The BlackBerry Bold 9790 finally received some OS 7.1 love last night.  This one’s 7.1.0.247, a newer OS than seen on other BlackBerry 7 smartphones.  There doesn’t seem to be any official features available in this version but let us know what you spot! Download mirrors below..

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France – SFR and Research In Motion (RIM) (NASDAQ: RIMM; TSX: RIM) today announced the BlackBerry® Bold™ 9900 in Pure White will be available February 7, 2012 to SFR customers through the SFR online store (www.sfr.fr). All other SFR points of sale are expected to have the attractive new model from mid-February 2012. As a limited time launch promotion from SFR, the Pure White model will be available for €49,90* with an Edition Spéciale Carré Absolu International service plan. The new model will also be available to SFR Business Team** customers.

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We were wondering if Research In Motion’s new CEO Thorsten Heins would be making an appearance at BlackBerry DevCon Europe.  It seemed appropriate since he just came into his CEO role and many are still curious how well his involvement will be now.  It appears Heins gave the opening speech for BlackBerry DevCon Europe today,  which has about 2,000 attendees in Amsterdam.  Here’s the full press release:

7^th February 2012 – Thorsten Heins, President & CEO, Research In Motion (RIM), today opened the BlackBerry® DevCon Europe conference in Amsterdam. Admission to DevCon Europe 2012 is sold out with more than 2,000 attendees expected from across Europe, the Middle East, Africa (EMEA) and beyond.

Delegates at the two-day event will learn how to leverage the strength of the BlackBerry® platform in order to build high-quality apps for more than 75 million BlackBerry users worldwide. Attendees will also receive a free BlackBerry® PlayBook™ to help with tablet application development.

The conference will focus on showcasing the opportunities that the BlackBerry platform presents to developers and how they can most effectively drive revenue streams from their apps. RIM’s developer relations team will be on hand to demonstrate the simplified process for building apps for the BlackBerry platform and offer guidance on working with a number of innovative technologies, including:

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BlackBerry 7 and 7.1 OS Achieve FIPS 140-2 Certification

Waterloo, ON – Research In Motion (RIM) (NASDAQ: RIMM; TSX: RIM) today announced that BlackBerry® smartphones running on the powerful new BlackBerry® 7 and BlackBerry® 7.1 Operating Systems (OS) have been awarded FIPS 140-2 certification by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the Communications Security Establishment Canada (CSEC). FIPS (Federal Information Processing Standard) 140-2 is recognized by the U.S. and Canadian governments and is required under the Federal Information Security Management Act of 2002 (FISMA).

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It looks like BlackBerry London has made an appearance once again. This time we get a clearer image with some promotional writing on its left. Of course it will be packing OS 10 and awesome hardware hopefully. Looks kinda like a Droid?

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BlackBerry Handheld Software v6.0.0.3106 (Multilanguage)
Package Version: 6.0.0.3106
Consisting of:

• Applications: 6.0.0.723
• Software Platform: 6.6.0.248
• File name: 9300M_PBr6.0.0_rel3106_PL6.6.0.248_A6.0.0.723_Pelephone.exe
• File size: 154.86MB

Note: The Software Platform and Applications version numbers can be found under Options-About screen on the handheld.

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Hong Kong – Research In Motion (RIM) (NASDAQ: RIMM; TSX: RIM) today announced the launch of the BlackBerry® Bold™ 9900 smartphone in Pure White for customers in Hong Kong. The stunning new smartphone can be pre-ordered today at http://hk.blackberry.com/w9900preorder  with expected availability in mid-February. The first 500 customers who pre-order the new handset will receive the Jabra EASYGO White Bluetooth Headset* with their purchase.

The BlackBerry Bold 9900 is the thinnest BlackBerry® smartphone yet at only 10.5mm, and the first to offer the perfect union of a high performance keyboard and touch display integrated within the iconic BlackBerry Bold design. The new BlackBerry Bold 9900 is also the first BlackBerry smartphone to include built-in support for NFC (Near Field Communications), a new technology that is enabling many new and exciting capabilities, including the ability to make mobile payments, pair with NFC-enabled accessories or read SmartPoster tags with a simple tap of the smartphone.

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BlackBerry Handheld Software v6.0.0.3106 (Asia)
Package Version: 6.0.0.3106
Consisting of:

• Applications: 6.0.0.723
• Software Platform: 6.6.0.248
• File name: 9700jAsia_PBr6.0.0_rel3106_PL6.6.0.248_A6.0.0.723_SK_Telecom__.exe
• File size: 151.73MB

Note: The Software Platform and Applications version numbers can be found under Options-About screen on the handheld.

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Waterloo, ON – Research In Motion (RIM) (NASDAQ: RIMM; TSX: RIM) today announced general availability of BlackBerry® Business Cloud Services for Microsoft Office 365 – a new service for business and government organizations that extends Microsoft Exchange Online to BlackBerry® smartphones and allows customers to manage their BlackBerry deployments in the cloud. The service is available at no additional charge to current medium-sized or enterprise subscribers of the Office 365 suite or standalone Exchange Online and works with BlackBerry smartphones on business or consumer data plans.

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We’ve seen great hockey applications for BlackBerry devices already.  RIM has a new campaign going off for the NHL which includes a promotion for five select players.

These select five players will be showing a “behind the scenes” of their lives (not on the ice).  You can check out the full video promo here.  Read more on the NHLPA Players’ PlayBook here.