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Posted by Brooklyn on 10-23-2001 12:11 PM:

U.S. Military Troops Packing Palms and Visors.

Here is an article on CNN about U.S. Troops using Palm Pilots and Handspring Visors in Afghanistan.

U.S. forces pack pocket computers

God Bless America

Posted by visor empowered on 10-23-2001 02:17 PM:

Almost makes me wish I was still enlisted!!!

NAVAIR Kicks ASS!

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Posted by culo77 on 10-23-2001 03:30 PM:

try this it has more info

http://interactive.wsj.com/articles...19590249720.htm

Posted by tucson_sailors on 10-23-2001 10:14 PM:

Battle ready handhelds

Did anyone else read the comment about a stiffened frame, sealed against dust, waterproof and able to survive a 4 foot drop onto concrete?!

I wonder which model that is? It sure ain't Palm or Handspring! I would *love* to have a model that would be geek-resistant.

Cheers!

Tucson Sailors

Posted by Toby on 10-23-2001 10:58 PM:

Re: Battle ready handhelds

quote:
Originally posted by tucson_sailors
Did anyone else read the comment about a stiffened frame, sealed against dust, waterproof and able to survive a 4 foot drop onto concrete?!

I wonder which model that is? It sure ain't Palm or Handspring! I would *love* to have a model that would be geek-resistant.

They were talking about the Symbol and Paravants. Never seen a Paravant, but the Symbol devices are huge. Ruggedizing a PDA is typically at the cost of size (shock absorption takes room, no doubt).

Posted by Brooklyn on 10-23-2001 11:02 PM:

PDA's are allready expensive, I wonder what a Military grade PDA sells for?

Posted by Toby on 10-23-2001 11:05 PM:

quote:
Originally posted by Brooklyn
PDA's are allready expensive, I wonder what a Military grade PDA sells for?

They quote the price in the article. They're not cheap.

Posted by Brooklyn on 10-23-2001 11:33 PM:

Here is a list of equipment used by a Special Operations Solder.

http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2001/tr...et.exclude.html

Notice that Palm and Laptops computers are on the list.

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