Boeing prepares an ultra-secure smartphone
Baku, April 16 (AZERTAC). Earlier this week, it was revealed that aerospace firm Boeing was working on a high security mobile device for the various intelligence departments. This device will most likely be released later this year, and at a lower price point than other mobile phones targeted at the same communities. Typically, phones in this range cost about $15,000-$20,000 per phone, and use custom hardware and software to get the job done. This phone will most likely use Android as its main operating system of choice, which lowers the cost per phone, since Boeing`s developers don`t have to write their own operating system from scratch.
This is a welcome move by Boeing, as there are not many high security devices out on the market today. Additionally, any lowering of the price point for these phones is refreshing, as that would make it slightly cheaper to run operations. Boeing also stated that this is the first time that they have ever designed a mobile phone. It is also unknown which version of Android the phone will be running, but one would assume that it will be a version of Android 4.0.
The reasoning Boeing provided for this move was that it noticed a trend among its own employees that they have been wondering why the technology that they use at work isn`t as good as the technology they use at home. This used to not be the case, and that`s the main reason why Boeing choose to use Android as the Operating System.
Boeing also refused to give details on what the device will be named. Additionally, they also refused to name who they were partnering with on this project. This makes sense, however, since it is supposed to be a high security device. Boeing does not want information to get out about who they are talking to for this project so that there can`t be any pre-emptive breaches of security for their hardware/software.
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