When the name BlackBerry is discussed, there are two opinions - those that are continuously counting down the days to BlackBerry's demise, and those that see a future.
The death of BlackBerry has been announced by analysts and experts for years, and yet BlackBerry is still around, proving them wrong. So, when BlackBerry announced a new, secure tablet, this was not as surprising as the fact that the tablet is actually a Samsung tablet.
At CeBIT in Hannover, Germany, I managed to secure (pun totally intended) an interview with none other than CTO and MD of Secusmart, Dr Christoph Erdmann.
Secusmart is the company that BlackBerry purchased for its cryptography skills, as it brought to BlackBerry the ability to completely separate work and play with BlackBerry Balance.
This system has now been extended to allow non-BlackBerry devices, such as the Samsung Tab S, to have similar functionality that BlackBerry devices have. They still have access to apps, games, retrieving e-mails, and knowing that sensitive work information is kept secure and way from prying eyes.
Is this tablet for everyone? No. Will people compare this to the Playbook? Yes. Will there be people who continue to misunderstand security and compare this device to a cheap tablet on the market? Yes.
However, those CEOs, executives, presidents, government officials and others will happily pay the price tag for a secure tablet verses having to explain to TV camera crews about how they were responsible for information leakage that jeopardised their country or company.
Dr Christoph Erdmann gave me some insights into the ins and out of this tablet:
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