July 24, 2000 4:30 PM PDT
Short Take: Navy recruits Palm devices
The U.S Navy is using devices from Palm
on the USS McFaul, a Norfolk, Virginia-based guided missile destroyer, the
company announced. The personal digital assistants (PDAs) will be outfitted
with extra security software and will be used to replace paper and
clipboards and to improve efficiency onboard the ship, the Navy said. The
USS McFaul will receive 115 Palm devices; this is in addition to 2,000
handheld computers already being used in the Atlantic fleet.
