Obama makes a grave mistake
By Nilay Patel 
posted June 10th 2009 1:58PM
posted June 10th 2009 1:58PM
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Instead of a holster, he should be using the Cell-Mate:
http://www.laserproductsus.com/cellmate/index.html
Expect to get an IRS audit Engadget...you got jokes huh?
I would love to have a way to opt out of these kind of posts of which engadget seems to have becoming as of lately.
Maybe have these posts based on dumb opinions tagged as "stupidity"?
Engadget makes a grave mistake.
Dude, the whole "point" of the image is to show what "kind" of blackberry Llamabama is using. Any phone phreak out there would know that this is a good thing to know if you're trying to hack his phone...
Ummm.... who cares? It's a holster... a lot of business professionals use them.
Get over it.
Maybe its not a real blackberry holster?
@Mystic and @Blakecr
If you read history, you would know that taking over banks, factories, ect is Fascism. Or at least the precursor to it.
If you are past the age of 4 you know you are an idiot, and pathetic on top of that
What everyone is missing is that he's airing out his armpits, hoping nobody will notice... kinda like when us guys do that side step thing to adjust our "parts" without people knowing.
the guy across the table is staring right at his hand.... rude...
I agree that holsters look dorky. I wonder if he was forced by the govt to use it for medical safety reasons (I think the cell phone safety test only claims to not be a dangerous amount of radiation if the phone is held a certain distance away from the body; so putting it in his pocket might be considered a risk to his health). Or maybe he wants to have quicker access to it than digging through a pocket.
Like what, is his holster missing the Presidential Eagle Seal or something??
i use that same holster and love mine
holly schnitzel batman!
nilay has done the did, he beat the system, he found the crack in the interwebz, he has solely killed blogging as a means to righteously earn your money, he made hundreds of peps read his blatantly funny less joke, and that he did by typing OBAMA followed by MISTAKE in the title, good job man, good job.
or is this just such an unfunny joke none really got it?
I think Nilay is one of the most controversial bloggers on engadget, but its because he knows how to play us all
If this post is because he placed his Blackberry face in then....wow.
Not the best day for Engadget "writers."
The comments above tell us more about the Engadget readership in 2009 than anything else. It used to be that people who read engadget were hipster geeks like the editors. Now that is no longer the case.
To any hipster, or even semi-fashion-conscious human being, it would be more than obvious that wearing a cell phone holster - and to be honest I had no idea these even still existed - is completely ridiculous. It goes hand in hand with having your shirts bought and folded by your mom (later: wife). With the corpo-suit from Men's Wearhouse. White socks in sandals, maybe. Yeah hipsters do that too but when they do it's ironic.
We conclude: Engadget readership is now rednecks and corporate drones. Wow!!
Thanks fashionista, make sure he doesn't wear white after labour day either. Also don't match yellow and green, wear crocs or gladiator sandals, or.. jesus, I can't even think if any other subjective arbitrary fashion edicts. Get a life.
Putting it in a holster not only saves the weigh-down of your pant pockets but also has been proven to improve the battery life/longevity of some portable devices. Just thought you should know
I direct you to a partial explanation...
http://www.pennyarcademerch.com/pat070381.html
The only possible excuse for that holster is that it was issued by the NSA and is covered with tinfoil on the inside, to prevent remote snooping of the presidential phone. Not that unlikely, actually, now that I think of it...
What if it was a fathersday/birthday gift from the kids? That would be another good excuse.
Not that I think an excuse is needed.
Holsters for phones is not cool. Everyone should know this by now. Clearly Engadget is in the know. Apparently not their readers.
The only "holster" a guy should be wearing, is the one that will be holstering your cock and balls in place. Jock Strap. That's as close to a holster as ANY guy should be. Period.
Phones go in your pocket or in your hand. Not on your hip. GHEY!
Did you seriously just use "ghey" as an insult?
I have always felt that hate is wrong. Yet suddenly I feel it ...
Actually, it's a quiet savy choice. Putting the cellphone outside of the pocket decreases it's heat and therefore increases the battery's capacity in the short and long term.
He need a holster because his pockets are full of change.
Seriously I dont catch it. All look ok for me, he is not at some strippers party or anything.
whats wrong??
can his blackberry play crysis?
What model Blackberry does the big O use? Does he use AT&T (phonezilla) or Verizon?
Or does the guy with the briefcase with the nuclear codes carry around a pico-cell with a direct, secure satellite link to the NSA?
This set of comments has been hilarious.
Best. Post. Ever.
yes
I would just like to clear something up for people: It's a publicity stunt. I met one of the military workers of the white house at a civil war reenactment in New Market VA. He works in communications at the white house. He said the blackberry isn't active, and is used as a publicity stunt to make the president seem more like the "average joe".
Just FYI.
Makes sense for him to have a strapped in phone on the president, anything less and you're just asking to lose it or have it stolen.
You people are so obsessed with iPhones and Pre's and fanboyism that you have missed the obvious glaring mistake.
Obama's holster is not clipped to his belt, it's clipped to his pants.
If he sits or moves the wrong way, he could lose his cellphone which could make a potential Terrorist / Gadget Blogger privvy to his texts with the Illuminati and the Greys...
Next time, treat this more seriously people.
Somebody wanna explain this to me? and i mean only an explanation, not another 50 useless comments....
this looks like something you would see on fox news.
Nice
Its clearly for quick draw purposes...
What the hell is wrong with a Holster? Is dropping and breaking your iPhone or BB that mush cooler? The BB holster is actually designed to turned off the keyboard and screen preserve the battery. Also this way your ass doesn't phone Sarkozy or Harper when you sit down.
Is this what happens when Apple doesn't give Engadget something to speculate about or drool over?
Shortest Engadget article ever.
Also, Obama sucks. Just thought I'd throw that in there for arguments sake. ;-)
Dudes. His Blackberry is in backwards.