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As President-elect Barack Obama prepares to take over the reigns at the White House as the first African-American POTUS (that’s President of The United States, for the uninitiated), a Kenyan cellphone manufacturer has released a new mobile phone to cash-in on the Obama-hype. Dubbed the Mi-Obama, the Obama-branded mobile phone from Mi Phone sports a simple design that proudly bears Obama’s name emblazoned above his now-famous slogan “Yes We Can” on the backside of the device.
“The coming of the new President of the USA is an auspicious moment for all Kenyans and the people of Africa. It is our pleasure to be able to launch the Mi-Obama phone as a memento that will always stay within the user’s hearts and minds” says Alpesh Patel, Director of Mi-Fone.
The POTUS-to-be has been lauded as a techie comfortable using high-technology to boost productivity, but we’re going to go out on a limb and presume that Obama won’t be using a Mi-Obama anytime soon. After all, Obama has NSA-approved smartphones to choose from.
The bi-partisan Mi-Obama will be available in Kenya for about $30.
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Will Park
Will hails from The City of Angels - Los Angeles, California. He spends his time playing with his numerous gadgets and looking forward to seeing what future holds for mobile technology. An avid promoter of a fully "digital" life, he promotes the widespread adoption of truly mobile, paper-less living. He dreams of the day when he can go completely digital. No more snail mail, paper receipts, bound books, notepads/spiral notebooks, credit cards, hard currency. He's a digital warrior - fighting for the converged life. He is an idealist and a realist - he has a perfect view of what the world should be but knows that the world is not perfect. Can we ever hope to see Will's dream become reality? We'll see...
