I had to give up on the holster. Broke three of the stupid things. Kept snapping the clips off them. Went with the blue rubber skin for a while. Didn't like the way it trapped dirt under it, and couldn't get it out of my pocket. So now my bb pearl is naked all the time and I force standby mode when I am not using it to conserve the battery.
To answer the question though, used to go bottom first screen out.
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Screen in with notifications set on vibrate. Don't want to risk scratching the screen.
Same here...though I might add that my clip for my Curve (8310) has a pre-cut slot in it so that even if I put it in the holster screen first, I can still see the LED.