Obama private encryption smart phone exposure using Win CE kernel

The White House press office said that President Obama still continue to use his BlackBerry; him this Blackberry with close personal friends to keep in touch, but if he wants to deal with confidential government official, you need to use the Sectera Edge or the L3 Guardian These two are Windows CE smart phones.

Randy Siegel, Microsoft's chief enterprise mobile strategist, he said, the U.S. National Security Agency has sponsored a project to develop confidential Smartphone, a cost of $ 18 million, the Edge and the Guardian is the results of this project.

The Sectera Edge's product manager, said Tom Liggett, most BlackBerry and Windows Mobile phones can handle "sensitive but unclassified" data. These smart phones using the FIPS 140-2 standard, encrypted data stream and voice calls to a certain extent. A lot of work in the government departments does not belong to the level of confidentiality, even if the same is true in the war. Windows Mobile devices such as in Iraq, the use of FIPS 140 - 2 standard used in the casualty triage, roadside bomb detection, or even to prevent AIDS, Randy Siegel said.

However, about 30 million Americans can be connected to a secret, controlled Internet called SIPRNet (Secret Internet Protocol Router Network). This is a confidential network, Edge and Guardian is the only Smartphone on the net.

For example, during voice calls, Edge uses an encryption protocol called SCIP (Secure Communications Interoperability Protocol). Four national phone carriers in the United States, it can be run on a network in which any one - you can manually switch the phone mode - but call "end-to-end encryption, so only another one SCIP phone to decrypt it.

Liggett said that all data on this phone are encrypted "NSA 1 algorithm, which is a prohibited use of civilian’s algorithm. Seen spy movies, people understand.

Edge system is not running Windows Mobile, but Windows CE. Windows CE is the underlying kernel of Windows Mobile, but compared with the standard Windows Mobile kit, Edge upper application more secure. Tom Liggett said, it can still complete the Windows Mobile device can complete most of the things, such as push email with Microsoft Exchange Server through Windows Media Player to play media files, edit documents with Word (yes, the government is also using Microsoft Exchange) . Tom Liggett said, the DoD users want it looked much like with Windows computers.

Edge can also be switched to the normal mode. Switching principle, of course belong to the confidential information, but in use, you just press a button to switch between separate "confidential" and "non-confidential" system can understand. Each system has its own calendar, applications, data and voice call data. That the system is not currently used in the background waiting for, as long as you press the button, it will switch to that system. Therefore, Obama is not necessary to carry a Blackberry separate contact with friends and family.

We cannot get Edge to do the evaluation, because in order to buy this phone, must first pass a security review of the job. If you're lucky enough through the review, you can spend $ 3,300 to buy an Edge bulk purchases will be cheaper.

Sharp first the IGZO-screen smart phone end of this month in Japan started selling

According to reports, although Sharpe is now in serious financial difficulties, but this situation may be in the future to get change.

Japan telecom operators NTT Docomo recently announced that will be in the November 29 shelf Sharpe Zeta SH - 02 e intelligent mobile phone, and it is also the first paragraph of the Japanese market carrying 4.9 inches 720 p IGZO display high-end intelligent mobile phone.

At present, although NTT Docomo has not announced Zeta SH - 02 e of the specific price, but the mobile phone will with the launch of the high pass Xiao dragon S4 Pro processors, 16 million pixel camera, LTE network support and screen performance better, lower power consumption IGZO screen in Docomo all in the sale of the mobile phone the top.

Samsung i8530: projection dual-core smartphone

Samsung i8530 is a dual-core smart phone with projection function, the aircraft configuration is relatively flat, but its unique projection function is a highlight of the aircraft has been tested, the aircraft maximum projection up to 50 inches, which means youat night can use it in the wall of their home to watch movies, not only that, if you are a business understanding, then the i8530 will become your personal assistant, such a dual-core machine Value personality really worth having.

In terms of appearance, the Samsung i8530 continues the style of purchase in the past three weeks, but brave jump color makes the machine more personalized. Fuselage equipped with a 4.0-inch capacitive screen resolution of 800 × 480 pixels, the display is still very good. Behind the fuselage built a 500 million pixel camera, maximum support 2592 × 1944 pixel photo shoot as well as a variety of photo shooting mode. In addition, it also comes with the highlights of 15 lumens (lumens projector technology indicators) projection function can be projected up to 50-inch high-definition screen.

The system, the aircraft chosen most mainstream Android2.3 operating system, not only has a very rich software resources, while the system also has a certain degree of stability. In the configuration, the machine uses one dual-core processor clocked at 1GHz, with the the memory group 768MBRAM +8 GBROM use, the more effectively to ensure the smooth running of the system.

Nielsen: Android and iOS rule the smart phone market

According to market research firm Nielsen reports, Google Android and Apple iOS systems occupy 86% market share of U.S. smartphone market, BlackBerry, Windows Phone, mobile phone platform to catch up.

The report said Android in the U.S. smartphone market leading position, a steady increase in market share. Nearly 52% of U.S. smartphone users to use Android devices. Second place iOS systems occupy an impressive 34.3% market share.

RIM ranked third, accounting for only 8.1 percent of market share, while the other operating system's market share of only 5.9%.

Clearly, both the absolute advantage ahead of other mobile systems, and good momentum seems to steadily increasing.

In June 2012 purchased a smart phone users, 54.6% of users chose Android devices, 36.2% of people purchased the iPhone.

Windows Phone, the situation is less optimistic. Despite the many positive reviews, has a beautiful "real-time block (live tile)" interface, comprehensive marketing, and applies to major handset manufacturers, Nokia, HTC and Samsung devices, Microsoft Windows Phone platform trend continues to decline.

According to the Nielsen survey, 1.3% of the share of Windows Phone 7 accounted for only U.S. smartphone manufacturers. Half of the market share of less than before Microsoft's Windows Mobile operating system, Windows Phone accounted for 3% of market share.

In hardware sales, Apple has an overwhelming advantage. More than one-third (34.3%) of smartphone users to use iPhone. Samsung ranked second, accounting for 17% of the total users, followed by HTC (14%) and Motorola (11%).

As expected, consumers toward the use of smart phones to replace their old phone. According to the Nielsen report, at the moment, two-thirds of new mobile phone users choose to buy a smart phone.