Q. I have an I phone for a few years witch I use for work and personal. I have on my iPhone installed K9 filter and no use of YouTube, and no access to the app store, all secure by a password witch I asked my wife to enter it and witch I don’t know to make my phone as kosher as possible.
I’m due to renew my contract with my phone provider and I can get a new phone, I heard lots of opinions against IPhone so I want to know if I can get a new iPhone with the same restriction I currently have, or I should switch to another phone. Also I want to know if I need to switch phones witch phones are ok Android phones, Blackberrrys considering that I need to use Internet for work.

A. Your inquiry was passed on to TAGTO for a reply.

If you require filtered internet on your smartphone, we would suggest:
1. Blackberry is NOT for you. Browsing and App World can be blocked all together very effectively, but filtering of the browser is not possible.
2. Your current iPhone setup is all possible with the new version 6 OS. therefore, if you want what you have now, iPhone will do everything you ask for. As well, new iPhone filtering software is soon coming out which is all cloud based, meaning the permission are not set on the phone, they are set by logging into a website. This will likely make the iPhone the most convenient filterable smartphone.
3. Android’s one advantage right now is that the Ranger Browser filter is web based, meaning you install it on your phone but set the filtering options by logging onto a website.

In conclusion, if you are happy with your current setup, v6 of the OS will not change anything. If however you are considering Android, you will need two apps to mirror what you have today:
a. AppLock: Locking access to the chrome browser, facebook, youtube, etc.
b. Ranger Browser: A new browser you can use for filtered Internet on the android
– Alternatively, NetNanny for the Android is also available and would allow you to keep using the default Chrome browser.

Please let us know if you have any other questions.

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