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The troubled mobile phone maker BlackBerry still has
at least one very loyal customer: U.S. President Barack Obama.
At
a meeting with youth on Wednesday to promote his landmark healthcare law, Obama
said he is not allowed to have Apple’s smart phone, the iPhone, for “security
reasons,” though he still uses Apple’s tablet computer, the iPad.
Apple
was one of several tech companies that may have allowed the National Security
Agency (NSA) direct access to servers containing customer data, according to
revelations by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden. The companies deny the
allegation.
Obama
fought to keep his BlackBerry after coming to the White House in 2009, though
he said only 10 people have his personal email address. Neither George W. Bush
nor Bill Clinton used email during their presidencies.
BlackBerry,
a Canadian company formerly known as Research In Motion Ltd., virtually
invented the idea of on-the-go email, but lost its market stranglehold as
rivals brought out more consumer-friendly devices, like
Apple’s iPhone and
phones using Google’s Android software.
The
company recently halted plans to be sold and is trying to chart a new course by
focusing on large business and government clients.
Sources:
Reuters
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