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And no, the emergency call feature is actually pretty handy

Oct 21, 2007

Rating: 9 out of 10 (Spectacular)
Pros: Emergency Call is a useful, harmless feature
Cons: Emergency Call is NOT a "badly implemented" feature
Opinion:
In response to one of the reviewers, who points out a grayamerica.com URL about how someone's BB called 911, well that's a provider-specific feature. That guy needs to talk to his mobile ISP. I did not have this issue in Singapore at all. And even when the phone was locked, it is VERY unusual to somehow get to the emergency call option unless one is superlatively clumsy, which that blogger seems to be.

The only thing going against a BB is the lack of 3G, but that is easily taken care of with Wi-Fi -- why would you splurge on 3G anyway when you could piggy-back on a free Wi-Fi connection? As for pricing, well, it is not too much more expensive than the options one has in this "Qwerty handheld" category.