The following story from the Wall Street Journal reminded me of past threads
on the Newton and wireless technology being thought about years ago for use
in the military. The army and navy have purchased about 80,000 Palms in the
last 18 months according to the story.
Larry Chan
San Diego CA
"When the USS McFaul lobbed Tomahawk missiles into Afghanistan recently, an
unlikely new weapon was on board: the Palm hand-held computer. About half of
the Navy destroyer's 300 or so crew members carry the Palm V. Sailors can
download e-mails and access the ship's Plan of the Day by plugging the
gadgets into one of the 32 infrared ports in the ship's mess halls,
passageways and berthing areas. The devices already hold software to conduct
ship inspections and perform other tasks."
For more details and other handhelds being used on those ships see
http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2819658,00.html?chkpt=zdnn_nbs
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