US Army gets iPod Touch
THE US ARMY is splashing out on ipod touches, according to Newsweak.
However the newspaper is so keen on selling Iplods to its readers it is not really clear what the soldiers will be using them for.
In amongst all the references to 'innovation' it seems that the soldiers will store films on them which will be used to provide a user-friendly explanation of what the man with the big gun is trying to say to them.
Soldiers may upload pictures of suspects that they might be looking for. Newsweek said that software could match faces, making it easier to track suspects after they're released, although there was no indication that the software had been written that would allow this.
"Apple gadgets are proving to be surprisingly versatile," coos the publication. But it points out that the iPlods are only any use to the Army because it can do something the great unwashed can't. Since they do not have to pass their software through Steve Jobs, they can do what they like with them and develop military applications.
They are coming up with software which enables soldiers to display aerial video from drones and have teleconferences with intelligence agents halfway across the globe.
"The iPod has already transformed the way we listen to music. Now it's taking on war," Newsweek says.
Odd, we can remember when Newsweek was a respected news source now it seems to be printing Apple adverts. Apple did not invent the MP3 player guys, so it didn't change the way we listened to music. That was probably the work of Napster. µ
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"Since they do not have to pass their software through Steve Jobs, they can do what they like with them and develop military applications." - yeah just wait till the Apple vultures (lawyers) get wind of that and start suing cus of that iKILL app doesnt fit in with its luvvy-dovvy fruity image.
all sorts of apps are coming to me now.... iKill, iGotmyHeadBlownOff and iDrone (on and on)
Very nice, I know.... except I really don't think the US Army gives an owl's hoot what St. Eve of Jobs and his evil phalanx of writ-armed vultures (lawyers) thinks or even if they can think.
One pass from a Thunderbolt II (A-10 Warthog) and the fruit house is history. Then send in a squad of soldiers to make sure there are no survivors.
Ahhhh... just imagining the sounds and sights of that lovely GE GAU-8/A Avenger 30mm gatling gun pounding on Apple HQ...
I thought Apple buildings collapsed instantly when military vehicles approached them?
Todays MK Ultra is not yesterdays & Todays' Case In Point. Army started Mind Kontrol projects nearly (or More) century ago. Drugs did stuff, incapatated. Turning people into Telegraph Poles did worse. In Light Sabre for CPU article we learned inside & outside. C.I.A Could just Die if Outside Be Known.(With Light its technical propietary supremecy) Yet, Todays Day, After South American Summit, with Hon Chavez, that Hon Obama esq Goes Over To US C.I.A. & Is given Formerly Top Secret Rules of Engagement used in former Hon Bush Esq Terms durning Al Quydeee' Thing. At 3 PM Hon President Will Tell US More Of Finding. C.I.A isn't that happy. yet that Critically bogus word Thomas Stewart has Turned Misteriously Back into mere mortal personage of Ultee'.Army Recruits: grab inside event on ipod & reveal their explanations. drashek
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they always get their posteriors kicked wherever they go.
Apple can't even get these things to survive reliably in consumer applications, ie. moisture damage in even modest humidity environments. How are they going to ensure they work in the extremes the military experiences in the field?
I think this is just PR hype to attract new recruits...