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Finally an official Skype application will soon come to the iPhone and BlackBerry handsets. The iPhone will get it this Tuesday, while BlackBerry owners will have to wait until May.
The official build will not require additional audio transcoding, will use only Wi-Fi instead of EDGE or 3G, and will support calls to SkypeOut contacts in addition to many other features available on the desktop client.

According to BusinessWeek, RIM's BlackBerry App World is set to launch on April 1 at CTIA. Furthermore, apparently the company is also planning on increasing profit margins for developers, which is a move in the right direction. However, we are yet to see how the new service will be accepted by BlackBerry users.

A fresh unofficial OS update has leaked today, this time for BlackBerry Curve 8900 users. As always we have no idea what the latest OS 4.6.1.199 software includes, but you're free to try it. Just keep in mind it's unofficial.

Download OS 4.6.1.199 for BlackBerry Curve 8900 users

Here's a short walkthrough of the BlackBerry 9630 Niagara's OS. There's no spec sheet for it, but it's rumored to be available in May from Verizon.

If the latest rumors are to be believed, Verizon Wireless will be releasing the new BlackBerry 9630 Niagara in May. It's not official, of course, but who knows, sometimes rumors hit the apple. Stay tuned.

Just to inform you: this is the leaked picture of the supposed BlackBerry 9900 Pluto. We don't know whether it's fake or not, so we'll just have to wait for the official confirmation. Stay tuned.

The upcoming BlackBerry 9630 Niagara that we've mentioned yesterday has somehow managed to hit eBay. It's $1995 price tag isn't quite "budget", but how much could you expect to pay for an unreleased handset that should only appear in Q3 this year.

That's one hell of a crappy picture we have here, but it's the only one available at the moment (and definitely not photoshopped). Apparently this is the BlackBerry Gemini 8325, a combination of 8300 and 8900 models, or in other words just an “updated BlackBerry Curve”

Features include:

• OS 5.0;
• 320x240 resolution screen;
• QWERTY keyboard (?);
• Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE;
• Wi-Fi 802.

The Facebook 1.5 installer for OS 4.6 devices leaked online today via the CrackBerry Forums. It uses a desktop-based install manager to copy the files to your handset, and is compatible only with OS 4.6. Give it a try if you can.

Download the Facebook 1.5 for OS 4.6 here.

Here is the recently leaked shot of the unannounced BlackBerry Niagra 9630, and also a video, according to which we may assume that handset runs the early beta of OS 4.7.1.10, as it was unable to boot up properly. Check it out, and let us know what you think.

There's no other info about the 9630 yet. Stay tuned.