Washington - 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.
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