We’ve seen both the BlackBerry Bold 9790 and BlackBerry Curve 9380, but now we see them photoed together.  Seeing them side by side, it’s quite obvious that the size is similar.  The Bold is running OS 7.0.0.344, where the Curve doesn’t show its running operating system.  More images below for those still checking the device out or haven’t yet.

Thanks Arnold for the tip!

Source: GadZone

First BlackBerry smartphone to support TD-SCDMA technology

Waterloo, ON and Beijing, China – Research In Motion (RIM) (NASDAQ: RIMM; TSX: RIM) and China Mobile today introduced the BlackBerry® Bold™ 9788 smartphone, the newest addition to China Mobile’s BlackBerry® smartphone offering and the first to support the nation’s TD-SCDMA wireless network.

Featuring a sleek, iconic design and an incredibly easy-to-use keyboard, the BlackBerry Bold 9788 is elegantly styled and packed with powerful communications, multimedia and productivity features.

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When a release date is this soon, carriers ought to announce it to customers.  That way customers now can hold out on purchasing a new device can hold out until the Bold 9930 launches.  A new screenshot reveals the BlackBerry Bold 9930 launching on August 15th through Direct Fulfillment and August 25 in all stores.  Everyone was fearing Verizon would hold out of the new BlackBerry devices for now, but they surely beat everyone else in the US so far.

Just a quick reminder for more OS 7 device launches.  Telus now officially carries the BlackBerry Bold 9900 and Torch 9810.  Here’s a quick rundown on the pricing in case you missed it before.  The Bold 9900 runs $149 on a 3 year, $529 on a 2 year, $579 on a 1 year, and $629 with no contract.  The Torch 9810 gets $129 on a 3 year, $499 on a 2 year, $549 on a 1 year, and 599 with no contract.  Also, the Torch 9810 comes in both grey and white color while the Bold remains in black only at the moment.  Click the links below to check out more info on the devices.

BlackBerry Bold 9900 >>

BlackBerry Torch 9810 >>

So far it really seems like the United States is last in line when it comes to the launch of the BlackBerry Bold 9900.  We have been fussing about that a lot lately, more or so out of the jealousy we have for those already playing with 9900′s and 9810′s before us!  India has picked up the Bold 9900 officially today for the price of Rs. 32,490 which is about $700 USD. The launch was expected to be later on, so it definitely caught citizens off guard who were waiting around for the device.  There’s no word on other OS 7 devices including the Torch 9810 and Torch 9850/9860 but the Bold definitely suffices.

Source: BBin

The BlackBerry Bold 9900 and Torch 9810 are real close to an official launch for many carriers.  In the US it looks like the Torch 9810 is up first with AT&T.  The Bold 9900 is still flakey, but looks to be August 31st according to an internal T-Mobile slide.  Now we see Virgin Mobile stores are getting dummy units for the BlackBerry Bold 9900 and the BlackBerry Torch 9810.  The devices are still coming soon, so no official launch date just yet.

Source: MobileSyrup

Preorders for the BlackBerry Bold 9900 are now in place.  Vodafone UK has a page up for preorders currently.  According to our reader ecivon, devices are to be delivered as early as August 16th.  Do you think the BlackBerry Bold 9900 is going to be a hot enough item you have to preorder or will they collect some dust on shelves?  Click the link below to preorder today.

Preorder BlackBerry Bold 9900 from Vodafone UK >>

We’ve put up polls and surveys like this in the past, but I feel like now is a good time to see how Berry users feel about what’s currently out there.  RIM officially announced the BlackBerry Bold 9900/9930 (was previously announced at BBWC 2011 actually), Torch 9850/9860, and Torch 9810.  Since then we’ve been seeing endless photos and hands on video clips with the devices.  Based on what you’ve seen so far, which device is best suited for you and why? Drop us a line in the comments and tweet away!

We have yet to see the BlackBerry Bold 9900 come in white color, but according to BerryBlog.hu, T-Mobile Hungary has went ahead and put it up on their site separately from the black color.  We could expect to see the 9900 show up in white soon enough, hopefully not too far after it comes in black.  Who wants white?!

Source: BerryReview

A couple of weeks ago, we let you know about the BlackBerry Bold 9900 launching on T-Mobile USA in the last week of August,well I have had a few reliable sources confirm for me that T-Mobile has released information to employees that the BlackBerry 9900 is launching on Aug 31st. Now with that out of the way we all want to know, how much is this device going to be.

Also, looks like the BlackBerry Curve 9360 has been bumped up to Sept. (Around the 14th) from its proposed launch date in October.