Reporters can finally bring gadgets to House chamber Tuesday's State of the Union address will be the first time reporters will be able to bring their electronic devices into the House gallery, according to a post in Roll Call. Photography and video won't be allowed, but if all goes well, electronic reporting will be permitted going forward. There are, of course, a number of concerns: Reporters can't make calls, and phones must be completely silent - even vibrate mode is prohibited. And reporters will be "closely monitored" to ensure there are no egregious (and potentially embarrassing) infractions. The experiment will continue after the State of the Union. The House of Representatives will allow reporters to bring gadgets for the duration of the current session of Congress, and will evaluate whether or not to continue after that. For more on the new rule, and the House's on-again, off-again relationship with electronic gadgets, check out the Roll Call piece. Be sure to catch the State of the Union tonight at 9 p.m. ET, right here at NBC Politics on msnbc.com. More on the intersection of politics and technology: