Just when we thought the leakage was over, more has rolled in.  This one’s the device many have been waiting for as it’s been such a gray area for months and months.  The code name is Monaco but we’re still referring to it as the BlackBerry Storm 3 until RIM makes some official announcements.  Hit the jump for the full specs on the device and more.

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Here’s a quick video on some highlights with developers at DEVCON Asia 2011.  Here we get to see what developers have to say about the event, what they look forward to in the future of BlackBerry, and of course what their current involvement in development is.

So we’ve got Day 3 of the NFL Theme Deal of the Day and today’s goes out to the Pittsburgh Steelers.  The theme is animated as you’ve seen with the other NFL themes.  All 32 of these themes act and perform the same way – it’s just the teams that are different.  If the Steelers aren’t your team, have faith, as all the NFL teams will be coming up with this 50% off sale.

Grab a copy of the Pittsburgh Steelers Theme >>

Awesome! This has been floating around the web all day, and figured you should all check it out if you haven’t already.  Someone clever over at Research in Motion thought it would be a good idea to make rim.jobs a website for jobs and careers over at RIM. What do you think of this site name?

Thanks to everyone who sent this one in!

Last night, Xobni officially announced the availability of a free edition of Xobni and a Pro edition giving you more access and no limitations.  There was a lot of focus on the premium one last night, but we wanted to follow up with you guys to see if any of you gave the free one a shot.  Drop us a line in the comments or tweet us about it!

Download Xobni Free Edition >>
Purchase Xobni Pro >>

Ok so to clear up what we have here, there’s two things: BlackBerry Push Service SDK version 1.01 released, and the BlackBerry Push Service updated.  Here’s what’s new:

• Subscription Check API: A new server side API has been added, which allows you to check the registration status of devices registered with your application.
• Optimizations and bug fixes: Improvements made to both performance and reliability.

Now for the BlackBerry Push Service SDK v1.0.1, the following has been updated:

• Support for Subscription Check API: Support for the Subscription Check API has been added, so you can take advantage of it through the SDK APIs. A set of sync APIs have also been added to automatically synchronize subscriber status with the SDK database.
• Statistics gathering: Allows you to better track data regarding push operations (such as push count and remaining quota) and SDK operations (such as memory, thread pools, work queues).
• Improved Query Capabilities: This enables simple retrieval of data pertaining to your subscribers and pushes via user-defined criterion.
• Installer Improvements: Command line installation support has been added to the Linux version.

Check out the release notes for full changes >>

Source: BBDeveloper Blog

Last night, the BlackBerry Developer’s Blog reported that the Java Plug-in for Eclipse v1.3 has launched.  Included in this version is:

• Eclipse 3.6 (Helios) support with a new BlackBerry Java Development Eclipse Perspective
• New Application Wizards to get new BlackBerry smartphone applications up and running quicker
• A dynamic Getting Started Welcome Page to provide relevant and updated information of key development resources
• Update Notification to let you know when new versions are available for download
• Improved debugger performance for faster breakpoints and evaluation
• MacOS® X Java Plug-in for Eclipse feature parity

Check out more here >>

CES 2011 has been well over now, but RIM has posted some clips from the event at the BlackBerry booth.  In these videos you’ll see quick summaries of Adrian Grenier from Entourage, Common, and Olivia Wilde from Tronat the BlackBerry booth.  You’ve seen the Common freestyling about BlackBerry clip already, but you get to see that again along with the brief discussion before that.  Hit the jump to view all videos.

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The Curve has become a very introductory device when it comes to BlackBerry.  If you already owned one in the past and “upgraded” to Curve, you’d see that a lot was lacking.

Since the BlackBerry Curve 8500 series launched, a camera flash has been vacant.  In previous Curve models such as the 8300 and 8900 series, camera flashes were readily available.  Then the BlackBerry Curve 3G 9300 series launched in the same form factor as the 8500 series lacking a camera flash once again.  From today’s leaked image and specs of the BlackBerry Apollo, which is the next generation Curve, it seems to not lack as much as we thought it would.

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Now here’s something I was waiting to see – a new BlackBerry Torch.  I wasn’t expecting to see it happen this soon, but it looks like RIM realizes the Torch is a great form factor but lacks specs including the slow 624MHz processor.  BGR received some more leakage on the BlackBerry Torch 2 today which is really exciting.  AT&T is going to be up for grabs on this in late Q3 this year, according to the tip.  Hit the jump for the full specs on the new BlackBerry Torch 2.

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