President Obama – the most powerful man in the world – appears to be less than impressed with his BlackBerry. At a fundraiser in Chicago he commented privately that the technology used by the White House was ‘like, 30 years behind’, before going on to bemoan the lack of ‘really cool phones and stuff’. He raged, ‘I’m the President of the United States, where’s the fancy buttons and stuff and the big screen?’ To be fair, the man’s got a point. Read on to find out why…
After all, just over two months ago he was sitting down to dinner with Steve Jobs, Mark Zuckerberg, Twitter CEO Dick Costolo and former Google Chief Exec Eric Schmidt – surely they could sort him out with something? Still, given these comments leaked out because Obama left his radio mic switched on after leaving a press conference, perhaps his aides feel POTUS can’t be trusted with anything too whizz-bang?
Mr President, allow us to respectfully direct you to Electricpig’s Top 5 section, where you will discover the five best smartphones in the world. And guess what? Not one of them is a BlackBerry…
