"I forgot my Blackberry" President Obama yells to reporters as he boards Marine One. pic.twitter.com/KPTz3qgBvs
— Doug Mills (@dougmillsnyt) November 21, 2014 Barack Obama still uses a BlackBerry
The leader of the free world needs to upgrade
The leader of the free world needs to upgrade


is editor-in-chief of The Verge, host of the Decoder podcast, and co-host of The Vergecast.
Sure, Obama billed himself as the first “BlackBerry President” during his first presidential campaign, but that was in 2008, everyone. Unless he’s signed a deal to be the company’s latest Creative Director it’s probably time to step into the future — if an iPad is good enough for the Oval Office, surely something can be worked out for his phone?
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