Tether for BlackBerry is on sale today for only $24.99, saving you 50% instantly.  For those who haven’t used Tether in the past, it allows you to use your BlackBerry smartphone’s internet connection on a computer without experiencing over charges from your carrier.  Features include:

• Internet Anywhere: You can use Tether anywhere you can make phone calls.
• Easy Setup: Download our software to your BlackBerry and another for your laptop… Then surf the web and email just like you would with any Internet connection.
• Fast Speeds: Download speeds that are impressive. Our users download at speeds up to 1,800 kbps.
• No Tethering Fees: Tether uses your phone’s data plan and we do not charge tethering fees. (refer to our Terms of Service) (Note that significant charges may apply for data usage if not on an unlimited data plan. Please check with your carrier.)
• All BlackBerries: Tether is compatible with all BlackBerries.
• All Carriers: Tether has been used by carriers all over the world. Some carriers do require APN settings, though. It appears our product does not work on the iDen Network.
• PC & Mac: Tether works on both PCs and Macs.

Now this is a huge leak!  All the new BlackBerry 7 device got a leaked OS earlier tonight.  This one’s OS 7.0.0.353 for the BlackBerry Bold 9900/9930, Torch 9810, and Torch 9850/9860.  Download and install at your own risk of course since they are leaked.  I did try the 9930 build and personally it seems a lot stable than before.  Hit the jump for the download links.

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The rumors of a BBM Music app are now over! RIM has officially announced BBM Music moments ago, bringing cloud based music service to your BlackBerry smartphone.  Key features of BBM Music include:

• Build your music profile from a Catalog of millions of tracks (with more to be added over the coming weeks)
• Invite friends to BBM Music from your BBM contacts and gain access to their music and share your music (once they subscribe or join the free trial)
• Create playlists from your BBM Music songs plus your friends’ songs
• Share playlists or single songs with BBM Music friends
• Follow your friends’ BBM Music activity via timelines and comments, or start up a BBM chat about your favorite bands
• Cache music for easy offline listening
• Seamless integration with other BlackBerry music services

This takes music on a whole new level in the social aspect.  The cool thing about it is that you’ll be able to access your friends’ music in addition to your own and create playlists out of them as well.  Perhaps buying music is an old gig and streaming music on the cloud is what’s in this season.  BBM Music isn’t available to the general public yet, but you can sign up to be notified when it is.  Hit the jump for the full press release from RIM.

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Instead of doing the same old BlackBerry PlayBook giveaway for the next month, we decided to go with an OS 7 device and a popular one at that.  The BlackBerry Bold 9900 comes out in all T-Mobile stores on August 31st so we decided to run a giveaway for the device.  Same rules apply to participate:

• Drop a comment below using a valid email address.
• Retweet this post or Like it on Facebook (if you win, you’ll send us a screenshot showing you did)

And that’s all there is to it!  You have until September 30th to participate where a winner will be chosen on the 31st.  The BlackBerry Bold 9900 will come with an unlock code in case you’d like to use it on another carrier.  Giveaway is open to all of the US and Canada.  Good luck to all!

Just thinking about the QNX BlackBerry smartphone, I kind of assumed we’d see Android Player come to life on it.  It only makes sense since it’s coming officially for the QNX powered BlackBerry PlayBook.  So there doesn’t seem to be a reason why it wouldn’t come out for the QNX BlackBerry smartphone.  Bloomberg is also reporting that the BlackBerry PlayBook will be getting the Android Player in September which brings up good news for tablet owners.  You can read the full post here.

With the new BlackBerry PlayBook OS that launched earlier this morning, it seems as though a new feature has popped up and was failed to be mentioned in the change log.  Well we were told that Bridge would work better but weren’t told that apps would work through it with no WiFi connection required.  Luis from BerryReview confirmed that Bridge can act instead of WiFi for third party apps on the PlayBook.  So now you’ll be able to enjoy your BlackBerry tablet on the road even when a WiFi connection is vacant.  No, video chat does not work, but would be cool if someone found a workaround!

It’s not like we didn’t expect it to happen, but the BlackBerry Curve 9360 is confirmed to be headed to T-Mobile.  An event for employees went on today focused around BlackBerry products and displayed was the BlackBerry Bold 9900 (which was given out to employees) and the BlackBerry Curve 9360.  According to the tipster, during the presentation the Curve was referred to as being “as thin as a cd case.”  In the thumbnail below you’ll see it is pretty damn thin, makes the Bold 9900 look thick.  No word on launch date yet.

Thanks Bogizo for the tip!

Wikitude was originally presented to us at BlackBerry World earlier this year with its announcement of BlackBerry support for OS 7 device.  The key behind Wikitude is augmented reality where the application displays your camera and points out what’s around you including BBM contacts that are connected.  For those who haven’t heard of it before, you can read more on their blog.  There are other applications that tell you what’s around you such as the popular one Poynt, but of course it doesn’t give you the same augmented reality experience that Wikitude does.

So those who currently have OS 7 devices, are you using Wikitude at all? Let us know!

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There’s no word on which airport has this display up, but it’s pretty damn cool.  Monster Media partnered with Starcom and Razorfish to bring this gigantic BlackBerry PlayBook interactive touchscreen display to an airport (or maybe several).  You can touch the display and learn more on the PlayBook and get a bit of a hands on experience with it.  We haven’t seen anything like this for the BlackBerry PlayBook in the past, but I think this works well for consumers who know nothing about the tablet.

Source: BerryReview

It’s a bit confusing at this time when it comes to picking your next BlackBerry device.  As of now we have the BlackBerry Bold 9900, Torch 9810, Torch 9850/9860, and now the all new BlackBerry Curve 9350/9360/9370.  The Bold 9900 seems to be the highest preferred since avid Berry users have been wanting a Bold 9000 form factor with up to date specs and a touchscreen on top.  Plus it has built in NFC which the Torch models lack.

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