Air Force Cancels iPad Order Over Security Concerns

It looks like the 18 thousand iPads that the USAF had planned to buy will be staying in the warehouse; the purchase order for the initial 2800 odd tablets has been suspended.

The Air Force had planned to buy the iPads to use as digital flight bags. They would have replaced the voluminous quantities of paper carried by pilots.

But it turns out that there was a minor oversight when the origin paperwork was filled out. The order specified that the iPads would be loaded with GoodReader, what is probbly the best PDF app for the iPad.

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