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Barack Obama is a serious BlackBerry addict, quoted as proclaiming "they’re going to [have to] pry it out of my hands." Now, it appears the President-elect might switch to a Windows-powered phone, in order to continue his email habit securely.

In an entertaining article posted earlier this week, CNET reporter Declan McCullagh notes that Obama has proclaimed the BlackBerry his favorite gadget. The President-elect reportedly relied on it to bypass aides during the Presidential campaign, and used it to check his e-mail during his daughter’s football games. But, as The New York Times and other sources have reported, the President-elect will probably have to give up his tech toy when he takes the oath of office next week.

BlackBerry maker Research In Motion claims that e-mail messages flowing from and to its devices are encrypted and would be practically impossible to intercept. But, McCullagh reports, this isn’t good enough for the NSA (National Security Agency) which — though it has refused to comment officially — apparently wants to take Obama’s BlackBerry away.

According to McCullagh, a new, better way to give the "emailer-in-chief" the electronic fix he craves could be General Dymanics Corporation’s Sectera Edge, pictured at the top of our story and below. This Windows-based phone has previously been said to meet Federal standards for both classified phone calls and secure network access. The Sectera Edge meets NSA requirements for Top Secret voice information, and provides access to the SIPRNet (secret Internet procotol router network), according to General Dynamics.

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Read more:  http://www.windowsfordevices.com/news/NS7086169660.html based on CNet article.