Doni- Rockwell is handling the logistics on the digeplayers and Gateway is closing all of it's stores. They are going to be retailed by other retailers. Their online store will continue, as I understand it.
We asked if Alaska or APS was responsible for handling the units during the flight turns – meeting and greeting the plane, cleaning the units and charging batteries and storing them for the next day. “Rockwell Collins is performing that duty for us and APS,” he said.
April 2, 2004 AP) Computer maker Gateway Inc. announced yesterday that it will close all of its 188 company-operated retail stores on April 9 and instead sell its products online and through other retailers.
doni: Rockwell Collins provides IFE service... to the aviation industry and is working with APS on servicing the equipment (to the best of my knowledge).