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The BlackBerry Pearl 8220 is now listed at the RIM's official site, and will be available exclusively from T-Mobile US in black an red when it's released. Pricing and release information is still unavailable, but will be announced really soon.

This is interesting: a video has surfaced with some ninja in the back holding a BlackBerry Storm. Although it's nice seeing a touchscreen BlackBerry, the whole concept of navigating the phone with physical keys crosses out this feature. We certainly hope this is just the old software installed on the handset that doesn't properly support the touch-sensitive display, and the final variant of the Storm will be atleast as good as the HTC Touch Diamond.

Just to let you know: BlackberryBusiness.com has already sold 5 unbranded pre-release versions of the Blackberry Bold to some lucky New York inhabitants for $1,299.99 each.

How do you like that?

It looks like they've made some big bucks on these, but I can imagine the excitement of their new owners. :)

Vodafone UK has announced the availability of the BlackBerry Bold for its corporate customers.

Moreover, the device goes for free on a £35 (about $62) plan, which includes 600 minutes of talk time at 500MB of monthly data for 2 years.

It's a great deal considering that most larger companies will have to pay a whole fortune to equip their staff with mobile gear.

AT&T subscribers will soon be able to get their hands on the BlackBerry 8320 in a sapphire-blue finish with the new OS 4.5 installed. The launch is expected in the last week of September, but there is no info on pricing yet. Stay tuned.

Not happy with stock colors of the BlackBerry Bold? Not a problem - Colorware is here to help. A very interesting and good looking color combination is shown above (called Wolfpack), and of cource this is not the only option. The whole coloring procedure will cost you just $174 over the handset's base price, but think of what you'll get in return. :)

According to BGR, starting mid-September AT&T customers will be getting the new BlackBerry OS 4.5 update for the BlackBerry 8120, BlackBerry 8820, BlackBerry 8310, and BlackBerry 8300 handsets. A month later those devices will come with the new OS pre-installed. All changes and improvements of the updated software are listed on the screenshot above.

Want a BlackBerry Kickstart? It was recently spotted at eBay, as you know many unreleased devices appear there first. Its not cheap, but if youre eager to get one, this is your chance. But hurry up!

RIM Blackberry Kickstart 8120 / 8220 specifications:

• Quad-band GSM;
• GPRS;
• 2.6 inch QVGA display and 160 x 128 pixel External display;
• 2Mpix camera, 5x digital zoom and LED flash;
• Multimedia player (oa. MP3, AAC, MP4, 3GPP);
• 3.5mm audio headset jack;
• 75 MB of built-in memory;
• MicroSD memory card option;
• Bluetooth 2.

Yes, it's available for free, but only in Netherlands... Dutch cellular operator KPN offers the handset at no charge along with a two-year contract and a €36.25 (about $54) worth monthly plan. Nice! Even for €26.75 a month you'll still pay €99.95 ($148) for the phone, which is just too cheap for the likes of Bold! How do you like that?