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Dear President Obama, ask not how you can dial an iPhone, ask how iMore can help you dial!

By Georgia, Monday, Sep 10, 2012 a 9:49 pm

U.S. President Obama seems to have had some problems using an iPhone -- the most usable phone in the world -- this week. He'd borrowed it to make some thank you calls, but couldn't get it to dial. Years of living with BlackBerry had apparently hard-coded hard keyboards into his muscle memory, and made capacitive touch a challenge.

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By Rene Ritchie, Thursday, Aug 23, 2012 a 7:55 pm

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Steve Jobs mentioned during U.S. State of the Union Address

By Rene Ritchie, Tuesday, Jan 24, 2012 a 9:57 pm

Steve Jobs, the late founder and CEO of Apple, was mentioned tonight by U.S. president Obama during the 2012 State of the Union address.

President Obama got his iPad "a little bit early"... and directly from Steve Jobs

By Andrew Wray, Monday, Oct 3, 2011 a 5:42 pm

In an interview with ABC's George Stephanopoulos, President Obama revealed some well placed connections managed to get him his iPad sooner than most.

"Steve Jobs actually gave it to me, a little bit early," the president said.

Obama used his early-access iPad to read newspapers that he previously read in print, along with skimming blog posts and other content on the tablet. He did mention, however, that he never comments on the blogs he reads because he has more important things to take care of.

Wouldn't it be cool if he hit TiPb while perusing the blogosphere?

President Barak Obama, Steve Jobs, and America's technorati [Photo]

By Georgia, Friday, Feb 18, 2011 a 1:07 pm

Apple CEO Steve Jobs met with US President Barak Obama alongside other tech leaders such as Google's Eric Schmidt and Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg last night, as scheduled. White House Press Secretary Jay Carney said:

“The president specifically discussed his proposals to invest in research and development and expand incentives for companies to grow and hire.”

Any guesses what the cheers was for?

Steve Jobs to meet with US President Obama

By Rene Ritchie, Thursday, Feb 17, 2011 a 9:39 am

Apple CEO Steve Jobs is set to once again meet with US President Barak Obama this evening, along with Google's Eric Schmidt and Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg.

“The president and the business leaders will discuss our shared goal of promoting American innovation, and discuss his commitment to new investments in research and development, education and clean energy,” a White House official said.

President Obama previously called Jobs an example of American wealth.

Anything you'd like to see taken from Apple and used to enhance technology in the country? Pay your taxes via iTunes? Genius Bars at all DMV locations? Johnny Ive to re-design all the money in the

President Obama calls Steve Jobs' success an example of American wealth

By Brian Tufo, Thursday, Dec 23, 2010 a 9:08 am

During a speech yesterday, President Obama cited Apple's very own Steve Jobs' success as an example of someone who Americans should expect to be rich. He used Jobs as an example to show others the possibilities of business in our modern times. President Obama answered a reporters question prior to making his comments about Jobs.

What is...a fact is that people in the top 1 percent, people in the top one-tenth of 1 percent, or one-hundredth of 1 percent have a larger share of income and wealth than any time since the 1920s. Those are just facts. That's not a feeling on the part of Democrats. Those are facts.

President Obama signs iPad

By Rene Ritchie, Friday, Oct 22, 2010 a 9:07 am

Sylvester Caan dropped us a note to tell us (and show us!) his iPad being signed by US President Barak Obama. Take it away, Sylvester:

At a rally in Seattle, WA at the University of Washington, the President used the touchscreen on my iPad to give me his autograph.

He looked slightly surprised, but proceeded to use his finger to scribble on the iPad using the Adobe Ideas app.

How well was he able to sign? Check out the results after the break. And if you and your iPhone or iPad have had any brushes with power or celebrity, let us know in the comments!

President Obama meeting with Steve Jobs

By Staff, Thursday, Oct 21, 2010 a 10:49 pm

It looks like US President Barack Obama will be meeting with Apple co-founder and CEO Steve Jobs today. Business Insider reports:

"President Obama is flying to the Bay Area from Seattle this afternoon. He's speaking at Google exec Marissa Mayer's house in Palo Alto this evening. Before that, says a source familiar with the details, he will have a one-on-one meeting with Steve Jobs."

First Lady of the United States tweets first on iPhone

By Rene Ritchie, Monday, May 3, 2010 a 9:55 pm

During the White House Correspondents Association Dinner, First Lady of the United States Michelle Obama sent out her first tweet, via CNN's Ed Henry. After light-hearted negotiations and getting clearance from the top -- the very tip top -- Henry typed the tweet out on his iPhone on Mrs. Obama's behalf: