 AM

My bet would be the 705s, American Airlines already got them

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