U.S. Government Gives The Thumbs Up BlackBerry Playbook The First Tablet Approved For Use Federal

BlackBerry playbook has become the first tablet to obtain the certificate necessary to use the federal agencies of the United States.

RIM first test tablets received Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 140-2 certification, which is necessary for any hope of gadget used by the White House and all other departments.

Doubt on the procedures for RIM excellent security was essential to get the compressed green light from the federal government - is the management of enterprise-class, which so far has kept its own playbook to get high-app-e mail, dependent on BlackBerry smartphones "exchange providing complete e-mail, contacts and calendars on the shelf.

Safety First

Regardless, RIM is pretty happy with the new - Scott Totzke, Vice President, RIM BlackBerry Security said: "This certification demonstrates our ongoing commitment to meet the needs of organizations concerned with security and makes the U.S. federal government to buy with confidence to know that playbook meet their requirements of IT policy to protect sensitive information. "

So the next time you're in the land of the free, so keep an eye on the suit with 7-inch tablets and frustrated grimaces on their faces, they are safe to surf the BlackBerry App World and find something 'useful.

But hey - at least do it properly.