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Obama's new BlackBerry: The NSA's secure PDA?
Obama's new BlackBerry: The NSA's secure PDA?
RIM's BlackBerry may not be certified by the National Security Agency to handle top-secret material, but a PDA-phone called the Sectera Edge has been. Its operating system: Microsoft Windows Mobile.
BlackBerry Application Storefront
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Obama's new BlackBerry: The NSA's secure PDA?
Obama's new BlackBerry: The NSA's secure PDA?
news.cnet.com — President-elect Barack Obama checks his BlackBerry while riding on his campaign bus in Pennsylvania last March. (Credit:... Pete Souza/ Rapport Press ) Bill Clinton sent only two e-mail messages as president and has yet to pick up the habit. ... (more) Obama's new BlackBerry: The NSA's secure PDA?
Obama Digs In for His BlackBerry
Obama Digs In for His BlackBerry
nytimes.com — President-elect Barack Obama conceded that he might be losing the battle to keep the BlackBerry that has... been attached to his belt for years. > (more) Obama Digs In for His BlackBerry
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NSA-approved smartphones leaves Obama with some ugly choices
Engadget — Next week's US presidential inauguration of Barack Obama will have one sour note for the Illinois senator. Sure, he's gonna be the leader of the free world, but the notorious BlackBerry addict will have to give up his smartphone -- and frankly, if given the choice, we'd probably choose cellphone over country. There is hope, however, as CNET outlines ...

NSA-approved smartphones give Obama some ugly choices
Engadget Mobile — Filed under: Handsets, Others, GSM, CDMA Next week's US presidential inauguration of Barack Obama will have one sour note for the Illinois senator. Sure, he's gonna be the leader of the free world, but the notorious BlackBerry addict will have to give up his smartphone -- and frankly, if given the choice, we'd probably choose ...

Obama's BlackBerry May Be Replaced With a Giant Windows Mobile Brick [Politics]
Gizmodo — ... to keep his beloved BlackBerry is far from over, but it's worth noting one possible outcome: that the Prez may be stuck with one of the NSA's approved WinMo handsets. ...

NSA to Take Obama's BlackBerry Away, Replace with WinMo Device
Mac|Life all RSS Feed — [image] Our past two Presidents haven't been the most tech-savvy dudes. But like all the posters sprawled downtown and in chic hipster neighborhoods, this soon-to-be President is all about "Change." Barack Obama is seriously addicted to his crackberry. "I'm still clinging to my BlackBerry," he shared with CNBC. "They're going to pry it out of my hands."The National Security Agency is hell bent on making sure President-elect Obama retires his BlackBerrying ways ...

President-Elect Barack Obama to use Windows Mobile
Redmond Pie — President-elect of the United States of America - Barack Obama is preparing to make a switch from his beloved BlackBerry RIMs to Sectera Edge. CNET has found out that the former United States Senator from Illinois would have to make a switch once he takes over the office come January 20th.   Sectera Edge is a Smartphone made by General Dynamics Corporation and is powered by Windows Mobile 6.1. This hideous looking phone is beefed up with tight security features to transmit data that are classified as “Confidential or Secret" and is hence certified by National Security Agency (NSA) of US. ...

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NSA Approves Devices for Obama’s Use Including the General Dynamics’ Sectera Edge
intomobile.com 1/14/2009 — We’re all aware how President-Elect Obama does not want to give up his BlackBerry ( NSDQ: RIMM ) after he takes office. US Officials are still working on Obama, trying to ‘pry’ the BlackBerry from his hands due to growing ...