Which phones have the best features?

When I was growing up we had a phone on the kitchen wall, just high enough to talk into. To make a call you turned the crank on the side. There were 10 people on our line. In an emergency you could call all the people on the line by ringing one long ring, and everyone would rush to help. Once, one of our cows fell through the ice and couldn't get out of the frozen creek. When we called emergency they all came with horses and ropes and the cow was soon rescued. I would like to see that done with a Blackberry!