Good news for Verizon customers that own a BlackBerry Curve 8530, because according to rumors the operative system will receive an update in the following weeks, which will mark it as version 5.0.0.508.

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In the past weeks there have been more rumors about RIM – Research In Motion – and their need to build a BlackBerry smartphone in Brazil, and yesterday that rumor was confirmed.

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If you’re into cloned handsets, you’ll love the Fei Yang F052, a BlackBerry Curve 8250 twin made in China. This device uses basically the same big display, full keyboard and rubber trim in its design. The specs of the Shanzhai device are also similar to the ones on the Curve…

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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!

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!

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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.

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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