Obama says presidential BlackBerry ownership is 'no fun,' should've gone with the Sectera Edge
By Darren Murph 
posted July 29th 2010 7:06PM
posted July 29th 2010 7:06PM
It's hard out there for a prez, you know? Hardly anyone knows better than one Barack Obama, who sat down this morning on ABC's The View in order to talk smack with a few ladies who undoubtedly helped put him in office. If you'll recall, Obama fought hard early on for the privilege of maintaining his prized BlackBerry, and while he eventually won out, we learned today that a grand total of ten individuals are authorized to ping it. Yeah, ten. Needless to say, he described that depressing fact as "no fun," and even the folks that are cleared to make contact with it won't send over anything juicy. Why? They know that messages sent to it "will probably be subject to the presidential records act," so those lucky enough to have the digits are also smart enough to divert their ramblings to Texts From Last Night. But hey, at least hanging in there despite the limitations grants you early access to BlackBerry OS 6, right? Right?
Obama needs a Kin
@bob e
Naw, Bada is where it's at...
@bob e. That may generate a lot of kintroversy. Force Zing
@Lord Vader
i have always wondered, have you ever been downranked to oblivion? just wondering
@Lord Vader
chuckle..the dark side must be running out of steam..I think it is the force flu..everything around a 2metres radius is pushed away :P
@Lord Vader That was... lame. Who are you and what have you done to Lord Vader?
@Hell Angel
You should be downranked for even wondering if Lord Vader has ever been downranked.
@bob e Hey said he hasn't made the switch to an iPhone yet in the interview he says he had a pod
@Hraefn You are unwise to anger a Sith Lord Hreadn. I hereby Kindemn you to rigorous, Kintinuous force choke for Kintempt and being a Gungan
@Lord Vader Force Win
@Lord Vader
Luke, you are my Kin?
@bob e Ob-lamer needs to use a pen and paper or move to the iPhone/Android. WHAT, ARE YOU NOT PATRIOTIC?? XD
@Lord Vader
Obama is mad and he might unleash all of his anger on you...
http://members.arstechnica.com/x/razak/obama_action_figure13.jpg
Be careful, Lord. He knows what he is doing.
@Arkv2 He will try
@bob e
Sweet, Black Berry's BlackBerry is just as effective as he is.
@Lord Vader You know, I usually hate all that dumb force crapo you write on this site..but after play KOTOR and KOTOR2 in the past 2 weeks, I have a strange fascination with Star Wars...I'm sure it'll die down again in a few days but I wanted you to know that at least for today...you have made me laugh, and for that I thank you.
This idiot cancelled the long planed moon base program... oh, yes and he's having trouble with a phone... :P
@bigsofty Maybe Congress should raise your taxes to pay for it. Oh that's right, you're on your 3rd round of the unemployment benefits that I'm paying for with my taxes. You're the idiot. Move to China if you don't like government cost cutting.
I'm pretty sure Blackberry ownership is no fun, even if you aren't the president.
And to all the haters, yes, I am using a BlackBerry right now and I dread every second of it.
@afrovballpride really? because I'm using one as well and am enjoying it quite much because I like being able to type.
@afrovballpride
*sigh* Way to miss the point of the article. The point is that he worked for a long time to keep his Blackberry, only to find out that he can't even use it beyond more than 10 people. That's pretty depressing, if you ask me.
@afrovballpride
You should probably get a phone you like then.
Just sayin'.
@KeegdnaB I love typing. But, it's hard to do with a spinning clock always in the way.
@Mike10010100 Touche. Blackberry has no allure when you can't fully use BBM.
@Mark Anderson Wanted to, but had to stick with VZW for service and needed Global Capabilities to stay in touch with work at the time I bought. Next phone = Android.
@afrovballpride Agreed app world sucks and the phones are slow
@Hydra App World isn't that bad.. it has every useful app that one needs. There are just no good free games available..
Just wait till he gets an Android... Then we'll have world peace
@Cainhunpi
ANDROID
Change You Can Believe In :D
@Wiizer He also said in the interview he hasn't made a switch to the iPhone yet.
@Cainhunpi
Nah, if you remember the "controversy" over the possibility of him using something that wasn't an iPod while working out back when he was campaigning, he'll either get another blackberry to maintain the quid pro quo or get the latest iPhone to appear more hip.
I can already see the 10-20 articles on gizmodo if he were to be seen even holding anything but his blackberry.
For the nostalgic:
http://gizmodo.com/5102516/actually-barack-obama-doesnt-use-a-zune
[ps] Did Engadget report on this back in 2008? I searched for an article but couldn't find it. It was before I got smart and made this site a daily read.
@BallastatuzX Is he even allowed to have a camera on his phone?
@Cainhunpi
Not as long as there are diamonds involved. Not even AmigaOS could save us.
@Cainhunpi
Its because droid does
the new obamaberry coming soon from RIM
@OC Technophile The BarackBerry
@Chuuchdizzle Sounds wapanese.
@OC Technophile The darker the berry the sweeter the juice. And I should know.
@Chuuchdizzle
You do know that Barack's birth name was barry dont you...
He likes this phone for the name...If someone made an phone called whitederek, i'd buy it.
@murc Umm, you might be in some doubt about whether or not it's real (personally don't care either way), but his birth certificate names him as Barack. He went by Barry in H.S. because he didn't like his name until it was "cool" to be different.
Obama is RIM's only hope.
He should talk with random people on chatroulette.
@grub
HAHAHAHAHA
How does THE president of the U S of A not have an iPhone???!!!
@Insightful2010 Probably because he needs to make and receive calls quite often...
@Insightful2010
Steve should have just wanted to send him one
@Insightful2010
It's almost as if everyone doesn't want an Iphone. It's almost as if some of the people who don't have the iphone, don't have it cause they don't want it, and not cause they are poor.
WOW! crazy, I know...
@loocas Zing!
@Insightful2010
Maybe he uses Citibank?
@loocas Well, last time I checked iPhone actually could make and receive calls. Crazy, I know.
@loocas Actually it's perfect for making and receiving calls I should know I have one and it says in the interview that he hasn't made the switch to an iPhone yet, he has a pod though check gizmodo it's more in depth.
@Insightful2010
By the time the NSA gets done with it, it'll be time for a new President.
Plus, Steve Jobs would disapprove of putting a custom firmware on his iPhone. Can't upset Steve.