President Obama will soon get his souped-up, high-security BlackBerry for use in and around the White House and during presidential travel, according to Obama administration officials.
So will Obama ditch Sectera Edge for BlackBerry? Obama has been carrying two smartphones: a BlackBerry 8830 that he uses for personal calls, and a General Dynamics Sectera Edge that he uses for secret government business. These 2 devices will soon be integrated into 1. The SecurVoice software package that allows users access to data up to the Top-Secret classification level was developed by Genesis Key with the help of engineers from the Toronto-based Research In Motion, which makes BlackBerry.
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