Obama's Personal Win: Keeping His BlackBerry

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Date: Friday, January 23, 2009, 3:25 am
By: Lisa Tolin, Associated Press

President Barack Obama won an important personal victory Thursday: He gets to keep his BlackBerry. (AP)

..... that using the device is an effective way to keep in touch with people without "getting stuck in a bubble."

He said Obama's e-mails to him personally have ranged "from something that's very strictly business to, why did my football team perform so miserably on either any given Saturday or any given Sunday?"

Those who have access to the president's e-mail will be briefed about appropriate communications, Gibbs said, without offering specifics.

So the president who gave up smoking - mostly - managed to avoid withdrawal from his other addiction - mostly.

All in all, Gibbs said, Obama looked comfortable in his new surroundings.

"They're very much the same four people that I met five years ago when I went to work for them," he said, before conceding, "Obviously, it's a little different."

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Associated Press writer Philip Elliott contributed to this report.

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It is really difficult to turn in a BlackBerry, cell phone, laptop etc......I feel odd and less coordinated without this stuff - If I leave my cell phone at home, I go back and get it.....

Giving up is hard to do.......Lol........

Let the man have his technology........

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RENOVIMUS
February 12, 2009, 10:20 pm
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He is watched and sensored on everything /everyone he comes in contact with ( so just in case one of you smart really smart black guys with infuence trys to pull him to the side and offer real working solutions / ideals) on how to really start to correct this path of destruction the usa is headed for, The Secret service will prevent it. Whatever you see on the main networks is being sensored so we here what they want us to here and see ( but sometimes they slip up). also he needs to give them back the blackberry its monitored .

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Bro john
January 29, 2009, 10:18 am
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It's "a new day". The world moves at a much faster pace and being able to send and receive email should get faster results for sensitive situations with direct contact.

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Open4success
January 26, 2009, 9:26 am
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I completely agree with the PDA addition; once getting to know my Palm Treo, I feel lost without it as well as aggravated. Great article and great WIN.

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Laureltonny
January 24, 2009, 5:55 pm
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