THIS MAY SOUND DUMB BUT FOR THE DIFFERENT RINGER OPTIONS AND ALERTS WITH IN HOLSTER AND OUT OF HOLSTER IS THERE SOME TYPE OF SENSOR TO TELL WHEN ITS IN AND OUT OR DO YOU HAVE TO GO BACK TO THE SETTINGS AND SWITCH IT TO OUT OF HOLSTER IM CONFUSED.
Personally, I prefer a holster... mainly because it will save the battery. I think there are even some pouches that have a battery in them to put your BB to sleep.
Also, check out the Blackberry 101 lesson's under the Newbie dropdown list at the top of each page here next to "My Account"... I even added a link in my signature below.
I see so there's a magnet. That is a good reason to use a holster but I do like this sort of hard case I got and just hold mute button to put it in standby
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