The US Defense Department Still Loves BlackBerry
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If DoD employees want a
If they want an iPhone or an Android phone, they can have those, too.
Pickart says the DoD currently supports more than 600,000
Rumors that the DoD was dumping BlackBerry and would not allow employees to use the BlackBerry 10 came from a story posted by Electronista earlier this month.
Yesterday, Electronista also reported that the DoD was gearing up to purchase 120,000 iPads,100,000 iPad minis, 200,000 iPod touches, and 210,000 iPhones, mostly to replace older BlackBerry devices.
Electronista's articles weren't totally off base. The DoD did publicly confirm that it plans to offer its employee more choices than ever, including Apple tablets.
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