Brightness setting on BOLD

Hello all,

i just got my first BlackBerry (9000) a couple of days ago.
Currently i'm still playing around with the settings. What i noticed
is that sometimes if i pull the BlackBerry out of the holster
the BlackBerry screen will be set at 100% brightness. That's weird
because i set the brightness level to 10% due battery life saving.

I don't know if this is normal with the BlackBerry but i'm just wondering.

Can someone clarify this?

Another thing is that i cannot send any contacts via bluetooth from
my old phone (SonyEricsson K610) to the blackberry, any tips?

Thanks,

JD