Hey fans there is a new Blackberry Smartphone in town by the name of the Blackberry Magnum which is also known as the Blackberry Dakota. This new Blackberry packs a hardware QWERTY keyboard and a touchscreen at the same time which I think is quite convenient, so if your touchscreen should go, you will still have the capability to make and receive calls.

It is powered by a 624 MHz CPU similar to what the Bold 9700 runs, pack GPS receiver, 3G with HSDPA and Wi-Fi. I really think the photo which has been circulating on the internet is a which is posted above is definitely a prototype of the magnum as it has no trackball or trackpad, so how would the user navigate?

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Boost Mobile is now offering the Blackberry Curve 8330 Smartphone on its Blackberry Monthly Unlimited which cost $70 monthly. It features an enhanced web browser, a full qwerty keypad, a 2 megapixel camera with video recording capabilities, email client and access to Blackberry’s App World.

With Boost Mobile’s Blackberry Monthly Unlimited customers will receive unlimited Nationwide Talk, Unlimited Text Web and e-Mail. Enjoy video playback on its 320×240 pixel display, it supports microSD cards up to 8GB.

Sprint’s got the new Blackberry Curve 8530 going for a mere $49.99 with a new two year contract. The handset was introduced with a initial price of $469.99, instead of a trackball the new Blackberry Curve 8530 features an optical trackpad that won’t stick overtime, you get access to Blackberry’s App World which offers thousands of apps.

It comes with pre-installed app for social networking sites including MySpace and Facebook, WiFi connectivity, html Browser, Bluetooth and GPS navigation. You also get access to the Blackberry Internet Service which gives the option of sending and receiving email from your smartphone, it also comes with integrated access to NFL Mobile Live and NASCAR Sprint Cup Mobile. It is available in the colors of Royal Purple and Black.

Everyone nowadays seems to be upgrading to a smartphone, since regular mobile phones cannot use apps and stuff like that, I guess Alltel saw the trend and decided to maximize on the opportunity and extended their line of smartphones with the BlackBerry Curve 8530 Smartphone.

The new Blackberry Curve 8530 features a 320×240 resolution display, a 2 Megapixel camera with video recording, a trackpad for easy navigation, a full QWERTY keyboard as most smartphone has, built-in GPS with BlackBerry Maps and geo-tagging functionality, 256MB of internal flash memory, supports microSD/SDHC cards up to 32GB, Bluetooth and WiFi connectivity.

The BlackBerry Curve 8530 smartphone is available now at Alltel retail stores for $49.99 after a $100 mail-in rebate with activation of a 1-year service contract and qualifying Smart Choice Pack.

Research In Motion (RIM) announced the sleek and powerful BlackBerry Bold 9700 smartphone which is also known as the Blackberry Bold 2. The new BlackBerry Bold 9700 offers an extensive array of high-end communications and a compact refined design that will appeal to both men and women and for both professional and personal use.

It has a 2.44-inch light-sensing display with 480×360 resolution, there is a 3.2 Megapixel camera with auto focus, flash and video recording (was really expecting more), built-in GPS for geotagging which is all backed by a 624MHz processor and 256MB flash memory. It will be available in early November. You can see the full specs and key details after the break.

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Sprint will be launching the BlackBerry Tour this summer. The BlackBerry Tour for the Sprint Network, sprint only announced that they will be announcing it later this summer but an inside contact of Sprint leaked that the actual date of the BlackBerry Tour is on the 20th of July.

The estimated price of the Blackberry Tour is $199.99 but we do not know if it will be for a specific contract period.

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The BlackBerry Curve has moved past Apple’s iPhone to become the best selling smartphone in the United States for the first quarter of 2009. We all know that Research in Motion has been manufacturing the referred smartphones of the corporate smartphone market for sometime now and now they are really dominating as they have three of the top five best-selling consumer smartphones in the period.

According to NPD, a research group, the Blackberry Storm is ranked at #3, the Blackberry Pearl at #4 and T-Mobile G1 at #5.

The iPhone was the top-selling smartphone for both the third and forth quarter of 2008 while the curve was second with the Palm Centro third. According to NPD credits for this rise of the Blackberry Curve is to go to a joint venture between Verizon Communications Inc and Vodafone Group Plc, a “buy-one-get-one” promotion by Verizon Wireless which helped to push the Curve pass the iPhone.

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I would consider this one of the best news since 2009, I don’t know if it is because I am the ultimate Blackberry Fan but we have gotten to understand that the Blackberry Storm should be getting a twin brother really soon. The BlackBerry Storm 2 is expected to carry a better touchscreen display and what I was really expecting from the original BlackBerry Storm, Wifi Connectivity.

So far we have only heard of the improved touchscreen display and the WiFi Connectivity, but who can really tell what else will be added, probably a few free apps, a better camera with some crazy features. But will have to keep the fingers crossed and wait till the BlackBerry Storm 2 is finally here my friends.

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