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"Huzzah! The Federal Aviation Administration is primed to finally let flyers use their phones, tablets and other digital devices during taxiing, takeoff and landing, per a report.\nThe Wall Street Journal reports an advisory panel will recommend the FAA make changes to its low-altitude gadget use rules later this year.\nSEE ALSO: 15 iPhone Apps for Your Summer Getaway\n\nThe panel's decisions aren't set in stone yet. Reportedly, however, it may suggest flyers be allowed to use electronic devices in airplane mode during takeoff, landing and taxiing. It may also expand the window for passengers to surf the web or send emails via 3G or LTE.\nFAA officials won't make a final decision about mobile devices until after the panel issues its final recommendations in September.\nAviation gadget rule reformists have grown increasingly vocal about the need for change in recent months, led by the New York Times technology columnist Nick Bilton. Bilton has aggressively championed the cause, writing that \"dealing with the FAA on this topic is like arguing with a stubborn teenager.\"\n\"The agency has no proof that electronic devices can harm a plane\u2019s avionics, but it still perpetuates such claims, spreading irrational fear among millions of fliers,\" he wrote late last year in one of several posts calling on the the FAA to change its gadget rules. \nBilton reported in March that the advisory panel would recommend policy changes, though the FAA did not offer him comment at that time. \nAn FAA spokeswoman told the Wall Street Journal that the agency \"recognizes consumers are intensely interested in the use of personal electronics aboard aircraft, that is why we tasked a government-industry group to examine the safety issues and the feasibility of changing the current restrictions.\"\nDo you want to use gadgets during takeoff, landing and taxiing? Share your thoughts in the comments.\nImage via Stephen Brashear/Getty Images"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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