BlackBerry 10 and Samsung Devices Receive DoD Approval Ahead of iOS

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Posted May 3, 2013 at 3:56pm by iClarified

As expected, the Department of Defense has approved BlackBerry 10 devices and Samsung devices running Samsung Knox; however, Apple devices running iOS 6 have yet to receive approval, reports The Verge.

While its disappointing that BlackBerry and Samsung received approval ahead of Apple. A DoD spokesperson did confirm that the department is also looking at other operating systems and could approve iOS within a few weeks.

We've been informed by a Defense Department spokesperson that several other mobile devices and operating systems are also being reviewed for possible use. As for iOS, the Defense Information Systems Agency has a few outstanding questions about the operating system. It's expected that iOS 6 will join BlackBerry 10 and Samsung Knox in being approved sometime in the next two weeks.

If iOS received approval it would allow military agencies to use the iPhone and iPad for non-classified communications.

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BlackBerry 10 and Samsung Devices Receive DoD Approval Ahead of iOS

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European ;-) - May 6, 2013 at 8:15am

It's good to see that America trusts more to Koreans and Canadians than US companies. Wow what a great department of defence.... :D

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dannyboy - May 4, 2013 at 2:23am

better attack ads from Samsung than all kinds of cyber attacks thanks to lousy programmers from Cupertino

Nitro Junkie - May 4, 2013 at 10:21am

Ohh my what a great comeback big man. I state the facts. Use your crappy pc or android device to look them up. Thats if you can get passed the slow booting, freeze ups, reboots or blue screens.

Nitro Junkie - May 4, 2013 at 1:25pm

You want to know why iOS is not approved yet and the others are? Because there's gonna be a higher influx of ios devices being used than the other ones. I talked to a head IT guy at wright Patterson air force base less than hour ago about this. He said Samsung devices with probably be less than 5-10% usage and They're already projecting that the majority of blackberrys are on there way out. So like I said before. Get Your facts straight before you open your mouth and think you know what you're taking.

Dyllon - May 4, 2013 at 12:21am

Well this is going to be the basis behind the next couple of attack ads from Samsung