The Army's Arduous Task of Choosing a Battle-Ready Smartphone (The Atlantic Wire)

The Atlantic Wire - The Army has been making noise since last December about how it wanted to equip all its soldiers with smartphones. It's been officially "in the market" since then, and today Wired reported that it has developed a prototype device powered by Android. The so-called Joint Battle Command-Platform will be open to app developers in July. Meanwhile, the Department of Defense is looking into early, basic functions like mapping and communications.

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