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it's time to worry about in-flight phone yakking I'm Bridget Carey and this is your cnet update in the near future you may be allowed to use your cell phone to make a phone call during a flight the Federal Communications Commission is considering lifting a ban on using phones and mobile data on airplanes about 10,000 feet even if this became a possibility it would still be up to the airlines to set the rules some may allow people to use their phones others may have a quiet no phone seating zone but to make a call you may also have to pay an extra fee just like paying for in-flight Wi-Fi it's not easy for retailers to compete against Amazon during the holiday shopping season but Walmart is stepping up its game and launching several promotions to lure you away from amazon for starters it's black friday doorbuster promotions are available online Thursday morning even before you start cooking the turkey and Walmart's Cyber Monday starts on Saturday and lasts all week online Walmart also lowered its free shipping minimum purchase to $35 which is the same as Amazon's and speaking of deals verizon and AT&T are practically giving away the blackberry z10 smartphone the z10 is free at verizon with a two-year contract and ATT is just charging 49 cents for one with a contract in the latest courtroom drama between Samsung and Apple a jury in San Jose ruled that Samsung owes apple and extra 290 million dollars in damages for patent infringement on the iPhone it brings apple's total award amount to about 930 million dollars samsung said it is moving toward post-trial motions and appeals a jury last year ruled that Samsung hadn't fringed on 5 apple patents related to the iPhones design and function and in the first trial Samsung was ordered to pay 640 million dollars in damages and this case was a retrial to determine the additional damages Samsung owed the Xbox one launched right after midnight on Friday but just like the PlayStation 4 some of the first customers are complaining about glitchy systems a few users say their disk drives do not work and it just clicks and grinds when a disc is inserted some posted videos on YouTube about it but it looks like a small number people are complaining about the problem manufacturing defects happen with a product sold at this scale but now the bugs get more attention thanks to how easy it is to complain on youtube and other forums it'll take time to see how widespread this problem really is some of the first PlayStation 4 owners complain about units that fail to work and displayed a flashing blue light that's your tech news update being get more details on the show blog cnet com / update from our studios in New York I'm Bridget Carey