This certainly has made the task easier for U.S. soldiers for understanding the local lingo and for cracking cultural barriers while on duty in Iraq.

Soldiers can do away with carrying notebooks or bulky PDAs as Vcommunicator Mobile, the special app from VCOM 3D enables soldiers to use modified iPods and iPod nanos for on the spot translation.

The 10th Mountain Division of the U.S. army has been making good use of the app for a year now. The software uses the hierarchical menu system and soldiers can use the scroll wheel to sift through and choose phrases in the local dialect according to the need of the hour be it questioning a suspect or a friendly meeting.

It is not necessary for the soldiers to memorize the pronunciation as speakers mounted on the headphone plays a voice sample of the phrase. The iPod hardware is pretty much the same as the other devices that left the factory, the only difference being it has armbands and accessories to dust proof the device.

The deployment cost has come down considerably as it has reduced the learning time for the troops. The development and equipment price comes to $800,000.

Though, a few soldiers can understand the local language without translators, it is well liked by the American infantry men and the Iraqi’s who are no strangers to Apples famous device. The use of the device is a good alternative as it is deemed less threatening and the software is successful in bridging the gap between the troops and the local civilians in the war ridden region.

Witnessing the success of the app with the 10th Mountain Division the U.S. army officials have plans of extending the program for the 1st Cavalry Division as well. The military personnel will be shipping the trial devices with the three brigades who are going to be deployed in Iraq.

This application is specifically for soldiers to survive language bombardment in a foreign land where they are deployed. We’ve seen Apple products used in various fields be it Finance, Business, Hospitality and it is Apple product again that has proved to be an effective language cracker too.