I love my blackberry.  And, it seems I’m in good company - just look at all the hotties who use it!  My current model is Cingular’s 8700c, and it’s been my favorite gadget so far in a long string of gadgets that have graced my hip over the last 10+ years.

One of the features it has is the ability to dial a phone number from the Home Page.  I can see why some people might like this, as it might be frustrating to have to get to “phone mode” in order to start dialing, but with as much as my blackberry is in and out of it’s holster, keys inevitably get hit on it’s way in or out.  Of particular interest to the holster is the number zero, as it seems the holster likes pushing it more than any other key.

This gets very annoying with the “dial from home” feature on, because I’ll be taking my little friend out of his holster only to find out I’ve started dialing the operator.  Or I’ll put the blackberry into it’s hip home and it’s dialing out to one of my last dialed numbers.  It’s sooooo frustrating.

So, my recommendation to fellow bb’ers with this model is to turn the feature off.  You can do so by going to phone mode (ie, press the green call button from home screen), then click in, select Options, then General Options, then change “Dial From Home Screen” to “No”.