Up until now, Telus falls under the whole “coming soon” for its new BlackBerry devices with no official release dates to the public.  Sound a lot like the United States carriers.  What’s nice about this leak is that it shows the BlackBerry Torch 9810 in both grey and white colors.  It’s always great to see a device come in multiple flavor from launch date.  Pricing for the Torch 9810 from Telus is $129.99 on a 3 year (when monthly bill is $50 or more), then $329.99 for the regular 3 year, $499.99 for the 2 year, $549.99 for the 1 year, and finally $599.99 with no strings attached.

The BlackBerry Bold 9900 pricing is $149.99 on a 3 year plan (when monthly bill is $50 or more), then $349.99 for the regular 3 year contract, $529.99 on a 2 year contract, $579.99 on a 1 year contract, then $629.99 for the device out of pocket with no contract.  Screenshot of Bold pricing after the jump!

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BerryWeather for BlackBerry hasn’t had an update in quite a while.  It remains to be one of the more popular weather apps for BlackBerry, even with its higher price tag than the others.  Last night it updated to version 2.6.12 adding some nice features and some we expected.  OS 7 has launched officially on devices including the Bold 9900 and Torch 9810 so far.  With that said, users need apps and this update supports OS 7 users.  BBM 6 integration was also added, which I expected Bellshare to hop on that wagon too.  Here’s the full change log:

• Adjusted day/night background images for higher resolution screens on OS 7.0
• Added native sendmenu for sharing weather on OS 7.0 (Facebook, Twitter, BBM etc)
• Added native sendmenu on OS 7.0 for sharing weather advisory
• Added new compact forecast style/configurable POP visibility
• Added support for multiple built-in maps
• Added auto-dismissing popup showing detailed error information when location update fails
• Reworked license screen
• Reworked settings categories screen
• Minor changes to theme colors
• Fixed error on first load of radar map

For those who don’t have a copy yet, you can grab BerryWeather from the PocketBerry Store.

Finally some new US BlackBerry news! Everything lately has been around Canada as they had first dibs on devices starting with the Bold 9900.  According to these memos leaked out, Sprint is expected to get the BlackBerry Bold 9930 and BlackBerry Torch 9850 on August 21st.  The last we heard was that Sprint would be carrying the new BlackBerry devices in fall, so this does come off a bit confusing. Any way, here’s the pricing for both:

• BlackBerry Torch 9850 – $449.99 outright, $149.99 with 2 year contract
• BlackBerry Bold 9930 -  $499.99 outright, $249.99 with a 2 year contract

So the Bold is a bit more than the Torch.  Keep in mind the Bold does get NFC capability which the Torch is currently lacking.  If you need the best of both worlds (touchscreen and real QWERTY keyboard), then the Bold is for you.  Torch is targeted more towards full touchscreen lovers in best hopes to draw attention away from Android and iOS devices.

Source: CB

The lucky Canadians got the BlackBerry Bold 9900 officially starting today.  Some may have been in search for some new OS builds to install so here’s one to pop your cherry.  OS 7.0.0.317 is the latest OS for the Bold 9900, although it isn’t known what’s different in this build.  The last OS we had was .296, so it’s not a huge jump here, but maybe big enough to do away with some bugs encountered before perhaps.

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It’s no secret that a lot of applications are updating nowadays and getting integration with BBM.  Gist was bought out by RIM earlier this year.  The app officially launched while we were at BlackBerry World.  With the BBM Social Platform at arm’s reach, it was necessary for an application by RIM to support BBM integration so here it is in the latest update of Gist.

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In some of the video overviews of the BlackBerry Bold 9900, we saw 3D Rollercoaster Rush Jurassic 2 played on it looking really sharp and smooth.  It’s a 3D rollercoaster game which uses the Bold 9900′s hardware to the max with 3D graphics and ability to tilt the device to go through jumps in the game.  Now for the bad news, it’s only available for OS 7 devices.  So if you’re not in Canada you’re out of luck right now.  On the bright side, you can start putting together a list of apps you’ll download for your OS 7 device so once carriers decide to launch them in your region, you can pick them all up

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Thanks ecivon for the tip!

The mysterious BlackBerry Curve 9360 which has yet to be announced by RIM up until now is headed to Koodo Mobile.  Last week there was speculation that the Curve 9360 has built in NFC, which raised some anger for folks interested in the Torch 9810 and 9860.  Any way, the price for it from Koodo Mobile looks to be $300.

Source: MobileSyrup

So I have had quite a few people, who have asked me the same questions. “Where did my list of applications go in  Beta App World?” Being that App World 3.0 is still in beta there are probably bugs that still need to be worked out. While looking further into this, I noticed that when the “My World” option was accessed there was no applications shown in any of the categories (installed, uninstalled, or subscriptions).

After playing around in App World 3.0 for a while, I noticed that once you went into “My World” then pressed menu and “refresh list”, all your list of apps come back. Everything that is installed and uninstalled.

I guess being able to control all your finances on your BlackBerry is a plus.  Although you may not want to keep all the stress at your finger tips, you can manage your money better at least.  Ascendo Money is an app that has been available for BlackBerry for years and seems popular too.  Here’s some key features of the app:

• Great password feature with recovery if you would forget!
• Quick launch to add a transaction with ease.
• Guidance to help to get you started
• A online faq and user guide
• You can set up as many different accounts as you want
• Currency change allowed (good for me in UK)
• You can set up direct bank connect (America)
• Schedule transactions
• Setup budgets and track them
• Create reports from your BlackBerry and view charts

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A new billboard advertisement for QNX has been shouted out on the QNX blog today.  It’s definitely not your average ad you’d expect to see from QNX or RIM, but it’s pretty cool to see and definitely different.  The slogan here is “can you handle more than one,” which refers to QNX being a multi-core leader.  In the image you see a guy with a girl on each of his side.  Then there’s the rest of the ads below.  Let us know what you think of this campaign!

Source: BerryReview, QNX Blog