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Hands On: Silent Circle's Uber-Secure BlackPhone 2

2015-03-02 22:03:18| PC Magazine Cell Phones Product Guide

BlackPhone unveiled its updated BlackPhone 2 and BlackPhone+ tablet. We had a chance to check out early hardware for the new smartphone.

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Silent Circle targets enterprise market with new Blackphone

2015-03-02 12:36:00| Telecompaper Headlines

(Telecompaper) Silent Circle announced plans for a new version of the Blackphone and a privacy-focused tablet called Blackphone+. Presented at Mobile World Congress, the new products are the first since Silent Circle said it was buying out its partner Geeksphone in the Blackphone joint venture. The devices and a range of new software and services for secure communications form the Silent Circle Enterprise Privacy Platform. The Blackphone 2, launching in the second half of this year, sees the company expand its focus beyond inidividuals concerned about keeping their communications private to businesses. The phone integrates mobile device management systems systems from Citrix Systems, Good Technology and Soti and also adds a faster processor, more RAM, a longer lasting battery, and a larger display compared to the first Blackphone. The Blackphone+ tablet will launch in late 2015 and also targets business people. In addition, Silent Circle announced the first update to its PrivatOS Android-based operating system. PrivatOS 1.1 introduces Spaces, a virtualisation and management platform that helps keeps enterprise and personal apps and information separate and secure. IT administrators will be able to lock and wipe enterprise managed 'Spaces' when necessary.

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Blackphone Takes Aim At BlackBerry

2014-12-18 12:18:37| IT Services - Topix.net

BlackBerry has long been the choice of privacy advocates and the security conscious, but as shown in my article, Debunking The BlackBerry Security Myth , BlackBerry's security advantage is built largely upon off-the-shelf technologies opening an opportunity for other smartphone manufacturers to follow suit by creating their own secure smartphone offering. Indeed, BlackBerry has laid the groundwork and drawn up the plans for its competition.

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Blackphone to Peddle a Few Good Apps

2014-12-10 19:57:57| TechNewsWorld

Blackphone plans to open an app store for privacy-focused applications to run on its secure smartphone. The store is expected to launch in January. The Blackphone runs PrivatOS, a modified version of Android 4.4.2 that comes bundled with tools that encrypt phone calls, texts, emails and Internet browsing. The app store will feature curated apps selected for their security and privacy chops.

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