Obama Still Uses A Blackberry | HuffPost

Despite having access to some of the best technology out there, President Barack Obama still uses a Blackberry .

According to the New York Times , Obama "carries a specially modified, highly secure" Blackberry, despite the fact that many White House aides now use iPhones.

An actual Blackberry user. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

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Blackberry was named as the fastest-growing company in the world by Fortune in 2009, but its stock prices and popularity tumbled in recent years as people flocked to more user-friendly phones like the iPhone and Android devices.

Read more on the White House's technology upgrades at the New York Times .

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