U.S. agency gives BlackBerry 10 a chance after iPhone coup
A U.S. federal agency has reneged on its plans to ditch the BlackBerry in favor of iPhones -- at least, to a degree -- after it announced that it would give Research in Motion's next-generation BlackBerry 10 platform a chance.
The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency recently said it would pull the plug on its contract with the beleaguered BlackBerry maker in favor of Apple's iPhone, due to its back-end management features and IT policy restrictions.
Outlining the plans in its so-called "solicitation" document, ICE said it was looking favorably at iPhones for its 17,600 employees, amounting to a deal with around $2.1 million to the humble American taxpayer.
