Also, many soldiers are age 18-25… and wind up having a large amount of time on their hands when deployed. I’ve been thinking that many of the useful apps would help with training, study, first aid, language lessons, and other skill development. Also, the device should contain public domain books and note-taking software.
Assuming that we could spend $100 per device to download apps, which ones should we use on the devices? Should apps be preinstalled, or should we load a $100 iTunes app account for each device and let soldiers download what they want (probably dangerous… but could help discover some really good use cases).
The newly released Army iPhone App
Here’s the list that I’ve come up with so far for iPhones. Please post any comments on what I’m missing, or what I should use for Droid or Windows Mobile phones:
Combat Assistance
Sniper ($39.99)
Ballistic ($9.99)
KAC Bullet Flight
Navigation
GPS Sport ($2.99)
Google Earth
Weatherbug
wxHere
Map and Land Navigation Reference
Fitness and Health
Army APFT Calculator
Army Body Fat Percentage Calculator
US Army First Aid Manual
MedVideo First Aid
Hand2Hand (Combat training)
Enterprise Support
Good email client
PerDiem calculator
FedTravel ($0.99)
2Do Lite
Note Taker Lite
Training
The Army App
Army Board Study Guide
Language Translators ($14.99)
Arabic Language trainer ($150)
ASVAB Exam (Study guide)
Armystudyguide.com/mobile
Languages – Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Spanish, German,
School and Science
Science Glossary
101 Science
SAT Vocab Challenge
SAT Math prep
Conversation English
iCertify (Cisco routers)
Stanza (book reader)
Shakespeare (books)
23,000 great quotes
Government Knowledge
Military Aircraft Recognition Quiz
Army News (general news)
US Armed Forces (General Knowledge)
Squared Away (general Army Knowledge)
US Military Handbook (general DoD knowledge)
DoDComm (News)
White House
Constitution for iPhone
US Military Handbook ($9.99)
Military Slang – ($0.99) – review
Congress+ ($9.99)
CIA World Countries Factbook ($0.99)
US Armed Forces ($0.99)
The Law Pod ($0.99)
Good Citizenship
Amber Alert
FBI Most Wanted ($1.99)
Air Force
Military Pilot Logbook ($19.99)
Hardware for a kit
Case – Otterbox
Stylus
Extra Charger
Lekena
January 26th, 2010
Outstanding job Jay.
Chris Glazner
January 27th, 2010
Jay,
I asked a friend who’s a SF operator and here’s his list:
>A few apps I would recommend..
>Shot timer by surefire
>CFR (council on foreign relations)
>lexi-comp (they have an army institutional contract with the army, maybe dod wide)
>some type of dictionary (I use AED)
>Currency (just make sure you update before you go for >the latest rates)
>jotnot for entering receipts into dts
>FGM is another good workout (crossfit) app
>obviously, web intensive apps are hard to use overseas..
>wifi track is good for finding wireless hotspots
>90% of my phone use over here is reading books on >kindle.. again, purchase before you go.