IBlackBerry ibibhekene nesikhathi esinzima kakhulu ezinyangeni ezedlule. Izikhungo eziningi zikahulumeni wase-US ziyekile ukusebenzisa ama-smartphones azo ukuze zivune izingcingo ezifakiwe iOS a Android. Okwakamuva kubasebenzisi Androiduzokwengezwa nguMongameli waseMelika uBarack Obama uqobo, okufanele aqale maduze ukusebenzisa i-smartphone yakwaSamsung noma i-LG. Isinqumo ngokwaso sivela ethimbeni langaphakathi lezobuchwepheshe e-White House, elaqala ukuhlola izinhlobo ezikhethekile zamafoni avela ku-LG ne-Samsung.
Ngokusho kwe-Wall Street Journal, lezi kufanele kube amafoni ashintshwe kakhulu okuthi, nakuba afana namamodeli atholakalayo kwezohwebo, azovikeleka kahle kakhulu futhi avikelwe kunoma yikuphi ukusetshenziswa kabi kwedatha ekuwo. Ithimba lezobuchwepheshe langaphakathi le-White House libamba iqhaza ohlelweni lwezokuphepha kumafoni ngokubambisana ne-ejensi yezokuxhumana ye-White House. Ukuhlolwa kwamafoni kusesesigabeni sokuqala, yingakho uMongameli Obama eqhubeka nokusebenzisa ucingo lweBlackBerry. Nakuba isikhathi sokushintshela ocingweni olusha singasethiwe, kufanele kwenzeke ngaphambi kokuphela kwesikhathi sakhe ngo-2017.
IBlackBerry yona, nokho, ayinamdlandla kakhulu ngesinqumo esisha se-White House. I-White House isisebenzise izikhungo zayo iminyaka engaphezu kwe-10, futhi uma kubhekwa isimo samanje sezimali senkampani, umuntu angakhuluma ngegalelo elinzima. IBlackBerry ithi amafoni ayo asetshenziswe ngendlela efanele izidingo zama-ejensi kahulumeni wase-US ukuze agcine izinga eliphezulu lokuphepha. Abakwa-LG batshele i-WSJ ukuthi ibingazi ukuthi i-White House ihlola amafoni ayo, kanti abakwaSamsung baveze ukuthi uhulumeni wase-US usanda kukhombisa intshisekelo enkulu emishinini yabo.
*Umthombo: I-WSJ
