Best picture of the campaign....

[softball]

The harder you work, the luckier you get, but this is one of the best photos I have seen in years.....

[Hell Puppy]

Originally Posted by rhetorical

The harder you work, the luckier you get, but this is one of the best photos I have seen in years.....

And using a RAZR. Nearling a billion spent to win an election, you'd think he'd spend a couple of hundred and get a real phone.

[softball]

Originally Posted by Hell Puppy

And using a RAZR. Nearling a billion spent to win an election, you'd think he'd spend a couple of hundred and get a real phone.

lololol.....

[softball]

You know you have arrived when you have an aeroplane with your name on it.

[Hell Puppy]

Originally Posted by rhetorical

You know you have arrived when you have an aeroplane with your name on it.

And just wait til you see the new 2009 version of Air Force One:

[DannyCox]

I hope those rims are spinners!!

[Evil Chris]

Originally Posted by Hell Puppy

And using a RAZR. Nearling a billion spent to win an election, you'd think he'd spend a couple of hundred and get a real phone.

That's actually the first thing I thought of too.

[Hell Puppy]

Originally Posted by Evil Chris

That's actually the first thing I thought of too.

And he claims to be technically "hip". RAZR was a great phone....in 2002. Hard to imagine anyone with his schedule not packing a smartphone of some sort if for no other reason than the calendar and email.

[Evil Chris]

Originally Posted by Hell Puppy

And he claims to be technically "hip". RAZR was a great phone....in 2002. Hard to imagine anyone with his schedule not packing a smartphone of some sort if for no other reason than the calendar and email.

I agree, but you know... if he's like me he wants a simple phone to talk on and that's it. I don't think Obama is the kind of person who has time to be constantly tapping on a phone pad. He has a long line of aides who do that for him I'm sure.

[WebBilling.com]

Originally Posted by Evil Chris

I agree, but you know... if he's like me he wants a simple phone to talk on and that's it. I don't think Obama is the kind of person who has time to be constantly tapping on a phone pad. He has a long line of aides who do that for him I'm sure.

Great photo rhetorical, but I'm with Chris - simple phone to make and receive calls - my laptop is as 'connected' as I want to be...I don't have any aides though...

[DannyCox]

I recently bought a new cellphone, and it's getting hard to buy just a basic one! I need a cellphone that works, and makes and receives calls, nothing more. I don't "text" (just a silly waste of time when a quick call is so much faster), and I don't need to browse the Internet, or take pictures and videos. I have other things that are just so much better at doing an of that than even the best Smart phone. I've found that the higher someone is in a company, the less they go for gimmicks. Very few CEO's of large companies carry around anything more than a simple cellphone. As Chris mentioned, at that level, you have people to do the menial tasks for you.

Keep in mind that someone like Obama, on the campaign trail, probably has a large number of cellphones, all being carried by aides. Different numbers for different people.

[miz_wright]

Originally Posted by Hell Puppy

And he claims to be technically "hip". RAZR was a great phone....in 2002. Hard to imagine anyone with his schedule not packing a smartphone of some sort if for no other reason than the calendar and email.

There have been any number of other photos where I've seen him with something that resembles a Treo or Blackberry, but really - who cares? I really haven't got any problem with him using a base model phone.

[softball]

I hate to say this, but didn't any of you look at the picture? Fuck me it was brilliant.

[Hell Puppy]

Originally Posted by LizAEBN

There have been any number of other photos where I've seen him with something that resembles a Treo or Blackberry, but really - who cares? I really haven't got any problem with him using a base model phone.

Not important, just very surprising. And not so much that it wasn't a smartphone as the fact that it is a model that hasn't been produced in a couple of years. That's a v3 RAZR, current is v9.

He's marketed as internet savvy and connected. A phone that old suggests a definite lack of gadget lust.

I used to say you can tell a lot about a man by his shoes or watch. Now the watch is rapidly being replaced by the phone.

[Hell Puppy]

Originally Posted by DannyCox

Very few CEO's of large companies carry around anything more than a simple cellphone. As Chris mentioned, at that level, you have people to do the menial tasks for you.

