NSA smartphone

Soon, secret agents may be carrying a smartphone that looks suspiciously like a Palm Treo 650 smartphone.

L-3 Communication has won a proposal for a Secure Mobile Environment – Portable Electronic Device (SME-PED) to be developed for the US National Security Agency (NSA).

From the L-3 press release :
“SME-PED is a secure wireless product that will provide users with voice and data communications supporting security levels up to Top Secret, as well as e-mail communications supporting security levels up to Secret. The SME-PED also provides Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) functionality. The SME-PED will provide the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) and other U.S. Government users with a converged voice and e-mail communications device similar to commercially available devices (i.e., BlackBerry, SideKick, Treo 650)”.

[ via Treonauts ]

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