Sectera Edge: The US President’s Mobile Phone

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.

Nice phone, I sure will get one! LOL!

dude, this is old news. Obama is now allowed to continue using hes Blackberry.

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

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.

@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.

where’s the “nuclear detonation button”? naah, just joking :D :D its a cool phone, though I will have to agree that I don’t dig the looks hehe

http://carloblogg.blogspot.com

Note the “CAC (Common Access Card) Reader” and the “SCIF (Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility)-Friendly Key”. These are what make this a secure phone. The CAC uses AES encryption to secure unclassified phone calls when needed. The SCIF Key uses NSA Type-I encryption for classified communications. A CAC and a key are both things you insert into the Sectera Edge phone (not both at the same time) and leaves the phone unclassified when removed. When inserted, the phone can only communicate to others who have the same kind of encryption/decryption on their phones/devices. The price for one device $3500 makes it pretty expensive and keeping track of the encryption keys/cards is a hassle. The classified keys themselves must be secured (i.e. put into safes capable of storing classified material) when not in use or being personally carried/secured.