BlackBerry OS 7 is Safest, Compared with IOS 5 and Android 2.3

Reputation RIM offer mobile platform safest on the market is not just a hoax.Because according to a survey recently conducted by Trend Micro, RIM's BlackBerry 7 is still the most secure OS in comparison With IOS 5, Windows Phone 7.5 and Android 2.3. Test on all mobile OS is performed to determine the performance of a number of components such as built-in security, application security, authentication, device wipe, device firewall and virtualization. Of all these tests, BlackBerry OS 7 to collect the highest score (2.89). For comparison, IOS 5 resulted in a score 1.7, Windows Phone 7.5 (1.61) and Android 2.3 (1.37).

The researchers from Trend Micro, Altimeter Group and Bloor Research praise BlackBerry OS 7 to the level of security and management. Despite its many shortcomings, especially in the removable storage, the researchers also gave kudos to Apple-iPhone. While Windows Phone 7.5 well received because of its strength.


The researchers did not give a lot of compliments on Android 2.x in the tests they did. Even get negative comments, in which researchers claim that the fragmentation that occurs in the platform has proven to be an obstacle to the enterprise users. This report is also likely that underlie the U.S. government bought nearly 400,000 units last year's BlackBerry device.