Army Plots Its Smartphone Strategy

gManZboy writes "What kind of smartphone should a soldier have? Ahead of the impending expiration of two communications contracts, the Army's 5th Signal Command is prepping for the possibility of buying thousands of mobile devices. An RFI asks for BlackBerrys, 'emerging smartphones included but not limited to 4G devices such as Androids [and] iPhones,' tablet computers, and wireless broadband access devices. Also in the Army mobile vision: an apps marketplace."

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Re:iPhones win by default

[Macrat]

Also Apple is very unlikely to agree to make custom military units with whatever requirements the military has. It's just not their thing.

Apple already makes custom builds of laptops without cameras per 3 letter agency security requirements.