The Obama Phone: Blackberry or something else? Say hello to The Sectera Edge

[kilroy0097]

Some of you may have heard how President Obama used to be connected at the hip to his Blackberry. Apparently he felt very disconnected from the world without it within grasp all the time. So imagine his disappointment when Secret Service said he would not be able to use his Blackberry as President. They had an alternative for him though in the form of a General Dynamics Blackberry clone called the Sectera Edge. Even though Blackberry pulled serious hours completely a super encrypted Blackberry specifically for the President, there is much doubt that the President will be able to use it. An excerpt of the article below.

Dear Mainstream Media: Obama's new phone isn't a BlackBerry, might not be a phone, and he might not be getting it -- Article Link (http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/22/dear-mainstream-media-obamas-new-phone-isnt-a-blackberry-mig)


On Monday, a government agency that the Obama administration -- but that is probably the National Security Agency -- added to a standard blackberry a super-encryption package.... and Obama WILL be able to use it ... still for routine and personal messages.

With few exceptions, government Blackberries aren't designed for encryption that protects messages above the "SECRET" status, so it's not clear whether Obama is getting something new and special. The exception: the Sectera Edge from General Dynamics, which allows for TOP SECRET voice conversations.

The Sectera Edge (http://www.gdc4s.com/content/detail.cfm?item=32640fd9-0213-4330-a742-55106fbaff32)

http://www.gdc4s.com/content/35F86788-4EFB-4F58-A3C9-75313D97871F/images/edge_parts_200804.jpg

[sir_digalot]

reading some of the comments was kinda funny.

i do not think the issue is encryption nor is the issue "paper trails" as they like to say, since (1 commenter posted about taht device doing on the fly aes-256 and the blackberry can't which is wrong it does besides you can get pgp software for them too so you can encrypt the email first with that then send it (encrypted) and decrypt at the other end so i do not think encryption is an issue) also, as has been pointed out there is a wealth of compliance software that does exactky that ( ask any secc registered trading firm about email compliance) besdies for voice calls the gsm standard is easily snooped on these days (thanks mainly to the french) i think the more important issue is that a.) RIM is canadian, freindly as they are they are still a foreign power we do not need a foreign power dealing with our stuff especially not the pres, but also the location abilities of all cell phones in general last thing you need is someone to find the guy in his undisclosed location *L* (not that everyone around hims does not have a cell phone that could be tracked too but thats beside the point)

i think it is time the presidential office was bought at least nr the 20th Century let alone the 21st century.

hell maybe if he can read blogs and stuff he might find out how popular/unpopular he is in reality *L*

i like the phone though i want one now.... i like that little trusted window thing... i like the words classified too, heh, i wanna be pres and get lots of new toys made for me too!

[Winter]

But does the firmware support SDHC?!?! OMGOMG

Oh, and I have no clue what that black thing is sticking up out of the top of the phone. Ya know, without a label, I'm clueless.

[((TNT((~*]

But does the firmware support SDHC?!?! OMGOMG

Oh, and I have no clue what that black thing is sticking up out of the top of the phone. Ya know, without a label, I'm clueless.

rofl

nOmYgOd is that a QWERTY keyboard!?!?!??!?!!?!! ¯\(º_o)/¯

[Gruthar]

Oh, and I have no clue what that black thing is sticking up out of the top of the phone. Ya know, without a label, I'm clueless.

It's very obviously a rectal thermometer. It also doubles as a brown-nosing depth meter -- you have to quantify that somehow.

[[GOD] Retroactive88]

But does the firmware support SDHC?!?! OMGOMG

Oh, and I have no clue what that black thing is sticking up out of the top of the phone. Ya know, without a label, I'm clueless.

That's for plugging into his wife!

[Winter]

It's very obviously a rectal thermometer. It also doubles as a brown-nosing depth meter -- you have to quantify that somehow.


Retroactive88;293821']That's for plugging into his wife!

Funny you should mention the possibility:

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=4ed_1232619792