The President with his Blackberry.

[BR_Parkway]

http://crackberry.com/president-obama-still-using-his-blackberry-now



The issue of whether or not Barack Obama would be allowed to continue using his BlackBerry once sworn in as President of the United States of America has been all over the mainstream media for the past few weeks.

What's the verdict? I don't think that has fully been decided yet, but Charles Ommanney for Getty Images for Newsweek got a picture of President Obama after the parade yesterday checking his email on his BlackBerry. This is after he went from being President Elect to the President. According to ABC World News ( via Mobile Crunch / BGR), it does looks like he'll be able to hold onto his BlackBerry for personal use... at least for now.

One thing is for certain, if Obama does have to give up his BlackBerry altogether, he won't do it without a fight.

[Avalux]

1. It has been decided he can keep it.

"They" have installed super encryption software so he can continue to use it. (I am not sure who they is).

:D

[ThomWV]

3. One wonders just who it is that give the President of the United States permission to have a toy?

[ThomWV]

2. NSA put an encryption system on it and now he can use it

This is meaningless shit by the way. A gizmo in his pocket is not going to "keep him in touch" any more than a magic amulet would.

[Lex]

4. If he says it does, I believe his assessment.

nt

[ThomWV]

6. I suppose someone should have got Bush one, don't you think?

[Lex]

7. He was too incurious to care about having information at his fingertips.

nt

[Sal Minella]

11. Why? He would have used it as a doorstop.

He had no desire to summon The Google up from the innerwebs tubes to clutter up his life.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

12. lol! He'd keep wondering why it wasn't changing the tv channels.

[Kalyke]

5. But it's how he's accustomed to doing business.

A lot of people use their BlackBerries to work - and it's not a "toy." It's a business/communications tool.


FWIW, I don't have a BlackBerry, so my opinion is based more on what it will do than any sense of loyalty to the brand. I have a cell phone that plays music. Big whoop.

[Lex]

8. It puts broadband internet in your hand, on the go. Constant news, info, RSS feeds,

not to even mention emails from your colleagues instantly, etc.

It opens pdf documents, excel spreadsheets, pictures, charts . . .

[Renew Deal]

10. The Blackberry is very helpful

And will keep him in better contact.

[cliffordu]

13. i dunno - They use Windoze2000 in the WH, and the Prez'nit hasn't been allowed to

have a pc of any kind thus far AFAIK....

Might be nice for President Obama(heh!!) to be able to google the DU, or catch a rerun of Keith, or Maddow, or send me copies of those pictures Scarlett Johanssen has been sending him....

:shrug:

It could happen.......lol

[aikoaiko]

9. He's only allowed to play tetris on it now.

I keed.