ArmyTimes has an interesting article about using GPS-equipped consumer grade phones such as iPhone, Samsung Instinct and HTC Touch Diamond for military use.
According to the article:
"The Army has much bigger plans than that, and no product has caught the attention of its information technology specialists like the iPhone, the multipurpose Apple product introduced in 2007 that has become a worldwide bestseller.
The device, measuring less than ½-inch thick, and about 2 ½ inches high by 4 ½ inches long, can be used for multiple applications, including phone communications, e-mail, Web browsing, as an iPod, as a navigational aid with Global Positioning System access, as a camera and photo storage device, and as a high-tech calendar and calculator.
“The iPhone has tremendous potential as a mobile device for the Army because it really is a computer platform that happens to have a phone in it,” Wallington said.
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Wallington said the same iPhone capability that serves as a control device for digital games can be used to steer and drive the robot.
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Competing devices with similar, but not exact, capabilities are starting to enter the market, like the Samsung Instinct and HTC Touch Diamond available through Sprint.
Because these devices are multi-purpose computers, officials see vast potential for military applications."
The full article is here.
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The HTC Touch Diamond integrates 3G HSDPA GPS technologies with 4GB storage and more ROM / RAM than ever before seen in a PDA Smartphone.
I have been using it for last few months and is a great utility.
What I have can be seen at HTC Touch Diamond
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