It’s clearly the week for President Obama with a historical inauguration and a week full of change for our country. As a tech geek, one story has me so impressed that even I must blog about it.

Don’t get me wrong; there are tons of great inauguration stories from across the country that have me so excited for this President and our next 4 years. But again, the fact that this is the first President to be so technologically obsessed makes me think he really is “just like me.”

You may recall that Obama’s favorite gadget is his Blackberry. He also uses a Mac which I think is pretty darn cool but he loves his Blackberry by all accounts and reports. Well, back in December, Obama’s Blackberry made news because some official Presidential group was making him give it up due to national security. You see no other President has had the ability to use a cell phone or any type of mobile gadget for that matter. No President has even been able to use email like you and I do so this is actually a big deal. Well as of today, some historical breaking news… Obama is getting to keep his Blackberry!

According to our new Press Secretary, Robert Gibbs, Obama will get to keep his Blackberry because RIM (the maker of Blackberry) has added extra security features to Obama’s phone. “The President has a BlackBerry through a compromise that allows him to stay in touch with senior staff and a small group of personal friends in a way that use will be limited and the security is enhanced to ensure his ability to communicate, but to do so effectively and to do so in a way that’s protected,” stated Gibbs.

So major props to RIM/Blackberry – I don’t think you can get a better spokesperson than our President!

Tags: Blackberry, Phone, President Obama, technology

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