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Gundem
12/16/09

In reply to The iPhone as a Friend and Foe Tracking War Machine
This is as usless as it gets.

If there is a building with taliban, bank robbers, serial killers and they are shooting AK bullets at you... No man in uniform has enough time to push this through a freaking app.

0/10.
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BlackYoshi
12/16/09

@Gundem: Information on the battlefield = useless according to you.

Thank god you aren't in the military.
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Orion126
12/16/09

@Gundem: Says you but if you're approaching an area with known enemy element I'm sure you or your team lead will take a second to check if a push message was received. 1 second to check to save a life or two? Sounds like a win for me.
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Gundem
12/16/09

@BlackYoshi: Impractical information = usless on the battlefield.

Ok troll, What carrier would you use in afganistan? Do you expect every marine to dish out $200 for an Iphone? What are the chances of fucking reception? I don't have reception in Malibu or Hollywood and you speak of "information on battlefield" while in the mountains of Afghanistan.

When you are under fire, loud shout, bullets bouncing. the last thing you think about is taking out your iphone and hoping/crossing yoru fingers that your partners would either feel the vibration or hear their JLo ringtone.
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Gundem
12/16/09

@Orion126: Read my answer to your troll friend.
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retrac
12/16/09

@Gundem: True, but its a B.F.T. none the less. One thing you may have over looked (not that im defending the trolling going on here) Is the implementation of a 9-line... or a call for fire mission. Duck behind some cover... fill in the blanks and no more sniper on the hill (or squad+ size element on the ridge line). Never put a price on your own life was my saying when getting personal gear. Just food for thought, cause I know I wouldn't mind putting my finger on a map and designating "This is where the bad guys are shooting at me" and hear that wonderful roar of fast movers over my head.

edit: Of course... it would have to work that way for me to ever think about using it... otherwise its just another piece of gear I have to keep up with (or make someone else keep up with)
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Bwehngamun
12/16/09

@Gundem: It's being retrofitted for the military specifically. I'm sure it will use a private military service probably provided by satellite or something to connect the devices.
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Craig Barabas
12/16/09

@Gundem: They could mount the phone on the gun (like how the heartbeat sensor is mounted in MW2). It is basicily a real world mini-map.
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SJRNWT
12/16/09

@Gundem: Dude relax. Obviously if they had this it would be gov't funded. As for reception, maybe it's possible for a tower to be built, maybe it's not.

Have you even considered for a second that maybe, just maybe they would use this while they weren't under fire as a precautionary application?

Seriously, there's no need to be a dick to those 2 other users man. They're just pitching a new idea and working out the kinks.
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Henry Tang
12/16/09

@Gundem:

Wow, your ignorance and discourtesy to others is appalling.

I'm a US Army Captain, and I laughed out loud when I read your ignorant comments.

Yes, you're absolutely right, who would rely on AT&T wireless signals in Afghanistan? Certainly not the US Army, who would likely use the new and wide range of high frequency radio and wireless technologies it has developed with the defense industry, rather than simple 3G towers that don't exist in the Middle East.

And yes, not every soldier will carry this. It would likely be Squad Leaders, Platoon Leaders, Captains, and their Radio Officers, the people who need to know information and direct teams.

Please don't let your lack of military education bring judgement against technologies beyond your understanding.
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Gundem
12/16/09

@retrac: All of that is true but on an Iphone? I am not talking about a fancy military device. We are talking about an fuckin' iphone.

Hell, such concept have been visualized in movies and even games (Ghost recon 2) where they seemed more practical then a 4.99 app on a freaking iphone.
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Gundem
12/16/09

@Bwehngamun: On an iphone?
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Gundem
12/16/09

@Craig Barabas: Mount an iphone on a m16? .50 Calibur? You gotta be kidding me.

Remember we a re talking about an Iphone. Not a military device, suitable for battle.
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Gundem
12/16/09

@Henry Tang: oh my, all these captains.

I don't care who you are, but the thought of anyone Platoon leader with iphone apps is beyond moronic. you'd much rather stick Ghost Recon Advance war fighter's version of this software which looked much more useful and practical.

If the military needed such information and software, they would rather rely on more sophisticated, battle hardened and durable devices.

An iphone would never play a roll in in war. Devices with same capabilities as an iphone and some more, will.
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Gundem
12/16/09

@SJRNWT: White knighting in progress.
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frigg
12/16/09

@Gundem: I don't think you'd use this while bullets are flying. You'd use this in the much longer periods before and after to disseminate useful information.
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BlackYoshi
12/16/09

@Gundem: It would be on military communications, just like all the tactical networks they use.

