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For those who thought it was too expensive Telus has dropped the price for its BlackBerry Storm to $199.99, including a 3-year contract with a voice, e-mail and data plan of $40 or more).

Do you think it's a good deal?

App World - what a great new name of the Blackberry application store. According to the official site, the announcement will take place at 10PM EST. That's just to inform you.

Hurray, here's yet another one... We won't go into details, as you know what this is. If you happen to own a Blackberry Bold, you can try the update, but as usual be cautious.

Download the OS 4.6.0.245 here.

It looks like the first carrier to offer the new CDMA-based BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8230 will be Canadian Bell. Until March 12th, you can pick it up for just $29.95 on a 3-year contract.

FCC site revealed a CDMA BlackBerry Pearl Flip, which we thought didn't exist. It supports CDMA and EV-DO on the 850 and 1900 MHz bands, and will probably be available via Verizon and Telus when it's approved.

 

Those unofficial BlackBerry firmware updates are starting to really get on my nerves. Ok... in case you didn't know, there's a new unofficial OS 4.6.0.241 firmware update available, this time for the BlackBerry Bold. So, if you happen to own one, you may try it, but as always be careful.

Get the BlackBerry Bold OS 4.6.0.237 here.

I'm really tired of all those unofficial firmware updates for the BlackBerry Storm 9500/9530, but we can not ignore them. So the latest version is OS 4.7.0.109, and as always there's no telling what changes over the previous version it offers.

If you're willing to install the update, do it at your own risk. Download it for the BlackBerry Storm 9530 right here.

Vodafone's BlackBerry Storm 9500 users will be glad to know that the latest firmware build for their phone has leaked in the Web and is now available for download. Keep in mind, however, that it's not official, so no one will bear responsability if you suddenly brick your device.

BlackBerry Storm 9500 from Vodafone and the 9530 from Verizon have received new unofficial firmware updates, particularly 4.7.0.103 for the latter, and 4.7.0.106 for the former.

So far the feedback was mostly positive: better camera, navigation, and browser. All willing can download the file here. Don't forget to backup your data.

Finally, T-Mobile has made its BlackBerry Curve 8900 available to all of its users for $199.99 on a 2-year contract after rebates. Previously, the handset was available only to business customers.

Well, who's getting it?