Blackberry: Battery too low for radio use

I am not sure what Blackberry engineers were thinking when they designed the phone.

It's really frustrating, and it is the most stupid thing to do. According to Blackberry, its a feature and not a design bug.

There are 2 options to force the battery on

1) You can dial 911 and disconnect the line, before the operator picks up. Though this works, I wont advice this, as you may offend 911 rules as this is clearly not an emergency

2) Install "ForceRadioOn" application. Its a freeware and available at http://www.blackberryapps.com/PlatformMain.asp?platform=5&sString=ForceRadioOn
or simply google for ForceRadioOn

After installing this application, just launch the application and click the button to turn the Radio On.