I do try to add sources where possible, but the appearances list here would be about six pages long... --Fade 17:57, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)

True enough.  :) Maybe we should skip the appearances, and concentrate more on the Sources for the technical info. WhiteBoy 18:18, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Heh, thing is, that's almost as difficult, since this article was compiled from a collection of sources but nothing specific that says "A datapad is...". Maybe if it's mentioned in a technical book somewhere, somebody could provide the info? At least then we'd have at least one source. --Fade 18:23, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)

I've got the Essential Guide book that has more information in, and a better picture than Anakin's One (Which is uploaded as Mace's one, btw.) Does anyone know if they had wireless connections? --Xhysa 19:39, 18 February 2006 (UTC)

In the Star Wars Roleplaying Game Revised Core Rulebook, a datapad needed to be "hooked up" to a computer terminal or device to access it. This may just be a gameplay mechanic though. Mrobviousjosh 18:26, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

In KOTOR and KOTOR2 some data pads had to be plugged into computer terminals to be used, but not all of them. The Mandalorian datapads that Revan found on Kashyyyk were accessable without a terminal. The Exile, however, while in the Dorm wing of Peragus needed to be plugged into the terminals to view visual journal entries. (Ironically, one of the datapads survived a refresher.) I think it depends on the make or model of the datapad as to its function and capabilities. Jedi Master Fiolli 14:47, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

Datapads Edit

Datapads are often Wireless, but I guess most military models aren't. In "Rules of Engagement - The Rebel SpecForce Handbook" it is mentioned somewhere that you cannot use conventional communications in sneaking mission seeing as enemies are able to detect you through this. Something about Imperials being able to scan for unregistered use of network or something. I guess this explains why military models are not wireless. But I guess most private and civilian models, as the ones seen in the movies, are the ones most people would have bought, so I guess we could agree that datapads mostly were wireless. For example the Datapad in Episode I, that Watto is holding. It is streaming the video that the Cam Droid was sending into HoloNet. And if even Watto, who doesn't want to spent much more than he has to, has a wireless Datapad I guess you can say that most of them were wireless.

First appearance Edit

If the first edition of the roleplaying game is a source for the word "datapad," then that predates the Zahn novels by about 5 years. I just checked Greg Costikyan's rulebook but could only find the phrase "pocket computer." Maybe in the Sourcebook? I don't have that. ---Ransom (--68.123.111.9 06:02, 9 August 2008 (UTC))

• In the last paragraph of the section entitled "Props" on page 93 it says, "They [inhabitants of the Star Wars universe] use electronic data pads and the like for transferring and displaying information."--Muuuuuurgh 07:44, September 18, 2009 (UTC)