According to software developers, the most notable feature of the downloadable application (iTunes link) ”organizes and prioritizes your contacts by key battleground states, making it easy to reach out and make an impact quickly.” The Obama For America iPhone app also includes a “get involved feature” that utilizes the phone’s GPS to find the nearest Obama campaign headquarters and local events. A corresponding “media” section provides the user with links to videos and photos. Similar to other political minded apps, this application also includes Obama’s statements to the media and a guide to his positions on various controversial issues.

Talk about a powerful device. With the addition of this new application to the iTunes App store, iPhone users could technically (we emphasize “technically”) change the world with the press of a button. Go ahead, call your friend in Michigan and tell him why he should vote for the big O….or better yet, unitize the ranking system and send an email out to all of your contacts in battleground states in an iPhone initiated call for action! We have the power…Now it is just our choice on how we are going to use it.

Disclaimer: Macblogz would like to officially clarify that we do not publicly endorse either candidate….That said: Vote Obama!

[Cnet via CultofMac]

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Just like Steve Jobs, Barack is a devoted fan of ol’ Bob Dylan, claiming Dylan has received the most airplay in the most recent months.  With his favorite song being the famed Maggie’s Farm, Obama said “It speaks to me as I listen to some of the political rhetoric.”  In the song, Dylan speaks of the quest to find himself, “but everybody wants you to be just like them.”

We already knew Barack Obama loves his iPhone, but with Obama’s musical taste as broad as his political appeal, how does he stand up to the Mac loving demographic?  Obama’s campaign has confirmed they use Sproutit Mailroom (a Mac application) to manage Obama’s presidential campaign, and his wife was recently seen purchasing 2 Macbooks for video chats between Barack and the children while he is away.  Could it be?  Could Barack Obama be a closet Mac fan, waiting to convert the entire White House (and the world for that matter) to Mac only platforms?  Only time will tell.  But if one could be judged by what music and content can be found on their iPod, what would Barack’s say about him?  And for that matter, what would yours say about you?

via Rolling Stone

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