apple iPhone cleared for U.S. military use, ready to take on BlackBerry, Samsung

[V-Tech]

The United States Department of Defense on Friday approved the use of Apple devices running iOS 6 on its networks, Bloomberg reported. The iPhone will compete with BlackBerry 10 and Samsung KNOX devices, which received approval earlier this month. The Pentagon has continued to test alternative platforms to give employees flexibility when choosing a work phone. The DoD even has plans to create a mobile app store that can handle as many as 8 million devices. There are currently more than 600,000 mobile devices in use at the agency, 470,000 of which are older BlackBerry smartphones. There are currently more than 40,000 iPhones and 8,700 Android devices in use, however most of them aren?t connected to military networks except for testing purposes.

http://bgr.com/2013/...e-dod-approval/

[sanctified Veteran]

I wonder if the military uses survival cases for their phones. Something like the Mophie Juice Pack Pro http://www.mophie.com/mophie-juice-pack-PRO-iPhone-4-battery-case-p/2175_jppro-ip4-org.htm

[Boz]

http://bgr.com/2013/...e-dod-approval/

Both Android and iOS devices have been cleared.. so not sure why it's presented as iOS only.

[Growled Member]

The Pentagon has continued to test alternative platforms to give employees flexibility when choosing a work phone.

That's a nice option to have. Back in the day they would tell you what kind of phone you could use, and that was that.

[techbeck]

Both Android and iOS devices have been cleared.. so not sure why it's presented as iOS only.

Android was announced a while back and I believe posted in BPN as well.