Research in motion the Canadian mobile phone maker have announced recently the launch of their second touchscreen device the BlackBerry Storm2 according to an article over at news.softpedia.com and is now available on the Hong Kong market.

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This has got to be the best deal around for any BlackBerry Bold 9700! Future Shop has dramatically dropped the price of Virgin Mobile’s newest HSPA devices to a beautiful price of $0.00 on a 3-year contract. To get the deal you’ll have to venture into your local Future Shop… but it’s certainly worth the trip. Virgin themselves have this available online and at their retail locations for $149.99.

A member of the Crackberry forums posted a picture of the BlackBerry advertisement in India that says users can stay connected with Twitter, meaning that the RIM already has a native Twitter client now.

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…they have a Twitter client coming, it’s not fully completed yet but they are using the Twitter name as leverage in the mean time cause they know no matter what, users can still access Twitter [through the BlackBerry's browser].

Hopefully we will see the BlackBerry Tour 9650, BlackBerry Pearl 9100, and the BlackBerry Twitter client all around the same time and let’s hope it’s very soon!

SIRIUS XM Radio today announced the availability of a free application for BlackBerry smartphones, giving consumers access to over 120 channels of sports, talk, entertainment, news, comedy and commercial-free music on compatible models of the popular BlackBerry devices — the BlackBerry Storm, Bold, Tour and Curve.

The free SIRIUS XM App for BlackBerry gives mobile consumers the freedom to listen to SIRIUS XM’s Premium Online content on the go on their BlackBerry smartphones over cellular and WiFi networks.

SIRIUS and XM Premium Online subscribers can listen to commercial-free music featuring exclusive programming from SIRIUS XM’s satellite radio service, such as Bob Dylan’s Theme Time Radio Hour and Tom Petty’s Buried Treasure. Also available to Premium Online subscribers are exclusive showcase channels that feature multiple plays of exclusive programming from SIRIUS XM’s satellite radio service, including such acclaimed shows as Rosie Radio, The Jamie Foxx Show, specials from Blue Collar Comedy and Raw Dog Comedy, selections from the Artist Confidential series, and selections from exclusive live SIRIUS XM music performances, including pop, rock, hip-hop, country, jazz, and more, available for the first time on compatible BlackBerry models.

SIRIUS XM App for BlackBerry is available as a free download by visiting www.siriusxm.com/blackberry on your computer or BlackBerry browser. After downloading the free App, users of compatible BlackBerry devices can register for a 7-day free trial to SIRIUS XM Premium Online on their smartphone.

At launch, the free App will be available on the following BlackBerry models:

* Storm 9530
* Storm2 9550
* Bold 9000
* Bold 9700
* Tour 9630
* Curve 8900
* Curve 8520
* Curve 8530

It was only on January 19th (10 days ago) that TELUS released the BlackBerry Curve 8530 and already we’re seeing it drop by 50% on the 3-year contract price. You can get the very economical Berry for $24.99!

With that price it makes the device that much more pleasing. Quick specs on the 8530 are that it has the new trackpad and a full QWERTY keyboard, OS 5.0, HTML browser with WiFi, a 3.2-inch display (resolution of 320 × 240), 256 MB of Internal Memory, can hold up to 16GB with a microSD card, dedicated media keys, BlackBerry Maps, Built-in GPS, Speakerphone, IM, Bluetooth, 2.0 megapixel camera with 5X digital zoom and video capabilities.

It’s been some time since we saw a leak for the BlackBerry Curve 8530. The last one, which was it’s first leaked OS, was .386! This build is a pretty big step, but with most of the OS’ we leak they should run with minimal bugs. If you’re an 8530 user we hope you enjoy OS 5.0.0.463!

Download This OS For Blackberry 8530 via Megaupload

Already available in North America (via AT&T, T-Mobile, Rogers, Bell and Telus), as well as in Australia (via Telstra), the BlackBerry Bold 9700 has just been launched in India, too.

The second-generation Bold should be available across India as of now, via most Indian mobile carriers: Airtel, Reliance, Vodafone, Tata, Idea Cellular, BSNL, Aircel, MTNL and Loop Mobile.

In case you don’t know yet, the BlackBerry Bold 9700 smartphone features a full QWERTY keyboard “with finely sculpted keys and chrome frets”, optical trackpad, a 480 x 360 pixels light-sensing display, BlackBerry OS 5.0, HSDPA, Wi-Fi, GPS, Media player, 3.5mm headset jack, 3.2MP camera with LED flash, 624MHz processor, 256MB of flash memory, and MicroSD card support.

Research in Motion didn’t announce the price of BlackBerry Bold 9700 for India, but I’m sure customers won’t have any problems asking for it in retail stores.

If you’re wanting the BlackBerry Curve 8530, then you might want to go to Alltel. Of course, you need to be one of the customers in Alltel’s remaining 91 cell market areas.

The BlackBerry Curve 8530 has Wi-Fi, 3G, Bluetooth, and GPS capabilties. It also comes with a 2-megapixel camera, 256MB Flash memory, and expandable up to 32GB via micro SD/SDHC slot. You should be able to get the Alltel version of the BlackBerry Curve 8530 for just $49.99 after mail-in rebate.

Some wallpapers for Blackberry (480×320)

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BlackBerry owners who frequently use the Messages and Contacts apps preinstalled on their smartphones should be happy to find out that there’s a new version of Google Mobile App for BlackBerry – which helps you search (by type or voice) through your emails and contacts and quickly find the desired results.

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