First phone
Our friends at TechCrunch are reporting that President Obama is hankering for a cool phone -- one with "fancy buttons and stuff." They also note that it would be a swift PR move for a phone maker to take him up on it and just send him one. OK, challenge accepted.
But which one? That's where we need help from you. Obviously, the President of These United States will be wanting a device that runs the people's choice of mobile operating systems. Here's the rundown of options -- cast your vote in the comments. (Note to Chicagoans: one vote per person, please. That's how the rest of us do it.)
HP Veer: The Veer may be small, but it's plenty powerful for whatever's on your plate -- whether that's your personal life, your business, or balancing a trillion-dollar budget. And as one former resident of the Oval Office once noted, "The only thing we have to Veer is Veer itself." (We don't really know what ol' FDR meant by that either, but he was clearly ahead of his time.)
HP Pre3: What better phone for the flag-waver-in-chief than the next-generation edition of our flagship phone? Pre3 is a thin and powerful email engine with a beautiful touchscreen and slide-out keyboard -- perfect for taking the Oval Office mobile.
HP TouchPad: Let's face it: What with managing a superpower and all, the president has a pretty broad canvas to watch over. So maybe he'd prefer the wider perspective offered by the 9.7-inch TouchPad display. It's the first tablet powered by webOS, something the multitasker-in-chief will surely appreciate.
So what do you think would be best for President Obama? Veer? Pre3? TouchPad? Maybe a bipartisan coalition is the right solution? With HP's exclusive touch-to-share feature, he can use TouchPad with his Pre3 to easily share a URL, receive text messages and answer calls right from his TouchPad.
Let us know in the comments.
Jon Zilber