Search + Win

U.S. Army ignores our advice, outfits troops with REDFLY terminals


Ah, the REDFLY Mobile Companion. We've had some laughs at its expense, sure, but never doubted that someone out there would find a use for the thing. And what do we have here? It looks like our favorite Foleo doppelgänger is among a number of portable gadgets providing the backbone of the U.S. Army's "Go Mobile" system. Based around a WinMo phone that soldiers can use to connect to the Army Knowledge Online (AKO) service for all their mission critical e-mail, calendar, contacts, tasks, and documents, the kit includes includes a wireless smart card reader for authenticating onto Army networks, a printer, a charging kit (including various solar options), a pico projector, VR goggles simulating a 50-inch display, and an unspecified "dumb terminal" which -- as the picture above suggest -- could only be our old friend from Celio. Which is fine, sure -- but what ever happened to those bad-ass exoskeletons we were promised all those years ago?

Continue reading U.S. Army ignores our advice, outfits troops with REDFLY terminals

Filed under:

U.S. Army ignores our advice, outfits troops with REDFLY terminals originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 16 Oct 2009 13:23:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments

, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

  1. No comments yet.
(will not be published)
Subscribe to comments feed
  1. No trackbacks yet.

SetPageWidth