NTSB drops Blackberry and switches to iPhone 5 contract
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Despite the hoopla of recent days about the upcoming Blackberry 10, the NTSB, citing reliability concerns, isn't sticking around to see whether RIM has life.
Research In Motion Ltd.’s BlackBerry is being dropped by a U.S. government agency that cited the device’s failures.
The National Transportation Safety Board, which investigates plane accidents, disclosed its plan to switch to Apple Inc.’s iPhone 5 in a document posted last week to a federal website. The BlackBerrys have been “failing both at inopportune times and at an unacceptable rate,” according to the NTSB’s notice.
The 400-employee agency “requires effective, reliable and stable communication capabilities to carry out its primary investigative mission and to ensure employee safety in remote locations,” it wrote.
RIM, based in Waterloo, Ontario, has been hit by recent defections by U.S. agencies and is counting on its new BlackBerry 10 devices to s
