Mobile Apps on the Battlefield

iPod Touch on the battlefield

The US Army isn’t the first customer you think of when planning mobile device apps, but it turns out that they are enthusiastically adopting the iPhone and iPod Touch. According to a Newsweek article the popular mobile platform is performing a multitude of battlefield tasks ranging from language translation to an application called Bulletflight that helps snipers calculate their shots. While you might think these aren’t the apps you’re likely to use, there’s one coming that reads street signs in languages that don’t use the roman alphabet and translates them. Could have used something like that on the last visit to Taipei! Something else you might be able to use are the super-rugged cases Army snipers use to protect their iPods.