According to Danish political blog politiken.dk, all 179 members of the Danish Parliament and an unknown number of additional staffers got 16GB iPhone 3GS phones as their government-issue mobile device. The iPhone had previously been banned from the floor of Parliament after one staffer was busted updating her Facebook status 59 times during a floor debate that ran long.
Even so, like any company or organization that wants their employees to be in constant contact, the Danish Parliament did a review of available smartphones for its staff. They decided that the iPhone was the best device for their needs, and bought tons of them.
Whether the Danish Parliament will prohibit use of those shiny new iPhones during floor debates remains to be seen, and how they’re going to keep members of Parliament from downloading apps and games on the government’s dime is also unknown. One thing a number of Danish news sources noted that we can’t help but wonder about also: why did the Danes go with the iPhone 3GS over the iPhone 4? Maybe they were worried about the iPhone 4’s antenna, or heard rumors about the cracks in the glass?
[via TUAW]
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