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Your congressman wants an iPhone
The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) —
... TheHill.com is reporting that members of the U.S. House of Representatives could be getting iPhones when they return to Washington, D.C. after the elections. ...
House Members Vote for iPhone Adoption
Wired: Gadget Lab —
... The
Chief Administrative Office, which oversees communications for the
House, is testing a few iPhones to determine whether the handset suits
lawmakers and staff, according to The Hill. ...
Congress house members want iPhones!
Hardware 2.0 —
... Your tax dollars hard at work : Congress house members want iPhones The Chief Administrative Office (CAO), which oversees the communications systems for the House, has begun testing a small number of iPhones within its ranks to see if they are compatible with the working needs of lawmakers and staff.“The reason we’re trying them out is because we heard a lot of people wanted the option to have them,” said Jeff Ventura, a spokesman for the CAO. On a more serious note, this could represent another blow for RIM and the BlackBerry if the iPhone is adopted by Congress. Currently ...
Your Tax Dollars at Work: iPhones for Congress [Congress]
Gizmodo —
... —since since this is the first chip at the BlackBerry's ubiquity on the Hill. In D.C., whether you're a Democrat or Republican, you're on a BlackBerry. For now, anyway. [The Hill via ...
iPhoneWorld.ca News: United States House of Representatives wants iPhones (From iPhoneWorld.ca - not for republishing)
iPhoneWorld.ca iPhone News Headlines —
... Posted by james on October 22nd, 2008 at 07:57pm If you were a lawmaker in the U.S. House of Representatives, how would you spend taxpayers’ money? The answers are: A) You’d spend it wisely. B) You’d try not to spend much of it. C) You’d demand an iPhone. If you picked C as the answer, you might have a chance in politics. Washington newspaper The Hill reports that Chief Administrative Office, which oversees communications of the U.S. House of Representatives, has started testing a small number of iPhones due to demands from “a lot of people” to allow using them as primary ...
iPhones Being Tested for Use by Congress
Cult of Mac —
... At the request of a number of congressional representatives, the CAO has begun testing a small number of iPhones within its ranks to see if they are compatible with the working needs of lawmakers and staff, according to a report at the Hill.com. ...
iPhone getting in da House?
IntoMobile - Cell Phone News, Information, and Analysis —
... According to TheHill.com, members of the U.S. House of Representatives could be getting iPhones when they return to Washington D.C. after the elections. ...
News: Congressional office considering iPhones for House
iLounge | All Things iPod, iPhone, iTunes and beyond —
The Chief Administrative Office, which oversees the communications systems for the U.S. House of Representatives, has begun testing a group of iPhones to see if they are compatible with the working needs of lawmakers and staff. According to The Hill, the CAO plans to decide whether to offer the iPhone as an option by January, when the next Congress begins. “The reason we’re trying them out is because we heard a lot of people wanted the option to have them,” said Jeff Ventura, a spokesman for the CAO.
Is Congress Going iPhone?
Gearlog —
... "The reason we're trying them out is because we heard a lot of people wanted the option to have them," CAO's Jeff Ventura told the Website. ...
Congress considers iPhone
Infinite Loop —
... There could be some real change coming to Congress next year. No, not that kind; we're referring to change of the shiny, gadget-y kind. The iPhone may soon be a new option for congressional members by the next Congress in January 2009. After "a lot of people" made the request for an iPhone, the Chief Administrative Office (CAO) that oversees the House's communications technologies has begun a small test to see whether the device is a viable option for Congress, according to TheHill.com . Right now the House rolls primarily with nearly 8,200 BlackBerrys. The option of an ...
News Bits: MySpace Music Adds Indies
Contentinople: —
... on the apps, reports Wired Epicenter. The ads run pre-roll and/or when certain actions are executed. In other iPhone-related news, The U.S. Congress wants to use the ridiculously popular gadget to their cache, reports TheHill.com . ...
Around the Web 10.23.08: Comings and (lots of) goings in the tech world
L.A. Times Tech Blog —
... goodbye to as much a quarter of its staff and puts itself on the block. PaidContent.org
-- Laying off your troops means having to say you're sorry. Valleywag
-- Want to avoid being the next to march out the door? Read this. ZDNet
-- Russia says nyet to Google's plans to acquire a local company. Profy
-- Congress might say yes to the iPhone. The Hill
-- Facebook decides it must face the music. TechCrunch ...
‘Macsimum Recommended Reading’ for Oct. 23
Macsimum News —
... “iPhones are a must-have for Congress: House members in the next Congress could get Apple’s iPhone as their newest communication gadget.”—The Hill ...
iPhones Staged to Take Over US Congress
iPhone Atlas —
... The Hill reports that iPhones are beginning to be at the top of the “must-have” list for members of the US Congressional House of Representatives. ...
iPhone Demand In Congress Wildly Exaggerated
iPhone Savior —
It turns out that rapidly circulating news of iPhone becoming the
new gadget of choice for thousands of House members in the next
Congress, due to strong demand over the BlackBerry, may have been wildly exaggerated
according to a new report by Jordan Golson of TheIndustryStandard.com, contradicting an article posted by TheHill.com entitled "iPhones are a must-have for Congress"
The TheHill.com report written by Jordy Yager, quickly became the headline for ...
Guest blog: Presidential BlackBerry means mobile revolution
ZDNet Government —
... with the very personal and always-present/always-on/always-connected nature of the smartphone: location tracking (through the wireless carrier and GPS), surreptitious recording using the camera and microphone, and malware through SMS/text messaging and Bluetooth. While President Obama’s smartphone of choice was the BlackBerry, more and more federal workers want consumer devices such as Apple’s iPhone to leverage the Internet and other applications beyond email. In October, Jordy Yager of ...
