There are perks to being President

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Obama Cuts In Line And Gets An IPad 2
President Barack Obama[1], Apple[2], Steve Jobs[3], iPad 2[4]

Few would debate that President Barack Obama[5] is the most tech savvy president in American history.

Mr. Obama has a custom-rigged Blackberry[6] and he has admitted to owning an iPod[7].

Now the former law school professor law school lecturer[8] is trying to prove his technical worth by telling reporters that not only does he own a computer -- a MacBook Pro reportedly[9] -- but the leader of the free world also uses an iPad 2[10].

AllNewsMac for what it's worth is questioning how the president got his iPad[11]. With Apple[12] running shortages across the globe, it is safe to assume Mr. Obama was not waiting in line outside of an Apple store in Georgetown.

A CNN photographer also reportedly saw the president playing around with an iPad[13]in the Oval Office shortly after Mr. Obama dined with Apple CEO Steve Jobs[14] in the Bay Area in February. The dinner took place before the iPad 2 was unveiled.

Is it possible that Jobs gave the president a campaign donation of an iPad 2 as a parting gift for choosing him as a dinner guest?

Possibly. The two have a history. In February, Jobs took a break from his medical leave from Apple to meet with Obama[15]. This while tabloids had pegged Jobs with just weeks to live[16].

On Mr. Obama's Bay Area visit last year, Jobs met with the president[17] at a San Francisco hotel to advise him on the economy. There were no parting gifts that we know of from that meeting.

The president has not always been a fan of Apple's toys. In a speech at Hampton University last May, Mr. Obama not only said he doesn't know how to "work" an iPad but that they are a distraction.
BY Sajid Farooq[18] // Tuesday, Mar 29, 2011 at 05:54 PDT | Print [19]

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^ Steve Jobs (www.nbcbayarea.com)
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^ a custom-rigged Blackberry (www.guardian.co.uk)
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^ law school lecturer (www.factcheck.org)
^ a MacBook Pro reportedly (www.computerweekly.com)
^ Apple iPad 2 (www.nbcbayarea.com)
^ is questioning how the president got his iPad (www.allnewsmac.com)
^ Apple Inc. (www.nbcbayarea.com)
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^ Steve Jobs (www.nbcbayarea.com)
^ to meet with Obama (www.nbcbayarea.com)
^ Jobs with just weeks to live (www.nbcbayarea.com)
^ Jobs met with the president (www.nbcbayarea.com)
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