Tuesday, February 3, 2009

Not Quite a Blackberry

Obama will indeed be able to use a smartphone while in office, but he will not be using his trusted Blackberry.  The phone he will be using is the Sectéra Edge, a maximum-security smartphone put out by General Dynamics C4 Systems Group.  The smartphone was designed under an $18 million contract from the National Security Agency to be used y government officials.  The phone can handle classification levels up to "Top Secret."  The high-tech device will put to rest security issues present with the Blackberry, including unclassified communications, hacker vulnerability, and GPS locating.  The $3000 phone is undoubtedly better than no smartphone at all, but with its Windows OS, it will surely disappoint after years of Blackberry use.    

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Somewhere out there Bill Gates sheds a single tear. I hope you feel good about yourself.