Alaska Airlines In-Flight Entertainment with Windows Devices

It is always nice to see a project to come to life. I am glad to have had the opportunity to participate as a member of the team helping to put this together.

The Windows device features the 8” Toshiba Encore 2 tablet running Windows embedded 8.1 Industry with a an Intel® Atom™ processor and a lightweight security shell/stand that together weigh less than one pound. Alaska Airlines offers the tablet for free to passengers in the First Class cabin and for rental to passengers in coach. The airline offers the tablet on most routes over 3.5 hours.

More details from the official announcements:

• Unveiling a New, Modern Inflight Entertainment Experience for Alaska Airlines, Powered by Windows - https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/blog/2015/03/26/unveiling-a-new-modern-inflight-entertainment-experience-for-alaska-airlines-powered-by-windows/
• Alaska Airlines showcases new Windows 8.1 tablets for inflight entertainment - https://blogs.microsoft.com/firehose/2015/03/26/alaska-airlines-showcases-new-windows-8-1-tablets-for-inflight-entertainment/

I had a relatively fun part of the effort - to adapt the classic games (Solitaire, Mahjong, Minesweeper, Sudoku, Jigsaw, Treasure Hunt, etc.) for in-flight use. Those were the ‘modern’ WinRT-based versions that were written using C#.