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You probably know that BlackBerry Bold's new UI and Sony icons and the PS3's XMB are very similar.

Well, the new PS3 BlackBerry Skin from CS Designs meant for the BlackBerry Curve or 8800 resembles the one on the BlackBerry Bold.

It costs just $7, but that's a small price to pay when you don't have to upgrade your handset.

It looks like BlackBerry Bold will be delayed on AT&T until mid-August.

The thing is that AT&T hasn't certified the handset yet due to some of the handsets's problems with battery life and overheating.

So, knowing that, what are you going to do? Buy the handset from Canada or wait?

Here's a new set of photos of the upcoming Blackberry Kickstart clamshell. We just can't understand why doesn't RIM announce this thing, as today it is a secret to nobody. These latest shots don't uncover anything new - it is still a usual dual screen flip with a 2Mpix camera:

• Internal LCD: 240×320;
• External LCD: 160×128;
• Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE;
• "Next Gen" SureType keyboard;
• 2Mpix camera;
• 16-bit color LCDs;
• Wi-Fi b/g;
• 3.

While everyone is waiting for the BlackBerry Bold to appear on the largest canadian carrier, Rogers has replaced the older BlackBerry 8800 with the 8820 model. The only noticeable difference between these two is that the latter sports Wi-Fi connectivity. The prices are CA$349, CA$499, and CA$549 on a three- ,two- , and one-year contracts (special promo price), respectively.

Rogers Wireless announced its new BlackBerry data plans, which include browsing, email, and strangely, no unlimited BlackBerry Internet Service (BIS) option. Prices are as following:

• $30 - 300 MB;
• $60 - 1 GB;
• $80 - 3 GB;
• $100 - 6 GB.

Pretty expensive, though the includded data is sufficient for monthly usage, even with the upcoming 3G BlackBerry Bold.

Rogers is ready to release three new RIM smartphones on its GSM network. These include the BlackBerry Curve 8310 in a new soft pink color, the UMA-enabled Pearl 8120 with OS 4.5, and the new Bold. The release date is yet unconfirmed, but the prices are official and are as following:

• Pink BlackBerry Curve - $199 on three years;
• Pearl 8120 - $149 on three years.

AT&T launched a promo website for the upcoming U.S. version of the BlackBerry Bold, i.e. the same Bold only with an AT&T logo on it. The carrier didn't announce the exact release date yet, but we hope to see the device in the U.S. within the July timeframe.

The feature list is taken from the site and can be found below:

• GSM/GPRS/EDGE/UMTS/HSDPA support;
• Integrated Wi-Fi/GPS;
• 480 x 320 resolution display;
• Memory card slot;
• 1GB of built-in storage;
• 624MHz CPU;
• 128MB of Flash memory;
• Bluetooth 2.

The device you see on the image here is apparently the upcoming BlackBerry 9500 Thunder - yet another iPhone killer.

Featured at the Horizon Wireless' website, it is already available for pre-order. We can't tell much from what we see in the pic - it's a blurred-out image of a keyboard-less all-touchscreen handset, similar in design to the RIM's BlackBerry lineup.

So, since the device is only rumored, we would prefer to wait for the 3G iPhone to come out instead.

Canadian Rogers Wireless is getting ready to release the WiFi-enabled BlackBerry Pearl 8120.

The carrier already offers two of the previous Pearls, and there's no reason to believe they will limit themselves to this couple.

Pricing and availability details haven't been announced yet.

As expected, Rogers will be the first Canadian carrier to offer the upcoming BlackBerry Bold.

All willing can sign up on their web site to get a notification, when the device will become available.

However, we can't tell exactly WHEN it will hit the stores, but I guess it would be safe to bet on summer.