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ark_ader:
--- Quote from: CheffoJeffo on March 25, 2009, 11:24:28 am ---OK, I'll agree with shmokes -- the design is stupid. I don't see where anybody said anything different.
BUT what is far more stupid is continuing to do the same thing again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again (did I get the count right ?) knowing in advance that it will happen, but figuring that since the design is stupid that somehow that makes it all OK.
EDIT: Which makes the point that I was getting at with respect to the G08 -- it is a flawed design that is prone to overheating and possibly igniting. If I put one in a cabinet, without adding a suitable cooling mechanism, knowing full well that it could catch fire, then I would have to be an idiot to lay the blame for such a fire solely at the feet of Wells Gardner. It's inconvenient for me to have to add a fan. I shouldn't have to add a fan. I don't want to add a fan. But, if I quit whining, accept some responsibility and behave intelligently, then I can manage to get by without burning the damned house down.
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What Cheffo said above is quite correct. Now I want you, Shmokes, to contact your local law enforcement and apologize to them, buy some tickets to the policeman's ball, and be a good citizen. :cheers:
I'm betting Shmoke's next thread will be about a Poltergeist in his house calling 911 from his Emerson clock radio phone..... :laugh2:
Kevin Mullins:
--- Quote from: shmokes on March 25, 2009, 11:12:06 am ---If I carry my Blackberry Pearl in my pocket without a sleeve it will periodically call 911 even though the keys are locked.
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Not to say their particular design by using the trackball as a shortcut couldn't be better and be made to less likely randomly call 911 ........ personally I don't see why they didn't just link it to the keys (i.e 9-1-1) Just as many steps in order to dial it.
And the "accidental phone calls" statement could be misconstruded all to hell I'm sure......but what it boils down to is that 911 has to remain accessible at ALL times.
In the case of the Blackberry pearl - if the keypad is locked....what's left?
Um, the trackball. (the same thing you would have to use to unlock the keypad)
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Federal Communications Commission (FCC) regulations stipulate that all cellular phones must receive access to the service provider's network, regardless of whether or not the phone is active or has a Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) or Universal Subscriber Identity Module (USIM) card.
The key requirement is that the phone shall interpret phone calls made to 112 or 911 as emergency calls and employ the emergency call teleservice for phone call setup in all cases, including but not necessarily limited to the following cases:
* When a SIM/USIM is not present
* When a SIM/USIM is present but neither 112 nor 911 are contained in the emergency numbers list stored on the SIM/USIM
* When a SIM/USIM is present and 112 and/or 911 are contained in the emergency numbers list stored on the SIM/USIM
* When a SIM/USIM is present with CHV1, a digital signing security protocol, enabled and CHV1 is yet to be verified during the current session
* When a SIM/USIM is present with CHV1 blocked
* When a SIM/USIM is present and the Fixed Dialing Numbers (FDN) service is enabled, irrespective of whether 112 and/or 911 are included in the Fixed Dialing Number list
* When the keypad is “locked” to prevent accidental phone calls
* When in a normal service state or limited service state
All phone calls to an emergency number shall initiate an emergency setup message.
Thus, we must allow the ability to dial emergency numbers from a locked BlackBerry smartphone. While this does not mean that we must allow emergency dialing from a locked screen by actually typing an emergency number (911, 999, 000, 119, 112, etc...), this ability is implemented in BlackBerry smartphones as per individual service provider requirements.
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Zakk:
He must be getting along quite well at lawyers school. "Why should I have to stop dropping hot coffee into my lap, it shouldn't be so hot!" Why should I have to stop driving into trees, the airbag doesn't have to come out so hard!" "Why should I have to learn to breathe underwater, water should just have air in it!" "Why should I have to avoid wearing nothing but pink thongs to work, you should just look away!"
shmokes:
--- Quote from: Kevin Mullins on March 25, 2009, 12:01:41 pm ---
In the case of the Blackberry pearl - if the keypad is locked....what's left?
Um, the trackball. (the same thing you would have to use to unlock the keypad)
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The keypad cannot be unlocked with the trackball. The only way to unlock the keypad is with a specific series of keypresses.
leapinlew:
It's a smart phone. Maybe it's calling 911 because your not smart enough to own it.
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