Barack Obama to announce vice presidential running-mate via text messaging

Sure, we don’t typically cover politics on Gadgetell. But when a candidate clearly comes into our territory, it’s fair-game. Senator Barack Obama’s campaign has announced plans to announce his vice presidential running-mate before the Democratic National Convention. So that means they’ll go on the news and announce it there, right? Wrong. The campaign is currently collecting cell phone numbers via their website, and will send out a massive text message to subscribers announcing their selection.