BMT recruits to be issued with an iPad?

About 8,000 tablet devices such as iPads will soon be issued to servicemen to sharpen their fighting skills, the Ministry of Defence said. -- ST PHOTO: NG SOR LUAN

FROM November, recruits doing Basic Military Training (BMT) will be armed with one more 'weapon' - a handheld touchscreen device such as an iPad - to sharpen their fighting skills.

Responding to queries from The Straits Times, the Defence Ministry said the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) plans to issue about 8,000 sets, including to every recruit in the BMT Centre and those in other institutes such as the Officer Cadet School and the Specialist Cadet School, as well as to servicemen in the air force and naval training schools.

Read the full story in Monday's edition of The Straits Times.

Using technological advancement in modern warfare is one thing but to issue recruits with an iPad?

Updated: Apparently, its just iPad-like devices according to twitter user moby74 - https://twitter.com/#!/moby74/status/85192600524566528

Straits Times to launch subscription services on iOS?

While watching yesterday's keynote at WWDC I noticed a little piece of information that might be of interest to Singaporeans. When Scott Forstall was talking about magazine and newspaper subscriptions he brought up an image full of logos of companies that have signed up with Apple to provide subscription services.

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Love it or hate it, it looks like we might be getting the full version of the Straits Times pumped into our iPads soon.