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When I press the letter ‘B’, I want a B to come up. I have really big hands and long fingers. Newton: One thing that’s very important for me is the keyboard. Lai: So what do you like about your PRIV? I won’t mention its name, but inside of two weeks, I knew it wasn’t the one for me. I have gone away from BlackBerry for another phone before. One of the IT guys here at the Timberwolves, after he saw my PRIV, he went and got one, too. I was always introducing new gadgets to him. think I’ve had every model – the Pearl, Curve, Bold, Z10, and then the Passport, before I switched to the PRIV.įlip Saunders (the late President and coach of the Timberwolves, who hired Newton) was a BlackBerry user, too. Every time BlackBerry came out with a new model, I tried to get that.

Everyone at the NBA League office had BlackBerries it was THE phone of choice. Newton: I started using BlackBerry back in 2000. Lai: What’s your history with BlackBerry?
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Check out these other PRIV users, including this German IT executive, Irish entrepreneur/tech blogger, this consulting firm CEO, this entrepreneurial lawyer, this international sales executive and this TV chef. (Newton is one of many professionals who have made the switch to PRIV. His device of choice today is the PRIV, which he calls “sleek and stylish” and allows him to be “very accurate” when he’s typing his many messages to colleagues while on the go.

Virgin Islands, Newton has been using BlackBerry devices for more than a decade and a half.

Most recently, Newton was the General Manager of the Minnesota Timberwolves.Ī native of the U.S. He’s helped run the USA Men’s Basketball team, scouted for the Philadelphia 76ers, started and run an NBA offshoot called the NBA Developmental League, and served as Vice-President of Player Personnel for the Washington Wizards.
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A 6’5” starting forward on an NCAA championship-winning University of Kansas team, Newton played a few professional seasons before entering the management side. Most sports stars are like shooting stars, unable to transition to other roles with the game once their playing days are over.