Laptops, cell phones, satellite radios, etc are used all the time in the modern American military. You have no idea what the fuck you are talking about.
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aliskaba
12/16/09

In reply to Type n Walk App Lets You See Where You're Going While Texting
I can't wait for the TypeNDrive. Hopefully one that also connects to my reverse camera, so I stop running over people.
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DennyCrane
12/16/09

In reply to Type n Walk App Lets You See Where You're Going While Texting
Good. It will help these fools see MY FIST as its coming at THEIR FACE.
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bitgod
12/16/09

In reply to Ravaging the Nook, Part II: We Have Apps!
So the Nook, which everyone seems to complain about being slow, is able to be bogged down even more? Excellent!
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Uncle_Billy_Slumming
12/16/09

In reply to Type n Walk App Lets You See Where You're Going While Texting
Thanks to this app, it will never be over Alexa's head ever again.
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FooSchnickens - BPH Free
12/16/09

In reply to Type n Walk App Lets You See Where You're Going While Texting
Wasn't something like this already (briefly) released for the iphone? I seem to remember there being a lot of hullabaloo because apple got pissed that someone modified the texting application, thus beginning their slow decent into madness of banning any app that does what the phone already did out of the box.
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OMG! Ponies!
12/16/09

In reply to Type n Walk App Lets You See Where You're Going While Texting
Laugh it up, Frooch. The MTA cuts got approved. So unless you feel like being crammed into an overcrowded subway car (assuming your train is still running), you're gonna be walking.
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PurpleMonkeyDishwasher:
12/16/09

In reply to Type n Walk App Lets You See Where You're Going While Texting
This does require you to hold your phone up directly in front of you as you type which is actually quite inconvenient.
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blash
12/16/09

In reply to Ravaging the Nook, Part II: We Have Apps!
Forget apps, how about someone recoding the entire OS so that it actually runs fast? Then I might buy one.
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gwhite
12/16/09

In reply to Ravaging the Nook, Part II: We Have Apps!
If I were AT&T, I'd be losing serious sleep over the prospect of the nook being used for tethering.

Or as a shared 3G wireless access point.

Both simple with a rooted nook.

Want to bet they announce a recall?
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Bertone77
12/16/09

In reply to Ravaging the Nook, Part II: We Have Apps!
Man, if these guy were smart they would have waited to tell everybody about the hack. They might have gotten unlimited free internet forever but now they they broadcast it to the world HEY WE HACKED THE NOOK lolz!!11! So now AT&T will be looking for it.
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LIAR
12/16/09

@Bertone77: It's totally reasonable to expect a large, publically accessible community community working on a widely available device to keep their accomplishments under wraps forever.
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Bertone77
12/16/09

@LIAR: Your right, I forgot we are talking about people who love to rub it in the face of "the man", so it would never happen.
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jepzilla
12/16/09

In reply to Official Bing App Hits the iPhone
Microsoft really needs to get their act together. The Windows Mobile bing app isn't even on their mobile marketplace.

Edit: Even more amusing, they don't have an app for their own mobile OS. It's just a boring webpage.

Pathetic.

Another edit: They do have an app, it's just really hard to find. Still pathetic.
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OCEntertainment
12/16/09

In reply to Official Bing App Hits the iPhone
I'm sorry, maybe it's just a personal thing, but Microsoft, could you please stop making inspiring landscapes your trademark? We get it. You have a photographer friend who gets to go to some cool places.

Design something! For crying out loud. I mean, that guy who did your Windows 7 wallpapers did a great job (and trippy, I might add). Your Win7 loading screens and logos look good. It's not like you can't do this. Now. How's about you wrap all of that up in a nice, all-inclusive package? Maybe wrap all of your Windows-related products together? Why, exactly, is Bing blue and orange when Windows is red, green, blue, and yellow? I'd almost accept "they're two separate brands" as an answer, except they still have one major design element in common: generic landscape shots!

If you phone in WinMo 7*, if you make the default backgrounds just some crappy landscapes, we're gonna have some issues (as an aside, same goes for you Android).

*Disclaimer: That pun was completely unintentional. Upon discovery, I am choosing to leave it.
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PN - gooapplesoft
12/15/09

In reply to Official Bing App Hits the iPhone
i personally like going to google.com/bing.com from safari better. I really cant find reason to add a useless app it to access something i can access on the safari app easily...

On second though... 98% of my apps are useless.
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BleekBleek
12/15/09

@PN - gooapplesoft: but the UI is awesome, maybe you should download this and try it before you knock it.
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samhudson333
12/16/09

@PN - gooapplesoft: theres no point in downloading a search engine app, even with voice search. it just takes up space
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PN - gooapplesoft
12/16/09

@BleekBleek: I did... wasnt disappointed but wasn't "Wowed" either. Still functionally useless though (my opinion).
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PN - gooapplesoft
12/16/09

@samhudson333: dont get what the voice search is good for (except handicapped people)... can you imagine your self at the library binging and saying: "best porn website" and having to repeat it 10 times b/c the computer didnt understand?
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teh1andonlym0
12/15/09

In reply to Official Bing App Hits the iPhone
Leave it up to Microsoft to come up with useless redundant software.
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diabolusunknownTheSecond
12/15/09

@teh1andonlym0: Then this will fit right in with the rest of the apps in the App Store.
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