The insistence of US President Barack Obama to still carry a mobile phone prevailed over security concerns and he is the first United States president to ever carry one while in the oval office.
Apparently, that means he has to use a secure unit specially made for the NSA — the Sectera Edge {via}. It’s a Blackberry-like device that allows for secure and non-secure communication for making calls, SMS and emails.
There’s no way of knowing what’s inside this celly except for the price tag of $3,500. If you want one, just ring up General Dynamics (the contractor that developed the phone) and ask permission for the National Security Agency to get one.
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Just saying its name already makes you cool.
What’s your phone ? Sectera Edge ….. !
Let’s wait and see if the Chinese machinery can recreate this one.
Coolness!
I thoroughly agree with Angelo on this one.
I can imagine people interrupting a conversation to say, “Excuse me, my Sectera Edge is ringing.”
The hapless friend will probably ask,”What’s that? Is that like my E-90?”
And you’d say, “Nothing like it and now that you’ve seen it, I’ll have to kill you.”
I am sure, some Philippine government officials will cough up the price and use their connections in the US just to get one.
Darn, that’s P200,000 for a phone and several hundred million for the infrastructure needed to make it functional.
Nice phone, I sure will get one! LOL!
It’s really great of President Obama do still carry a phone with him. It breaks the bubble that cuts him off from the real world.
Let’s just hope no hacker cracks the security of the phone and compromise his safety.
dude, this is old news. Obama is now allowed to continue using hes Blackberry.
@noLabel – I agree. No such thing as “new” news, just old news.
Have you seen the exact features of this phone? Its crazy hahaha
Here’s some info from http://www.windowsfordevices.com/news/NS6606368790.html
The Sectera Edge has a 2.8-inch QVGA touchscreen display, QWERTY keyboard, and microSD slot for memory expansion. By design, there is no camera, but the phone does provide entertainment in the form of a 2.5mm stereo headset jack and Windows Media Player software.
Finally, the device meets MIL-STD-810F standards for resistance to water intrusion, dust, shock, vibration, altitude, and other parameters. It can be operated at up to 140 deg. F, and stored at up to 167 deg. F, General Dynamics says.
Features and specifications listed by General Dynamics for the Sectera Edge include:
* Processor — not disclosed
* Memory — not disclosed, but has separate RAM and ROM for unclassified and classified modes
* Display — 2.8-inch QVGA touchscreen display
* Wireless interfaces:
o WAN — GSM (850/900/1800/1900)/EDGE, GSM (850/1900/2100) UMTS/HSDPA, or CDMA (800/1900) 1xRTT, CDMA (800/1900) EV-DO Rel. A
o WAN — 802.11b/g (optional)
* Other I/O:
o 1 x USB
o 1 x serial (operable in classified mode only)
o 2.5mm stereo headset jack
* Expansion — microSD slot
* Dimensions and weight — not disclosed
* Operating temperature -9 to 140 deg. F
are you guys blind? it looks ugly to me. it even has an antenna
Ugly, but for Obama, it’s still a necessity, whether he needs to patch to a Secret Service mobile communications truck to make a call to any leader of the country he wishes to, or chat with some of his old friends and family.
Current US government regulations regarding classified and specialized gadgets such as this one (including supercomputers, classified encryption technologies, ICs and the F-22 Raptor fighter plane) will put it in the export restriction list:
http://www.bis.doc.gov/
http://www.mcc-us.com/ExportRestrictions.htm
Nevertheless, if compromised, this device may also include self-destruct mechanisms activated by the user to make it useless.
According to Barack Obama, the use of his Blackberry will be an important communication tools for him to reach his staffs and close friends.
@pete it looks nice! Just like my good old Palm Treo 600, has antenna, too! It’s seldom that you see a mobile phone, a PDA phone for that matter, that still has an antenna to this date.
let’s wait for the chinese dudes.
hehe.
but hey, 200,000 for a phone? whoah.
where’s the “nuclear detonation button”? naah, just joking
its a cool phone, though I will have to agree that I don’t dig the looks hehe
http://carloblogg.blogspot.com
where’s the “nuclear detonation button”? naaaa, im just joking
:D that’s one big bulky phone though 