News and Rumors

Coming off the heel of RIM's BlackBerry 7 Curve announcement, Vodafone UK has posted a video review of the BlackBerry Curve 9360.

Some of the key information coming from Vodafone UK:

BlackBerry Travel was quietly updated last week to v1.1.45.99. No changelog for this update, but we do know that it now supports Austria, Brazil, Germany and Italy. BlackBerry Travel makes it easy to plan, book, manage and share your travel activities.

Research In Motion has added three new BlackBerry smartphones to it roster today. They've officially announced the BlackBerry Curve 9350, BlackBerry Curve 9360 and BlackBerry Curve 9370. We've been told that these devices are coming in a CDMA (9350), GSM (9360), CDMA/GSM (9370) flavors.

For those of you who have jumped on the 9810 Torch 2 bandwagon, we have a great new leaked OS for you. Thanks to the guys at N4BB, OS 7.0.0.336 is here for you to download and install on your new device. Be sure to take all back-up precautions and let us know what you think about this new OS.

• Download Leaked OS 7.0.0.336 for the BlackBerry Torch 98!0

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Sprint packed a double punch today & decided to release BOTH the BlackBerry Bold 9930 & the BlacKBerry Torch 9850.

These devices come to you on the NOW Network for $249.99 & $149.99 respectively on a 2-year agreement.

It's great to see all the major carriers (minus T-Mobile) in North America with at least one BlackBerry 7 device in their lineup now.

Which device will you buy?

The time is upon us.

AT&T has released the BlackBerry Torch 9810 today for $49.99 on a 2-year commitment. At $449.99 on no commitment, this is a great upgrade to your old BlackBerry device. It comes in 2 colors, Zinc Grey & Pure White.

This refresh of the BlackBerry Torch 9800 brings a 1.2Ghz processor, 3.2" VGA (480 x 640) screen, 5MP camera, BlackBerry 7 and much more.

Will you be upgrading your Torch 9800 for a Torch 9810?

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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RIM just released to developers v2.1.1 of the BlackBerry WebWorks SDK for BlackBerry Smartphones which updates the version made available in June. New capabilities available to WebWorks developers for BlackBerry Smartphones are:

• NTLM & BASIC Authentication support (NTLM support requires a BlackBerry Enterprise Server)
• Camera API (take a picture or a video)
• Top Banner Indicator API
• Enhanced Push APIs
• Improved rendering speeds for applications not using loading/transition screens

If you are a developer, let us know how the new update will be able to help you.

• Get more details on the BlackBerry WebWorks SDK for Smartphones v2.1.1 Update
• Discuss the update with us in the BBOS forum