Obama wants to hang on to his BlackBerry

US president-elect Barack Obama is trying to work out how he can hang on to his beloved BlackBerry once he moves into to the Oval Office next year. The Sydney Morning Herald reports.

In an interview with Barbara Walters, Obama also said he was trying to keep his BlackBerry or find another way to "break through the isolation and the bubble that exists around the president".

... He said he was working with the Secret Service, lawyers and White House staff to find a solution.

"I'm negotiating to figure out how can I get information from outside of the 10 or 12 people who surround my office in the White House," he said.

"Because one of the worst things I think that could happen to a president is losing touch with what people are going through day to day."

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