Today's announcement could be a significant one for BoxTone and its competitors, as the company is already quite popular among enterprises, government agencies and --companies that provide device-management services to other firms. In the past rival software makers with smartphone-management products for more than one platform, , had a bit of an edge on BoxTone, because it focused solely on BlackBerry devices. Today's announcement levels that ground, and makes BoxTone a potential smartphone management option for a wider array of organizations.

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