iPods In Combat

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James Dunnigan August 27, 2008 Discussion Board on this DLS topic The U.S. military went into Iraq with few troops able to speak Arabic. Now they can use their iPods to do the talking for them. A new software product, VCommunicator Mobile, and a speaker than plugs into where the ear buds go, ...

aviationweek.com - 8/27/2008

Unmanned-On-Unmanned Combat Emerging In Iraq

— aviationweek.com — Combat that s been talked about for the last century unmanned systems destroying other unmanned systems is... now a reality following the destruction by an MQ-9 Reaper of a vehicle carrying a remotely controlled explosive device in southeast Iraq. A ... (more) Unmanned-On-Unmanned Combat Emerging In Iraq

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U.S. Army increasingly using custom iPods as field translators
AppleInsider — ... Published: 07:15 PM EST Apple's iPod has been easing tensions with Iraqi citizens in a real-world experiment that has seen the music player provide on-the-spot translating for a fraction the cost and size of earlier systems. Instead of carrying around a relatively bulky PDA or notebook, the U.S. Army's 10th Mountain Division has for a year been using 260 iPods and iPod nanos modified to run a special app from Vcom 3D known as ...

Generation Kill & iPods
Core77 — ... for those Army logistics: Last year the U.S. Army spent $800,000 on 260 iPods for their 10th Mountain Division. Yes, iPods. You may be wondering, what the heck drives the cost of a single iPod to $3,076.92? They're not for rocking out with tunes--they're all outfitted with special VCommunicator Mobile Iraqi Arabic translation software, external speakers, and an undisclosed amount of solar chargers to juice them up. How's that for "thinking different." via strategy page ...

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