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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