From our friendly neighborhood engadget:

Apparently there is now a documented case of an exploding ThinkPad battery in an airport.  Of course, it had to happen at LAX: one of the busiest in the country, particularly for business travellers.  Since we have seen documented cases of Apple, Dell, and now IBM/Lenovo ThinkPads with burning laptop batteries, you better hope that you have one of the golden ticket seats in the front of the plane that have airline power ports (and an airline power adapter).  Especially if other airlines follow Qantas' and Korean Air's lead in banning Apple and Dell notebooks running on battery power.  Apple, Dell and ThinkPads account for a majority of business laptops on board flights and commuter trains, so you may need to bring a book next time you fly.  Does this mean that business flyers will have to resort to paper notebooks to get their work done?  Hey, at least those are mostly wireless.

To me this looks like a late model ThinkPad, probably something in the T-series. 

Here's some tips to pass the time:

Apple's new iPods have better battery life and now can display movies (and so far are on the safe list).

Airlines may soon allow Cell phone operation on flights (Nooooooooooooooo!)

Go Low-Tech.

What do you guys think?  (Discuss below.)