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NFL Teams Considering IPads To Replace Playbooks

Posted by samzenpus on from the there's-a-bone-crushing-app-for-that dept.

bonch writes "Pete Walsh, technology head for the Dallas Cowboys, says he and other teams are considering iPads and other tablets as a replacement for paper playbooks, saving about 5,000 pages of printouts per game. Not only is it a huge savings in paper, but a lost iPad might also be remotely wiped to prevent a team's plays falling into the wrong hands. One concern is security and whether or not a tablet could be wirelessly hacked."

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  1. Can I take the opportunity to say... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    ...that whatever your feelings about Apple and it's products, I hope you can all join me in wishing that their co-founder and figurehead Steve Jobs croaks really quite soon. If you care about freedom and love computers then it goes without saying that this is what many of us have been hoping for.