“Attorney General Eric Holder may have been the star witness at last week’s House Judiciary Committee hearing — but Utah Rep. Jason Chaffetz’s iPad was the VIP,” Erika Lovley reports for Politico. “Like jealous siblings on Christmas morning, lawmakers peered over Chaffetz’s shoulder, watching him type notes, sift through documents and whip through websites with the brush and tap of a finger — and never once appear to check his BlackBerry.”
MacDailyNews Take: BlackBerry. Heh. Did he also ignore his quill pen?
Lovley continues, “His new gizmo put him at the forefront of Capitol Hill’s iPad caucus — a steadily growing group that includes Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.), Rep. Cliff Stearns (R-Fla.) and the unofficial caucus chairman, Rep. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.). ‘I had one the very first day,’ Flake said proudly.”
“Just months after the revolutionary gadget was released, tech experts and lawmakers are predicting the iPad is going to revolutionize the way Congress does business — potentially, in a bigger way than the BlackBerry has — allowing members instant access to their staff, constituents and other details that make a congressional office tick, with more typing, editing and communication abilities than any smartphone,” Lovley reports. “Indeed, the iPad may be the ultimate paper saver for an institution that prints millions of pages a year and still piles huge stacks of bills outside the House chamber every day.”
“‘This thing is the bomb,’ said Chaffetz, who carts his midsize tablet everywhere but the House floor, where technology like laptops is still banned. ‘It’s light; it’s portable. It’s accessible information. I love it.’ Technology experts predict that the aversion to technology on the House floor will soon change, with iPads replacing the stacks of papers and enormous binders of legislation that lawmakers often lug with them through the Capitol corridors,” Lovley reports. “In the coming years, staffers armed with iPads will be able to send out updates directly from the cloakroom about proceedings on the House floor, other experts foresee.”
Full article here.
iPad Avalanche continues to take the world by storm
Even a blind squirrel finds a nut once in a while.
Cool. Jason Chaffetz lives right behind my house. I’ll have to go over and compare iPad apps with him.
By the time any competitor has an answer to the iPad, it will already be too late. Apple caught everyone else with their pants down.
Sent from my iPad
Chaffetz said his iPad was THE bomb! Run for your lives, run for your lives! Ahhhhhhhhh
Congress then shut down for 2 days.
in about 90 days and let’s see how many of these 535 politicos are carrying these gizmos around…
Or wait. Hmmmm…..
Apple rejects App of Republican running against Waxman…
Current Representatives of both parties loving iPads….
OH NOO! Apple is using its iPad to create…a permanent government! It’s tyranny, oh god no.
(takes sip of martini)
Or not. It’s all good.
Nice to see one thing that is bi-partisan.
Hey, Google… have at it… all you have to do is make a better product and I will switch. In the meantime, keep the heat on Apple to continue stretching the paradigm !!!
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“everywhere but the House floor, where technology like laptops is still banned…
WTH? What’s the purpose of that?
More like “archaic wannabe iPhone/iPad BB”. Thats sounds about right.
I saw this on air on MSNBC early today.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/
I’m glad someone else picked up on it so MDN could report it!
video of this story on MSNBC
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/37254001#37254001
“but Utah Rep. Jason Chaffetz’s iPad was the VIP,” Erika Lovley reports for Politico.”
That’s just lovley!
Great, now the morons in D.C. have them……
““There is a plan to assess the possible usage of them on the House network, but unlike the iPhone, they have not been fully evaluated for integration with House systems,” said CAO spokesman Jeff Ventura.”
WTF ??
I thought it ran the same OS as the iPhone
“Despite some halfhearted reviews from consumers…”
Really?
I’ve met Jason. He’s a great man. He’s doing great things for Utah and the Nation. I hope we can elect more guys like him.
Anything bipartisan is worthwhile.
New gov’t requisition: 535 iPads. Cost: $7,449.00 ea !
Only one problem: it hasn’t been “months” since iPad was released – it’s been less than seven weeks. It only seems like iPad has been here all along.
@ericdano
Those morons in DC were put there by voters like you. You did vote, right?
Must be the fancy holograms
Not Politically related – but still VERY COOL
“Audi A8 – taking the fast lane onto the World Wide Web
Source: Audi of America”
• First factory-installed WLAN hotspot in a car
• Wireless access for iPads, laptops and netbooks
• Secure encryption, stable connection
Link to the article;
http://www.audiworld.com/news/10/audi-a8-www/