iPhone ‘Weapons’ Supporting the War
Apple iPhone is not only useful for communication and entertainment. On the battlefield, the iPhone can be used as a ‘weapon’ supporters.
Certainly not by using the iPhone as a direct weapon, for example, to kill the enemy. However, an application developed by the military contractor Raytheon allows the iPhone to support tasks in the field army.
Toker Force One is called, the application was announced on the third week of December 2009 is providing some essential services that can be used not only by soldiers but also by police, firefighters and medical personnel.
Armed with a specially designed software, as well as GPS and mobile phone networks, Toker Force One can trace the position or the presence of the enemy or friend in the map provided and always updated. He also provides a secure communication, a la exchanging messages on Facebook, allowing each military unit communicate with each other.
Reporting from the Geek, Wednesday (23/12/2009), Raytheon makes this a military application on the grounds that cost less. “Because the software for the iPhone makes it cheaper and simpler than other options for specific military purposes’,” said Jay Smart of Raytheon.