Boeing plans to enter the phone market with a device for spies
Feb 26, 2014, 9:32 AM | Updated: 5:21 pm
The company submitted documents to the FCC Wednesday that indicated they're developing a phone called the "Boeing Black." (AP Photo/File)
(AP Photo/File)
Boeing is known for making spy planes, but now they’re entering the world of phones that, with self-destructing qualities, are perfect for espionage.
The company submitted documents to the FCC Wednesday that indicated they’re developing a phone called the “Boeing Black.”
“This is not going to be at your neighborhood Best Buy,” GeekWire’s Todd Bishop told the Morning News on KIRO Radio.
Boeing says any attempt to break open the casing of the device would delete the data and the software contained within it. But unfortunately, Bishop said there would be no puff of smoke.
“This is meant for government agencies, companies that are working in defense and homeland security – it’s essentially a spy phone that Boeing is trying to create,” said Bishop.
Bishop reported on GeekWire the filing was made earlier on Wednesday, as spotted by the electronics news site myce, and most of the documents in the filing are confidential.
Said Bishop, “It’s fascinating that Boeing is making its own phone here and they’ve found a market that they think they can meet.”
Boeing told Bishop the phone runs on Android.
