We don’t expect that it will be too long before the Verizon BlackBerry Curve 8530 gets officially announced seeing how accessories for the device are already starting to appear in Verizon stores.

[Via CrackBerry]

BlackBerry Curve 8530 Accessories Make Their Way Into Verizon Stores is a post from: RIMarkable

The hottest device coming out of Research in Motion right now is the BlackBerry Bold 9700.  The hottest news coming out of Research in Motion is OpenGL (3D graphics) support.  The BlackBerry Bold 970o, unfortunately, doesn’t support OpenGL.

The question to you is does the Bold 9700 still sound just as hot?

Currently, only the BlackBerry Storm2 and the BlackBerry Curve 8530 support OpenGL ES.  RIM has stated that new CDMA BlackBerry devices with Qualcomm chipsets going forward will support OpenGL as well.  I am sure that GSM devices will eventually get it, but, how long will they have to wait?

At least for a short time, there will clearly be a case of the haves and the have nots when it comes to application support.

Does The Lack Of OpenGL Support Make You Want To Hold Off On The BlackBerry 9700? is a post from: RIMarkable

Adam Nash, Vice President, Search & Platform Products at LinkedIn, announced yesterday at the BlackBerry Developer’s Conference that LinkedIn for BlackBerry is coming soon.

Why it has taken the popular business social media and networking site so long to come out with a LinkedIn for BlackBerry mobile app is beyond me, however, better late than never definitely applies to what I think is going to a hugely popular BlackBerry application.

We’ve worked hard to develop an application that takes advantage of the unique capabilities of the BlackBerry platform.  LinkedIn for BlackBerry will also include deep integration with the native Messages, Contacts & Calendar applications on the BlackBerry platform.

An exact release date for LinkedIn for BlackBerry is still not clear but it is expected that it will be released before the end of the year.  I personally can’t wait for this one.

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LinkedIn For BlackBerry Coming Soon is a post from: RIMarkable

Vodafone UK is the latest carrier to offer the BlackBerry Bold 9700, the device many are calling the best BlackBerry ever, and it is Free! out the door, on a two-year activation of £35 per month or more.

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Vodafone BlackBerry Bold 9700 Now Available In The UK is a post from: RIMarkable

Some of the biggest news coming out of the first day of the BlackBerry Developer’s Conference was the announcement of OpenGL ES support on the BlackBerry.  OpenGL will bring 3-D graphics and the promise of 3-D Games.

Let’s hope that RIM also plans to announce support for application execution from removable memory because 3-D graphics will greatly increase the size of applications.

OpenGL Brings The Hope Of Games That Don’t Suck To The BlackBerry is a post from: RIMarkable

Looks like Research in Motion has changed the name of the latest version of Plazmic Content Developers Kit to BlackBerry Theme Studio 5.0 and is now available for download.  The new name is much more fitting than the last.  Unless you were a BlackBerry theme developer chances were you had no idea what  Pazmic CDK was.  BlackBerry Theme Studio, on the other hand, is not ambiguous at all.

BlackBerry Theme Studio 5.0 is a now available and you can get it free on BlackBerry Developer Zone.

BlackBerry Theme Studio 5.0 Now Available is a post from: RIMarkable

Luis Merlos from BerryReivew.com has confirmed today that T-Mobile is now selling the BlackBerry Bold 9700 to business customers.

I called Tmobile today & several representatives confirmed that Business customers can order the new Bold 9700 today. They did not say when regular customers can get it. As usual business customers get the new devices a couple of weeks earlier so I would expect consumers to be able to get theirs around mid November or towards the end of the month.

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T-Mobile BlackBerry Bold 9700 Available To Business Customers is a post from: RIMarkable

Even though the TELUS BlackBerry Storm2 hasn’t been officially announced it is showing up on TELUS’s Black’s Photography site and there are rumors that the Storm2 will launch on TELUS November 24th.

[Via PocketBerry]

TELUS BlackBerry Storm2 Coming November 24th? is a post from: RIMarkable

According to an IDG report, year over year shipment growth for the BlackBerry grew by 35.7%.  In Q3 ‘08, 14.6% of smartphones sold worldwide were BlackBerrys.  In Q3 ‘09, 19% of smartphones sold were BlackBerrys.

In contrast, iPhone shipments grew by only 7.1%.  Now, don’t get me wrong…  7.1% growth in this economy is pretty darn good.  It’s 400%, or, 5 times less than what the BlackBerry did, but, still pretty good none the less.

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BlackBerry Shipments Grew 400% Faster Than The iPhone In Q3 is a post from: RIMarkable

It comes as no big surprise that Sprint has officially announced the BlackBerry Curve 8530.  Unlike Verizon, however, they haven’t given a release date.  I would think that it would come out before BlackBerry Friday, but, you never know when it comes to Sprint.

Sprint Announces The BlackBerry Curve 8530 is a post from: RIMarkable