Saturday, April 14, 2012

Boeing announces development of Android smartphone

In a world where the vast majority of companies developing devices with Android are manufacturers of mobile phone or similar devices, its a little strange when an aircraft manufacturer announced that it intends to enter the mobile market. But that's exactly what the popular Boeing made ​​this week.


The differential of the company, according to the announcement, will be offering an Android phone that will have a tight security tied to him, your buyers will receive the device as well a team of professionals trained in self defense.

Ok, this part is not true (but sounds like a great difference). What is true is that Boeing plans to do with it is a phone that uses the infrastructure of the company to enable encrypted communications and is cheaper than the current solutions in the area, costing up to $ 20,000 per device.

If you expect something like a date for release or an estimated price, keep looking. Boeing has not released any further information that the device "is at the end of their development," indicating that he will soon be sent for prototyping and then mass production. The expectation is that still in 2012 the unit is released, but it will be specifically targeted for the U.S. government or business, then it should not exactly take off in sales in the ordinary consumer. But she may appear unofficially on eBay.

Boeing does not yet know which brand to use the machine or if you want to get him to come up with airplane mode enabled at the factory, in an ironic way.