It’s way too silly to see the price of the BlackBerry Bold 9780 high up in the thousands.  I could understand a pre-released evolutionary product line from RIM that’s unlike anything we’ve seen before.  In the end of the day, this is just a Bold 9700 with a better camera and doubled up memory.  Not that it’s so bad, but let’s not hype it up more than it is.  So here’s a Bold 9780 spotted right on eBay for $1,200.  Seller says it is completely brand new and never used with the latest OS available on it.

• Check out the auction >>

-by Otoniel Bruno

The Google Mobile application has officially been updated to v3.8.22.  Unfortunately, Google doesn’t like putting out change logs much unless there’s breaking new features.  We’ll go ahead and assume this one’s a bug fix.  As always, buzz us in if you find any changes.

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-by Collin Sorp

We were hearing all sorts of buzz about a Canadian delay over the last few days and it looks like they’re true so far, partially.  It looks like Bell has put up an October 1st launch date now, rather than the speculated and originally confirmed September 24th that we all expected.  It could of been worse – who remembers the BlackBerry Bold 9000 launching in the United States?  Pricing for the BlackBerry Torch 9800 is $199.95 on a 3 year strings attached contract while it’s $599.95 with no contract at all.

• Check out more on the Bell BlackBerry Torch >>

-by Mac Jadalhack

Thanks @ehabmoniem!

Launch date for the BlackBerry Torch 9800 from TELUS is right around the corner, and we just got word that they have put up a preorder page on their official site.  When going to preorder, you’ll have to fill in your information, and a salesperson from TELUS will get back to you to arrange it all.

• Preorder your Torch for TELUS >>

-by Collin Sorp

Sorry guys but it’s just a joke.  Should of save it for April Fools.  The Business Insider posted this up just for comic relief and we couldn’t pass up sharing it with you guys.  It would be pretty darn exciting to have Angry Birds for BlackBerry.  The idea doesn’t seem so far fetched, but you’ll definitely need a touch screen BlackBerry if the time ever comes in my opinion.  We ran a little poll a few weeks ago asking readers if they would like to see Angry Birds come to life for BlackBerry, and about 72% of the voters said yes while 3.5% said no, 18.6% don’t game on BlackBerry, and 5.81% did not know what Angry Birds was.  Maybe the game creators will cater it out if the hype for it continues to grow.

-by Mac Jadalhack

Source: BerryReview

RIM has just released its second quarter results today putting out all sorts of statistics including revenue growth, share earnings, and more.  Below are some quick highlights of the report:

• Revenue grew 31% over the same quarter last year to $4.62 billion
• Earnings per share in the second quarter increased 76% to $1.46 over the second quarter last year
• BlackBerry® smartphone shipments grew more than 45% over the same quarter last year to 12.1 million and RIM has shipped approximately 115 million BlackBerry smartphones to date •
• BlackBerry subscriber account base grew approximately 56% over the prior year to over 50 million

You can listen in to the investors call which is currently going on now.  Sorry for the late notice folks! Otherwise hit the jump for the full press release on RIM’s second quarter results.

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It looks like Twitter for BlackBerry got an update yesterday, but wasn’t all fully announced.  According to CrackBerry, the only change seen is the ability to change between yfrog or Twitpic for your image tweets.  If any of you spot other changes, let us know.  Otherwise hit the link below to download Twitter for BlackBerry or head over to App World to update.

• Twitter for BlackBerry at App World >>

-by Mac Jadalhack

Here’s a freebie BlackBerry theme for the whole Curve family, Tour 9630, and the whole Bold family.  It’s called BehOLD and gives you a whole face lift for your home screen as you can see.  The bar sits on the left hand side with all your notifications up top with the clock centered.  Features included are:

• -6 User definable homescreen icons
• -Hiding weather slot
• -Custom call screens (on available devices)
• -Custom menus
• -OS6 icons
• Hidden Today/Q:
• -10 today preview items
• -Q version: features Garminfone theme icons
• Static Today/BP:
• -1 Msgs, 2 Sms, 3 Calendar
• -BP Edition: Weather slot doesn’t hide.

Download BehOLD free >>

-by Ehab Moniem

It looks like accessories for the BlackBerry Bold 9780 are rolling out November 15th for T-Mobile according to this catalog.  So is it safe to say that the device will be launching the same month? I think so.  Either way it’s great news knowing that T-Mobile is getting the Bold 9780.  What is to come of the 9700? Will it become an end of life device or stick around for a bit longer? We don’t know but it raised some debate yesterday in our poll as it was pretty 50/50 between the folks who said the device should stay and should not stay around.

-by Mac Jadalhack

Source: TmoNews

The real name of the game is “Findem” but I caleld it Find the Difference so you all would know what I’m talking about.  There are two available: Lego Starwars and The Simpsons edition, where you have to spot the 5 differences between both pictures.  I play this games a lot on the iPad (WTD it’s called fyi) and figured BlackBerry needed something for that as well.  The description is a bit unclear though and I’m not sure how many levels there are, but I do know there is 5 differences in “each.”

This game only works with touch screen BlackBerry smartphones – Sorry fellow Curve and Bold users.

• Download Findem – Lego Starwars >>
• Download Findem – The Simpsons >>

-by Mac Jadalhack