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by Dean Leung of Holland & Knight an individual’s needs and the security policies of the firm or corporation to which that individual’s device connects. After using a BlackBerry, iPhone, Android, Windows Phone 7 and Windows Mobile 6.5, and after switching between them like some people do with watches, my conclusion is that security, keyboard, battery life and applications are the key features to consider when choosing a device. C Security It’s surprising that people always lock their empty cars, but they are not as concerned about securing data on their smartphones. While full encryption is optimal, a screen 72 www.iltanet.org Peer to Peer hoosing the right smartphone is not simple when we’re bombarded with sales statistics and creative ads from evangelists enamored with a particular smartphone operating system or form factor. The best choice depends on password should be the minimum requirement for both consumer and corporate devices. BlackBerry, iPhone and Windows Mobile 6.5 (not Windows Phone 7) support native encryption of e-mail. Other smartphones have partial features such as mandatory passwords and remote wipe, but these are not complete solutions without encryption. Third parties are developing products to support this need, but often the elegance of the device is lost in the process. The exception is TouchDown for Android, which synchronizes e-mail with HTML support, your calendar, contacts, notes, and tasks via ActiveSync, and it enforces security along with encryption. Keyboard I used to believe that typing on a virtual keyboard would never be as fast as on a physical one, partly due to the fact that I could never type with any accuracy on an iPhone. Using the keyboard on an Android 2.3 device, however, I am able to