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Brooklyn
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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


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Almost makes me wish I was still enlisted!!!

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try this it has more info


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

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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.

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Re: Battle ready handhelds

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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).

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

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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.

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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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