Sunday, March 15, 2015

BlackBerry launches a new tablet that's all about security

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BlackBerry doesn't exactly have a strong history with tablets. Its first one, the PlayBook, flopped badly, mired by half-baked software and a botched product launch. The company was so badly seared that it has stayed away from the market since then.

However, tablets have some clear use cases in business and enterprise — BlackBerry's core demographic — so it's having another go with the SecuTablet, which puts a strong emphasis on security.

This time, BlackBerry had some help: The SecuTablet's hardware is simply a modified Samsung Galaxy Tab S 10.5, one of the better Android tablets to compete directly with Apple's iPad. It incorporates existing security-card tech from Secusmart, which BlackBerry acquired last year, to encrypt voice and data communications. Read more...

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