US military to pack more BB phones

**Tre Lawrence** · 05-12-2012, 12:10 PM

US military to pack more BlackBerry smartphones - Yahoo! News

Good stuff:

Combat support group Defense Information Systems Agency tested BlackBerry smartphones running on the mobile software platform, which is to be replaced later this year with BlackBerry 10.

Army lab testing ended with the department adding the BlackBerry Bold 9900 and 9930; the BlackBerry Torch 9810, 9850 and 9860, and the BlackBerry Curve 9360 to its list of approved handsets, RIM said in a release.

The BlackBerry system 7 will allow military and other Defense Department users to get higher levels of performance from a wide range of applications and smartphone capabilities added in the past year, the company said.

**TheScionicMan** · 05-12-2012, 12:12 PM

It will be interesting to see what this does to OS7 device sales.

**Tre Lawrence** · 05-12-2012, 01:14 PM

I wonder how many they are procuring...

**FSeverino** · 05-12-2012, 03:06 PM

i guess they arent switching to iOS like they said a couple of months ago...

**Caymancroc** · 05-13-2012, 06:03 AM

....And the contract goes to the lowest bidder.

**belfastdispatcher** · 05-13-2012, 06:19 AM

Originally Posted by Caymancroc

....And the contract goes to the lowest bidder.

Probably the only bidder with the right security certification.

**TheScionicMan** · 05-13-2012, 11:46 AM

Originally Posted by Caymancroc

....And the contract goes to the lowest bidder.

This isn't a contract. It's about what phones CAN be purchased by the military. If it were about cheap phones, it would be an Android article.

RIF dot ORG