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10/02/2008, 1:30pm, EDT
Thursday, October 2nd
Obama campaign publishes iPhone app
The US presidential campaign for Barack Obama has taken the unusual step of publishing its own iPhone application. The Obama for America app sorts and prioritizes a user's phone contacts, organizing them according to which states the campaign sees as "battlegrounds" for the election; people from Colorado and Michigan, for example, are listed higher than those from Texas or California. The number of calls made through the app is reported back, but the campaign claims not to receive any personal information.
Other features of the app include Get Involved, which uses GPS to locate the nearest campaign office, and Local Events, which similarly displays upcoming pushes. A Media component links to photos and videos, though some YouTube clips are said to be producing errors. Finally, people can choose to access more general information through News and Issues menus, and check a ticker that counts down to the November 4th elections. The app is a free download.
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I hope one of the options
I hope one of the status options is: Won't vote for a Socialist, nor a Fascist, voting Chuck Baldwin.
Because otherwise the app would not help me much.
Very important feature
Interactive features that graphically show how much your taxes will be increasing with each passing year of the Obama Administration.
i-Boma App
Turns the iPhone into a weapon of class destruction. Everyone become a peasant.
So hip...
Wow, he is so hip, he should be President!
Does this app also show his 5, wait, I mean 4, no, 3, yes, 3 requirements for his support of the bailout?
F*ck Obama
See above.
Morons
They think America is really stupid. He is not qualified to be President. There is no Fortune 500 company that would hire him to be CEO, as he has NO experience. Why would he be hired as CEO and Commander in Chief of this country?
Go away Obama.
It has come to this
We are expected to choose between two crappy candidates, thanks to blocking 3rd party debates.
I would've voted for Ron Paul if he was not shunned and forced out of the Republican debates, but sadly the best running candidate is Ralph Nader. Yes, it has come to this, I'm voting NaderGonzales.
Not bad
It's nice to see candidates embracing technology, regardless of who it is.
Great Idea
What a creative idea (and a genuinely useful promotional tool for Obama supporters). They should have offered both a free and a paid version with the same features to make it easier for people to donate money to their campaign.
It's for the children!
Would that be all "57" US states he referred to?
When an opponent declares, "I will not come over to your side," I calmly say, "Your child belongs to us already... What are you? You will pass on. Your descendants, however, now stand in the new camp. In a short time they will know nothing else but this new community."
Adolf Hitler