legion125 Posted February 11, 2012 Share Posted February 11, 2012 Apple already scored a coup on BB by convincing the feds to start using iPhones and iPad's for NOAA. Now the Air Force is buying iPads for evaluation under Air Mobility Command. The government was the last bastion of market share for BB in the U.S., now their losing that as well. Anyone think BB can bounce back? http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-02-10/apple-makes-inroads-into-u-s-government-as-air-force-weighs-18-000-ipads.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pyroscott Posted February 11, 2012 Share Posted February 11, 2012 The Army also bought a whole bunch of iPads. Not sure how many though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S4GRU Posted February 11, 2012 Share Posted February 11, 2012 I was wondering if this post was a joke, based on a Polish joke I used to hear about septic tanks. I thought maybe you were going to say, "Did you hear that the Air Force bought 18,000 iPads? As soon as they learn to fly them, they're going to invade..." OK, OK. Poles and AF veterans, please don't send me your hate mail. I kid. I kid. I love our veterans. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pyroscott Posted February 12, 2012 Share Posted February 12, 2012 I was wondering if this post was a joke, based on a Polish joke I used to hear about septic tanks. I thought maybe you were going to say, "Did you hear that the Air Force bought 18,000 iPads? As soon as they learn to fly them, they're going to invade..." OK, OK. Poles and AF veterans, please don't send me your hate mail. I kid. I kid. I love our veterans. GRRRRRRR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S4GRU Posted February 12, 2012 Share Posted February 12, 2012 GRRRRRRR My wife and I both grew up military. So I almost feel like I can joke like that. Maybe I went too far. Sorry. S4GRU is now mobile...posted via Forum Runner Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pyroscott Posted February 12, 2012 Share Posted February 12, 2012 My wife and I both grew up military. So I almost feel like I can joke like that. Maybe I went too far. Sorry. S4GRU is now mobile...posted via Forum Runner just kidding, I'm army so make fun if the air force all you want Sent from my SPH-D710 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legion125 Posted February 12, 2012 Author Share Posted February 12, 2012 I'm Air Force. The bombing run starts in 4, 3, 2, 1... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Euphorian Posted February 27, 2012 Share Posted February 27, 2012 Someone nuke the 18000 ipads lol Blah! Sent from my Transformer Prime TF201 using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BenChase7 Posted February 28, 2012 Share Posted February 28, 2012 great use of tax dollars. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lrmcgarvey Posted February 28, 2012 Share Posted February 28, 2012 great use of tax dollars. Yep. Total waste of money. While I do really like my tablet, They are for the most part pretty useless for anything serious. Pretty much only good at consumer content. Movies, web surfing, checking email, ect. Money would have been a lot better spent on cheep or subsidized laptops that they could actualy do some work on. (unless they are using them in a class setting as "text books" only.) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pyroscott Posted February 28, 2012 Share Posted February 28, 2012 My commander has an army issued iPad and all he uses on it is email, email attachments and angry birds. There are laptops cheap enough for that use and really cheap Android tablets that could fit the bill. Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legion125 Posted February 28, 2012 Author Share Posted February 28, 2012 Commercial airlines have started using iPads and loading their navigation charts on it. It eliminated the need for pilots to carry those chart cases you would see them with in the airports. Less baggage means better fuel savings and cheaper fares. Ok, they'll find another way to add a fee. I think the AF is looking at that since it's in Air Mobility Command. Maybe inventory uses.as well since that Command is the Fed Ex of the AF. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legion125 Posted March 2, 2012 Author Share Posted March 2, 2012 Someone in the wild blue yonder pulled the trigger and ordered those 18,000 iPads. As I speculated, they will be used as "electronic flight bags", so they will have charting and other aeronautical information. Whether in heaven or hell (depending on your view point) Steve Jobs must be smiling. http://www.theverge....ipad-2-contract 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lrmcgarvey Posted March 2, 2012 Share Posted March 2, 2012 I guess thats a good use for them. Personaly when I flew I found it really easy to keep an ifr map on the leg. One ifr map covers a lot of air space. I could see it being realky handy for all approch patterns and such for the diffrent airports. Sent from my PC36100 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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