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	RIM CEO: Obama Can Borrow A BlackBerry

Elizabeth Woyke

12-1-2008 1:13 PM

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Elizabeth Woyke says:

Mike Lazaridis, CEO of BlackBerry maker RIM, feels Obama's pain. (Presumably, Lazaridis is a BlackBerry addict himself.) Asked about Obama's quandary, Lazaridis said that he could borrow a BlackBerry from a staffer, noting that virtually everyone surrounding him will have one.

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