[crystalPalace]

If you look at current pictures of operators in the field many are already using Android phones (usually Samsung). They primarily mount on the upper chest in the admin area of a plate carrier which helps keep the phone out of the way and makes the device immediately accessible. This Tactical Edition uses a Juggernaut case which is already the defacto standard case and mounting solution. ATAK is an interesting platform even in the limited version civilians have access to.

[swiley]

There are no buttons, so there’s a pretty big limit to the accessibility (although I’ve seen the catastrophic UIs on the previous generation of military gear that was mostly resistive touch so maybe this is considered an improvement.)

Plus that still doesn’t answer the complete lack of stability in android; stuff crashing all the time is just how the OS is designed to function.