Blackberry Torch gets colorful

Wanted to get a Blackberry Torch but wanted it with a little more style? Well you're in luck, my friend. Today AT&T announced the Torch would be available in white and red starting on November 7, plenty of time to snag one before Christmas. Happy shopping, you fashionistas.

[AT&T]

Blackberry Curve 3G coming to T-Mobile Sept. 8

On it's Facebook page T-Mobile announced today that the Blackberry Curve 3G would be launching on it's network Setpember 8 for $79.99 with a new 2-year contract. If you haven't heard about the Curve 3G, it's basically the existing Curve with 3G capability tacked on. But you do get a choice in color.

[T-Mobile]

T-Mobile announces Blackberry Curve 3G

Today T-Mobile announced that they would make the new Blackberry Curve 3G available in the "coming weeks." the specs are vanilla Curve, with the main addition being that sweet sweet 3G capability. It'll ship with OS 5, but you'll be able to upgrade to OS 6. T-Mobile will be offereing smokey violet and graphite grey colors. Trust us, it's all very exciting.

[Crackberry]

Android tops RIM and iOS in sales

For Q2 2010 and for the first time ever, Android phones were the top selling phones coming all the way from third to snatch the lead. RIM falls to second, and Apple falls to third. This is the first time since Q4 2007 that RIM has not held the top spot, when Apple briefly overtook the position. Android's sales have certainly been helped by a number of hot new handsets on a variety of different carriers. It'll be interesting to see how long the little green robot can hang on to the lead.

[Engadget]

Blackberry introduces the Torch

After lots of hoopla, Blackberry officially introduced the not-so-secret Blackberry 9800, aka the Torch. This phone is Blackberry's first touch QWERTY slider, and they really wanted to make some noise with it's release, so they held an Apple-style press conference, complete with mysterious invitations beforehand.

The design of the phone is typical Blackberry. The Torch is basically the keyboard of the Bold strapped onto the Storm. It's got a 480x360 touchscreen, 5MP camera, 801.11n Wi-Fi, and a new Web-Kit browser. The processor is a little disappointing, it's only 624MHz, which isn't horrible, but looks a little outdated compared to the competition.

One of the biggest selling points of the new Torch is the new Blackberry OS. The new OS includes the usual suspects, such as universal search, built-in social networking, an updated media experience, and a new notification system. One new thing is wireless music syncing, which is a nice touch. For the most part, the features in the OS are nothing you haven't seen before.

The Torch will launch August 12 on AT&T for $199 with a two-year contract.

[Blackberry]

Blackberry developing iPad competitor?

Rumor has it that Blackberry will be launching a tablet in November called the "Blackpad." It's said to have a 9.7" screen Wi-Fi and Bluetooth, and will allow tethering with your Blackberry phone. The tablet will also supposedly have cameras in the front and the back something the iPad currently lacks. Blackberry is probably hoping to release the tablet before the iPad is updated, as it will most likely be adding cameras as well. Pricing is rumored to start at $499.

[Bloomberg]

Blackberry details multimedia experience of Blackberry 6

BlackBerry has just posted some screenshots of what the multimedia experience will be like in their new operating system. Most of it looks like standard fare for a modern smartphone operating system, there will be a CoverFlow-like interface to browse music, better photo organization, and better camera controls.

The photo organization certainly looks to have improved, instead of dealing with files and folders, pictures can be group by events or dates,with what looks like an easier way to preview photos.

What's new is the built-in podcast app, that will let you search and subscribe to podcasts straight from the phone. All in all it looks pretty familiar; it's easy to see the Android an iPhone design inspiration in there, but it certainly is an improvement from what BlackBerry has to offer now.

[BlackBerry]