It seems like every company is involved in some sort of patent infringement legal battle these days, and RIM is certainly no exception. Patents protect a company's intellectual property from other company's that may want to use them. OpenWave Systems, a mobile solution provider announced yesterday that it has sued RIM, in particular baring the import of the BlackBerry PlayBook, and the BlackBerry Curve 9330.
In Short the law suite states RIM along with Apple have infringed on five of its mobile Internet patents. These patents include the following:

• Patent that generally allows a user to use e-mail applications on a mobile device when the network is unavailable – such as when a user is on an airplane.
• Patent that generally allows the mobile device to operate seamlessly, and securely, with a server over a wireless network.
• Patent that generally allows access to updated versions of applications on mobile devices.
• Patent that generally allows consumers to experience an improved user experience in navigating through various pages of information without delay.
• Patent that enables data in the cloud to be accessed or shared by different devices such as mobile handsets or computers.

"We believe that these large companies should pay Openwave to use the technologies that we invented and that have become foundational to the mobile Internet – particularly in light of the substantial revenue these companies have earned from devices that we believe use Openwave's patented technology," Says Ken Denman chief executive of Openwave.

The company stated that they tried to reach out to RIM several times , but their attempts were dismissed.

According to reports RIM's new phones scheduled to be launched in 2012, will have the ability to run android apps. These sources that have asked to remain anonymous, have stated that RIM's new QNX based phones slated for next year, will be Android compatible. This is good news as we patiently await the arrival of the super phone.

If you're curious to how soon Rogers will be releasing the recently announced BlackBerry Curve 9360, you'll be happy to know that they've stated it will be available in time for "Back To School" season.

In other words, it could be released any day now!

The Wall Street Journal's child website, All Things D, reports that the new BlackBerry Music service will cost $5 a month for 50 songs. These songs can then be shared with friends via BBM. More details include:

• A full-fledged rollout is planned for the first three territories later this fall.
• RIM is negotiating global licenses with the music companies, and expects to launch in other territories in 2012; the big idea is to piggyback on the success of RIM’s BlackBerry Messenger service, which has more than 45 million users worldwide.
• Subscribers won’t be able to export their music to PCs or other hardware, with the exception of RIM’s much-maligned PlayBook tablet.
• Subscribers will be able to share songs with friends who are also BBM Music subscribers.

The article also suggest a September beta launch...

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A BlackBerry Bold 9900 was spotted on display at a Carphone Warehouse in the UK yesterday. This comes a few days before most carriers in UK & USA have planned to released the device. It is unclear at this time if it's already for sale at this store or if the display was prematurely put up.

Are you excited for BlackBerry's UK release of OS 7 devices?

If you've noticed recently that Koodo was selling the BlackBerry Curve 3G for a no-contract price of $150, you probably wondered if this was foresight to new things to come. Well, according to the above screenshot, Koodo will soon be carrying the BlackBerry Curve 9360 with a $300 price tag. No much is known on this unreleased/unannounced device, but I'm sure more details will become available closer to when this device launches.

We were a bit surprised to learn today that RIM is suspending their BlackBerry Certification Program indefinitely.

If this certification program sounds foreign to you, it's a program that trains professionals on the BlackBerry solution for real-world scenarios.

Rogers keeps being the forerunner in launching BlackBerry devices in Canada. With less than a week until they release the BlackBerry 9900, we've now been informed that devices are showing up in Rogers Hardware Upgrade Program (HUP) system.

Which device do you plan to purchase from Rogers?