With Saudi Arabia and the UAE in a tizz about the evil that might result from unrestricted use of BlackBerry phones, the satirical website, NewsBiscuit, has come up with an idea: BlackBerry burqas. "With the veil in place only a tiny slit remains revealing just the time and date, thus preserving its modesty."

‘The BlackBerry burqa means that people can still use their phones,’ said a Saudi government official, ‘but the tiny niqab that covers the screen will stop them from reading emails or accessing the internet.’