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The BlackBerry Curve 8530 is now available from TELUS in red and silver. Pricing includes:

• $49.99 on a 3-year contract;
• $249.99 on a 2-year contract;
• $299.99 on a 1-year contract;
• $349.99 w/o contract

Some of its features:

• QWERTY keyboard;
• 3G (CDMA EVDO Rev 0);
• OS 5.0

According to BGR, Verizon will officially release an OS 5.0 upgrade for the BlackBerry Tour 9630 in “late February / early March.”

FCC has approved the BlackBerry Curve 8910, a live photo of which we've posted yesterday. The phone already has Bluetooth SIG certification.

BerryReview have posted a live shot of the alleged BlackBerry Curve 8910, recently certified by the Buetooth SIG.  There's no info about it atm, besides the availability of an optical trackpad, Bluetooth support, and OD 5.0 under the hood.

This image found on Sprint’s system clearly shows that the BlackBerry Tour 2 9650, which is scheduled to be released on Verizon soon,  will be coming to Sprint as well. There's apparently no difference between the models, and hopefully there won't be any trackball issues, when they're released.

According to CNET, BlackBerry users waiting to a proper Skype client to be released for their handset are out of luck: the waiting game continues as Skype continue their hard work trying to create the best possible Skype experience on RIM devices. Don't worry, it will come out eventually...

It looks like the upcoming BlackBerry Pearl 9100 could be the first RIM device to feature Wi-Fi 802.11n support. This should come as great news for those who prefer Wi-Fi over 3G.

Pricing:

• BlackBerry 8330 for $249 and will pair it with an unlimited talk, text and web plan for $70/month
• Sanyo Incognito for $149 with unlimited talk, text and web for $50/month
• Sanyo Mirro for $99 with unlimited talk, text and web for $50/month

 

Two things you must know: RIM is going to introduce a non-camera model of the BlackBerry Bold 9000. However, it looks like they also plan to discontinue the model with camera in favor of their newer Bold 9700.

We couldn't care less.

BlackBerry Curve 8900 users on different carriers can now download and update their handsets to the official OS 5.0.0.411 firmware.

• OS 5.0.0.411 from Optus Mobile
• OS 5.0.0.411 from Vodafone DE
• OS 5.0.0.411 from Vodafone ES