Can Obama quit Blackberry? Yes he can
Tech-savvy US president-elect Barack Obama faces a fate worse than death for geeks when he takes to the White House ... he may have to give up email and his Blackberry.
Under the Presidential Records Act, when Obama becomes President in January all of his correspondence must be available in the public domain and can be subpoenaed by Congress and courts.
This means that any 3am emails from his trusty Blackberry 8700 are 'on the record' - for the same reason Presidents Bill Clinton and George W Bush both gave up personal e-mails while in office.
However it is not thought to have been too much of a sacrifice for 'Dubya' ... he had owned his computer for years without realising to get the most out of it he should turn it on.
Obama is the first President to use a Crackberry and shows many of the symptoms of addiction, during his campaign it looked like it would take a surgical procedure to remove it from his hands.
He was even spotted checking his BlackBerry while watching his daughter's football game, only to receive a slap on his hands from his wife Michelle Obama, a sensation familiar to many Blackberry owners.
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