Obama Got an iPad from Steve Jobs, and It Was So Rad 20.08K Ryan Tate 10/04/11 08:56PM Filed to: Apple Apple Barack Obama Steve Jobs ipad Valleywag Tweetv Tweetg Fb Asked about his iPad, Barack Obama made sure ABC News' George Stephanopoulous knew "Steve Jobs actually gave to to me a little bit early. Yeah, it was cool. I got it directly from him." Then he blushed, swear to God.