Based on my own personal experiences and observations, I disagree. But granted the CEO's and senior management types that I know are almost all associated with tech industry on form or another, so that may skew the results.

If I were taking a SWAG just based on observation, I'd say blackberry is the cellphone of choice among Fortune 500 senior management types. Typically they tote it mainly because of the Blackberry Enterprise Server. The EA proxies their calendar and keeps it current, they use the Blackberry to stay up to date with where they need to be, answer the occasional hot email, have the entire corporate phone book at their fingertips....oh and maybe even make a phone call or two.

What I've also seen is a fair amount of CEO's that tote a phone and a data device. That gives you a lot of flexibility such as being able to look up things easily while chatting on the phone.

And I know a handful that tote two phones, one business and one personal. This lets them leave the "leash" at the office when they want to be off duty. The curse of having one cellphone for both work and personal is when you take vacation, you either have to detach from friends as well as the office or endure the sucker ringing all day long just as if you were working.

[MsNikkiNefarious]

I got me a razr too!

[Hell Puppy]

So as suspected, Obama is a Crackberry addict....

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/16/us...=1&oref=slogin

That must be an aid's phone in the photo above.

Interesting thing is Presidents are immediately introduced to government bureaucracy and have it hung around their neck as they are forced to surrender tools relied upon by CEOs the world over. That includes email, cell phones and of course the Blackberry.

I cant begin to express how stupid that is. And yes security is an issue, but just like any CEO the man with the highest job in the land should know what is too sensitive for email and wireless communication. Government refuses to change, I'm sure email would eliminate dozens of jobs in the west wing.

[softball]

Call me a Luddite, but I use my phone for one thing only. Making phone calls. I hook up computers when I need internet access. I have simplified my life to the point that instant communication is not necessary. This from a guy who would drive half way across town to retrieve my cell phone if I forgot it at home. Stopping by phone booths three times along the way to check my messages. I don't miss that shit one little bit. It comes with having a business that is not critically time sensitive. Electronic porn has allowed me to disconnect from so much stuff. Kind of counter intuitive....

[Toby]

Originally Posted by rhetorical

...I have simplified my life to the point that instant communication is not necessary...

Same here. The only times I take my cell with me when I leave the house is when I'm expecting a call or I'm going out of town. I simply don't care to be that available.

[Hell Puppy]

Damned Amish webmasters in our midst...

[softball]

Originally Posted by Hell Puppy

Damned Amish webmasters in our midst...

So what do you call an Amish man with his arm half way up a horses ass....???

[Hell Puppy]

Originally Posted by rhetorical

So what do you call an Amish man with his arm half way up a horses ass....???

A mechanic!

[Hell Puppy]

Originally Posted by rhetorical

So what do you call an Amish man with his arm half way up a horses ass....???

You ever watch an Amish porno movie?


90 minutes of nothing but bare ankles! You'd love it!

[softball]

WASHINGTON -- Before he ran for president Barack Obama quit smoking. Now that he's won the job, he may have to break another addiction: Checking his BlackBerry for e-mail.
The president's e-mail can be subpoenaed by Congress and courts and may be subject to public records laws, so if a president doesn't want his e-mail public, he shouldn't e-mail, experts said. And there may be security issues about carrying around trackable cell phones.
Obama transition officials haven't made a decision on what the new president will or will not carry, but those who have been there say it's unlikely he'll carry his BlackBerry and he may be in for some withdrawal pains.
"Definitely he's going to feel an electronic detoxing," said Reed Dickens, former assistant press secretary to President George W. Bush. Dickens jokes that he personally is so addicted to his BlackBerry that he checks his device before opening his right eye.
President-elect Obama has often been seen avidly checking his e-mail on his handheld equipment. This past summer, news cameras recorded him checking his BlackBerry while watching his daughter's soccer game, only to have Michelle Obama slap at his hands, prompting him to return the device to its holster.
Actress Scarlett Johansson said she has had frequent e-mail exchanges with him during his campaign travels, something the Obama campaign downplayed.
"This is a decision President-elect Obama will have to face," said former Bush press secretary Scott McClellan, who added that Obama's legal advisers will probably recommend against an e-mailing president.

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