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Skeetz
01/24/09

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Well we're movin on up,
To the east side.
To a deluxe apartment in the sky.
Movin on up
To the east side.
We finally got a piece of the pie.

"sorry hun i gotta answer this.. hello?"
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Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
01/24/09

@Skeetz: Stop trolling. We all know that Obama rolls with the theme to Shaft.
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Hello Mister Walrus
01/24/09

In reply to Video of the Only National Security Agency-Approved Smartphone, the $3,350 Sectera Edge
How does this cost over $3000?
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The Lab
01/24/09

@Hello Mister Walrus: Because it has more features than a normal phone and has a maximum market 100X smaller than a normal phone would. $3000 seems cheap to me, I don't know how they get their development costs back.
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Purple Dave
01/24/09

@The Lab:
100x smaller? You think the market for this phone is that large? I'd be surprised if there are more than 1000 of these in use, total.
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citizen024
01/24/09

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no crackberry addict will ever accept something like the sectera edge as an alternative.

they will just have to ask rim to mod the firmware on BHOs blackberry to make security adequate.
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Hello Mister Walrus
01/24/09

@citizen024: There seems to be some unspoken rule that only American companies can build president-related stuff (RIMM is Canadian). For instance, why on earth would they have GM, a company on the verge of bankruptcy, build the Obama car?
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Purple Dave
01/24/09

@Hello Mister Walrus:
Presidential limos get an even higher degree of security than a phone probably does. This thing has to be able to stand up to any unexpected assault, and still perform as new afterwards. I once saw Reagan's limo in an auto museum, and there was a little placard explaining that his was the _last_ such limo that the Secret Service was allowing to be donated to a museum. The reason being is that even something as seemingly non-critical as the layout of the engine is considered to be a national secret, so would-be assailants don't know where any potential weak spots might be located. This is one of the two most impressive guard services in the world (the other being the Swiss Guard who protect the Vatican, as they're trained to be able to take down gunmen with friggen polearms). They take their job very seriously, they do everything possible to minimize risks, and they have one of the few jobs out there that allow them to (respectfully) tell the POTUS what he can and cannot do. You know, assuming he doesn't really push the issue (I mean, what are they going to do when a new POTUS refuses to hand over his crackberry...knock him down and pry it from his hand?).
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AkronZip
01/24/09

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Even though I don't support him, he does deserve, as President, the ability to have a nice phone. Just imagine being a CEO of a company and walking into a room full of other CEOs with that phone. It would be embarrassing. I have a hard time believing the NSA cannot add security to a blackberry.
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reluttr
01/24/09

@AkronZip: Seriously, why doesn't obama just ask blackberry to build him a custom device with esa standards. I'm sure they would do it, the publicity would be good for sales.
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William_III_Earl_of_Dastardshire
01/24/09

@reluttr: I don't think it's so much the phone that is the problem, than much rather the people who make it. I bet they require everyone who works on it to have a security clearance, and also to have the entire operating system code reviewed by trustwothy people. So if they have settled with WinMo, its likely gonna take a lot of time to get another OS approved.
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Purple Dave
01/24/09

@William_III_Earl_of_Dastardshi...:
It's probably also an exclusive build, so Joe Hacker can't pick one up at the corner wireless store and figure out how to circumvent the security stuff.

But this is just a little bit more evidence that, while you may become the most powerful person on the planet, you are, in essence, government property for the duration, and still not given a full measure of freedom when you're done.

And I thought word came down that the Secret Service begrudgingly allowed Obama to keep his Crackberry for personal use on the condition that he use this phone for any official business. How does that count as "no confirmation"?
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Sean Heiss
01/24/09

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Nobody gives a fuck what electronics the President uses. STOP POSTING SHIT ABOUT THE PRESIDENT! NOBODY FUCKING CARES!! :|
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Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
01/24/09

@Sean Heiss: Uhm, yeah...

No one on a gadget blog cares about what technology the President uses...

Just go away, please.
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URLyAdopter
01/24/09

@Sean Heiss: You sir, are no gadget lover, and no sir as well.

All in favor of the banhammer ?
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enchanted goose
01/24/09

@Sean Heiss: hahaha i post comments all over the web like that. like i saw a post that was like obamas daughter took a picture of obama!! its like wtf who cares. hes a human being he can do whatever he wants. next big thing. OMG OBAMA WAS SEEN EATING CEREAL! IS HE ALLOWED TO EAT CEREAL!?
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Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
01/24/09

@URLyAdopter: Because he posted once expressing frustration that a gadget blog is fawning over Obama? It's no different than people complaining about all the apple worship here.

I'm think you you folk really just kind of need to chill out.
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Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
01/24/09

@enchantedgoose: Hey dawg, we heard Obama likes to eat cereal, so we put cereal in his cereal so that he can eat cereal while he eats cereal.
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