PCWorld reports that our new President intends to hold onto his BlackBerry:

President-elect Barack Obama told CNN today he had a plan to "hang onto" his beloved BlackBerry, but did not explain how he would overcome legal and security concerns

I find this fascinating - Bush gave up email in 2001, due to concerns about private communications being caught up in the public records laws. It'll be interesting to see how modern communications technology interfaces with all of that.

On a side note - can you imagine how ecstatic the folks at RIM must be over this? You can't buy better publicity...