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Friday, February 22, 5:09 AM ETSamsung (SSNLF.PK) has made corporate sales a "top three priority" for its mobile-phone unit, but while it has a 16% market share vs 50% for Apple (AAPL) and 10% for BlackBerry (BBRY), security concerns exist given Samsung's use of Android. To help overcome those fears, Samsung has teamed up with GD (GD) to get Pentagon approval, while it's also poached execs from rivals and mobile-security companies.
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+ GNU (OS)
+ Linux (kernel)
+ Dalvik VM
They can checkout any of the above products and make changes to their harts content. And for added value, they can also commit such changes for everyone else!
The fact that Google makes almost no specific demands (ie: you must keep using the app store or you must not change this code/module/driver/etc) means that everyone is free to make changes as they please.
But this 'Pentagon initiative' would be a lot better if they would reunite and work together. Doing this together would help Google, Samsung and HTC, although the others could benefit if that is also in their aim.
Do note that in recent years, many Cdn banks have bought US banks. And by extension, they are in the financial markets in the US.
That will mean major influence on corporate mobile purchasers on Wall St.
People go for the best they can, regardless of place of origin.
That doesn't mean they can't be proud of good products.
There may be 'some' nationalism, but I guarantee that the decision is mostly based on "which phone on the market is the safest"!
As Boris1941 has mentioned, Blackberry uses QNX, which is a top (real-time) Unix on the market and has been certified by the Pentagon, governments all around the world for many, many years now.
They may be using knowledge gained through Tiezen development to write they're own closed OS.
Not a bad strategy and I think they'll do this successfully; they're locked and loaded on their defined target.
I think Apple will need to double up on supply chain power, efficiency, and innovation because Samsung will mimic every successful Apple or Google move at a lower price point with flair and style.
I don't think you understand too much about open-source software!
It's not called 'copying' when you use code that someone said you can use. Besides, I'm sure that Samsung contributes a lot of code back and helps in bug fixes, etc. (although I haven't verified that fact).
And as for Google, they've pretty much been cleared for their use of Java. If you know your stuff, you also know that the Dalvik VM is definately not the same as the Oracle VM. Google's VM actually has one step compilation 'after' it has been compiled to byte-code... something that Oracle does not want in order to satisfy their 'write once, run anywhere' goal.
Not to mention that Dalvik VM is light-weight, meaning that they don't use the large majority of the Oracle packages (don't need them). Everything else (UI, event system, threading) is all different too.
How come Samsung isn't traded on a US exchange?
Buy AAPL, Buy NOK, Buy BBRY, Short SSNLF! Maybe people should ask why such a company only lists in the PINKS in North America. It can get by with less governance! What a shady company!
Although to be fair, I don't see how a bank would use Balance. They have yet to embrace BYOD. Devices in the financial industry are issued by the firm. Same goes with government and utilities.
Do you object? =(
By the way, you are my first; I'm not sure what this tells people about your tastes...
Then there was noise coming out of corp Lenovo that there was maybe some interest.at that time.
Now this had the Canadian Government standing at attention due to the Security that BlackBerry provides to our government. Now all is quite . Just think for a second that any offshore non NATO member type of company would ever get a foot hold on providing a secure network to either the United States of America or Canada.
Just look at the LATEST REPORT ON HACKING of big CORPORATE AMERICA AS WELL AS government BY POSSIBLE CHINESE army.
BlackBerry is a must for all concerned
A point regarding Samsungs build quality - would corporate buyers want a handset which begins to look worse for wear once the thin layer of silver paint on the raised rim at the front gets tiny chips exposing the black plastic underneath it?
http://bit.ly/Wi6uWO
http://onforb.es/ACB0T2
As for Z10, I have yet to configure things on it. Should get to work on mine soon =)
Do those friends use a Mac or PC? Operating systems is easy to understand if you used a Mac before. I know a lot of PC users who don't get the Mac operating system.
From what I heard, Z10 is like a PC, and thus will be familiar to PC users. (AAPL) has its own ecosystem. It takes a long time to switch a Mac user to a PC and vice versa.
Fact is, Macs don't get viruses. That is a fact, and not anyone's opinion.
You've just proven you're not an expert on computers.
Macs have a good following, yes. Blackberrys are coming back. Let's leave it at that =)
And oh! proof that Macs get viruses are found here: http://bit.ly/YU4Nzf
This one might be too technical for most of the SA audience: http://bit.ly/Xbyk9z
And thanks Skylark99, I was going to post that link as well.
Thanks for the article, but I am not talking about viruses where the user was foolish enough to download. I always am careful before I download anything. Never download something that is even slightly different from what it has done in the past. I am talking about viruses that automatically download when you open a webpage such as an article on Google Finance.