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?
@Insightful2010 Imagine if the top secret communication channels used iPhones. "Abort nuclear launch...repeat abort nuclear launch.....authentication code tango bravo foxtr........"
Damn that death grip.
Obama is a black berry...
And you are an idiot.
What's your point?
@loocas
white + black = black?
@SolidSnake
Lol solid snake made me giggle
@loocas
Did you mean black Barry?
@SolidSnake I have a dream in which we can make skin color jokes and we will not take those jokes as something racial and downrank to oblivion.
Aren't we all the same? Isn't our skin just a different color? Shouldn't we all treat each other the same? Obama is black I'm brown some are white others yellow and some pink and others purple. Is there anything we can do about it? Can't we live in a world were people can't make skin color jokes without someone thinking its racial?
That really isn't my dream
@SskyNnet You ket my [+], man.
Racial jokes are the same as any other. Whoever feels offended IS the racist in the first place.
I, on the other hand, don't differentiate based on the color of ones skin! I strictly differentiate based on the actions of one!
Besides, I though it sounded kinda funny... :D
Obama: "Berry... Black Berry"
@loocas
You aren't just a bigot, you're a moron as well.
@Ratnok
Thank you! Thank you!
* applause *
Mondays to Firdays, 8 - 10 pm.
Thank you!
* standing ovations *
Remember kids, in the time since he's been president it became cool to hate on BlackBerry.
ALWAYS DO WHAT IS COOL
@KeegdnaB No, it's just that since the time that he's become president there's been lots of Android goodness.
@KeegdnaB : It became cool to hate on the BlackBerry when John McCain started using one.
@brianhj Is this just coincidence, or is he truly the greatest president ever? I may have to shift my paradigm...
Hey, what interesting tech news!
He should get android!
I still wouldn't go with the Sectera Edge if I was him. That thing is horrible. No one who runs a country should have something like that.
@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.
I'm pretty sure the Gizmodo article stated that he was tempted to get an iPhone.
Obama needs his own KIRF BLOCKberry
Well, if he can only contact 10 people, he might as well just get a Jitterbug. :)
why would anyone want to be President?
@Socalfrank
THAT is the $1 googolplex question.
Obama should get an Android phone. I heard they are the safest phones. They also have great wallpaper applications....
I don't think more than 10 people would have mobile access to him even if he had an iPhone. And as for him going to Android. lol
I have an Android phone and love it, but let's be honest. Presidential data syncing to "the cloud". Not anytime soon, friends.
I see the suggestions for obama to get an android phone? Really? I think thats a little too much "does" for our president to handle.
maybe an iphone would be better suited, a phone completely obsessed with appearances but drops calls @ the most inconvenient times.
The Sectera Edge is a badass phone. I'd be honored to be important enough to have one.
10 persons
the first one is the jew that control the country since decades ago.
the other is the guy that edit the teleprompter
the other is their "boss" in the democrat party.
the other is Hillary Clinton.
the other is their wife.
the other is their siblings.
then the president of the "big ten" (corporations).
then their lover.
and a few other more.
I don't think that is bad to have 10 person to who call, then problem is when the only persons are over you and can call you asking for money/whine/demands.
@magallanes if you could get a crack smoking baboon to randomly rearrange those words it would probably make more sense than what you just did with them
I believe it's President Obama. can you at least have some kind of respect of the POTUS.
@Tyrone67 Like you do for punctuation?
"should've went with the Sectera Edge"
This is why people that write for tech blogs are not real journalist.
Nobama!
I wonder if his next phone will need a jacket.
Who does he have service with? Surely not AT&T....
The definition of irony:
A president whose agenda is the biggest government oversight in history complaining about government oversight of his phone.
Does he need a cell phone? Shouldn't the president and staff use their private network?
IPHONE!!!
It's not easy to become a President. And it's more harder to being a PRESIDENT
Blackberry should let Obama go now.
Bullet proof jacket for him EMP proof jacket for his phone do you think he will color match
He's complaining about his phone. Is that what he meant by change. He wants to change his phone!!!! He HOPES to change his phone. Can't wait until 2012 when he's out!!!!