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Ingenio Debuts New Smart Device Arms

By Matt Thurber • Editor-in-Chief

April 6, 2014

At last month’s AEA show, Ingenio Aerospace introduced a series of products designed to help aircraft manufacturers and interior refurb and completion centers deal with a thorny problem: the rapid pace of smart-device technological change.

Some companies have been installing and certifying aircraft with built-in smartphone connectors, usually for Apple iPods and iPhones. But during its last round of upgrades, Apple changed from the earlier models’ 30-pin connector to the smaller Lightning connector. In the Gulfstream G650, for example, built-in 30-pin iPod receptacles in the cabin hold the iPod touch devices used for cabin management. While a 30-pin-to-Lightning adapter can make the connection, the receptacle is more difficult to use than its designers intended.

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