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Originally Posted by fjtorres
... The readers will be reportedly locked down and linked to a common acount so the State Department can remotely manage their content after the embassy libraries lend them out. TTS, 3G, and push content delivery are requirements.
Multi-function devices are contra-indicated given the focus and the intended use...
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That is exactly the reason the US Government is so heavily invested in BlackBerry for portable email devices. While the security and encryption capabilities are important, it’s really about the remote management capabilities of the BlackBerry Enterprise Server that pushes it over.
More recently the now defunct Windows Mobile platform has been able to meet these requirements, and are authorized; but since the BES infrastructure was already bought and paid for, BlackBerry is the solution of choice.