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		<title>Confirmed: OS X 10.5 (Leopard) iSyncs with Nokia e70</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Nov 2007 20:54:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Mobile Phones]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[OS X 10.5]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am still testing out OS X 10.5, and in the process need to ensure that once I convert my laptop I will still be able to sync my Nokia E70 with it.Out of the box, OS X 10.5 does not sync, but a simple install of the official Nokia iSync plugins adds the functionality [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I am still testing out OS X 10.5, and in the process need to ensure that once I convert my laptop I will still be able to sync my Nokia E70 with it.Out of the box, OS X 10.5 does not sync, but a simple install of the official Nokia iSync plugins adds the functionality back.  So far the calendars, contacts and todos sync without any big problems.
</p>
<p>One todo from the phone, that was set to not have a due date, was imported with a 2015 date, but that is not a real issue.</p>
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<li>Download the <a href="http://europe.nokia.com/A4299040">iSync plugin from Nokia.</a></li>
<li>Install it</li>
<li>Relaunch iSync</li>
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<p><a href="http://europe.nokia.com/A4299040"></a><img src="http://graymerica.com/wpblog/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/picture-1.png" alt="picture-1.png" />
<p>This should work with any of the phones listed on that page.   </p>
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		<title>Worst Cell Phone Feature Ever: Key Locked Blackberry 8820 calls 911</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Oct 2007 13:31:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Wednesday night, I traveled to Chapel Hill to get a head start on the drive to CED&#8217;s annual Tech Conference. The conference was great, but that is another story. While sitting in a friend&#8217;s yard, we were interrupted by the Carrboro police looking for someone who had called 911. My friend Blake Watters, knew [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>On Wednesday night, I traveled to Chapel Hill to get a head start on the drive to <a href="http://www.cednc.org/conferences/tech/2007/">CED&#8217;s annual Tech Conference</a>.   The conference was great, but that is another story.  While sitting in a friend&#8217;s yard, we were interrupted by the Carrboro police looking for someone who had called 911.</p>
<p>My friend <a href="http://thatswhatimtalkingabout.org">Blake Watters</a>, knew immediately it was him. His Blackberry 8820 has a great feature, it allows your to accidentally call 911 while the phone is locked.   When in key lock mode, you get three options:<img src="http://graymerica.com/wpblog/wp-content/uploads/2007/10/blackberry_8820_911.jpg" title="Blackberry 8820 911" alt="Blackberry 8820 911" align="right" border="1" height="199" hspace="8" vspace="8" width="167" /></p>
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<li>Unlock Phone</li>
<li>Emergency Call</li>
<li>Cancel</li>
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<p>I guess some brain trust at RIM decided that instead of accidentally calling your brother or mother-in-law and leaving a garbled message on their voicemail, your phone should be able to accidentally call the police by sitting on your phone.</p>
<p>The best part is that since the 911 dispatcher has access to the triangulation information from the cell towers, they are able to find your withing a couple of hundred feet.  The officers were understanding  but I could imagine a time when they would not be so interested to learn about the technical reason you made a call to 911.</p>
<p><span id="more-18"></span>The crazy thing is, that if you hit a button, before moving the roller ball, it enters a traditional &#8220;unlock only&#8221; mode,  but if you move the trackball first, you get the emergency call option. Basically, they have combined an inconsistent GUI with the ability to make unintentional emergency call.</p>
<p>Intent on to figuring out how this could be disabled, I looked through the demo 8820 AT&amp;T sent me then I called AT&amp;T tech support and they transfered me to Blackberry support, who pointed me to <a href="http://www.blackberry.com/btsc/search.do?cmd=displayKC&amp;docType=kc&amp;externalId=KB12406&amp;sliceId=SAL_Public&amp;dialogID=31087131&amp;stateId=0%200%2031089033" target="_blank">Knowledge Base Article KB12406.</a></p>
<blockquote><p><em>The Emergency Call number is designated by law, and by design the BlackBerry device incorporates this into its functionality. This number cannot be removed or modified. </em></p></blockquote>
<p>Short and sweet,  no way to disable the feature.  Nice job RIM, they recommend you keep it in the included holster that they provide.</p>
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