The Verizon BlackBerry Curve 8530 is now available.  You can pick the device up for $99.99 after a $100 instant rebate.  Something tells me that the Curve 8530 is going to a pretty big hit for Verizon.  It is the second BlackBerry to support OpenGL ES (3D graphics), and the price point is very attractive.

The BlackBerry Curve 8530 is also the first Verizon BlackBerry with the optical trackpad.  No more trackball issues like its predecessor.

Find a full list of features after the jump…

Verizon BlackBerry Curve 8530 Now Available is a post from: RIMarkable

BlackBerry leaker extraordinaire, Salomondrin, has a video highlight of the upcoming BlackBerry Pearl 9100 up on his site.  Although the voice in the video isn’t the deep voiced Salomondrin himself, the reviewer promises that a full review will be up on Salomondrin.net in a few days.

Check the BlackBerry Pearl 9100 video highlight out after the jump…

[Via Salomondrin.net]

BlackBerry Pearl 9100 Video HighLight is a post from: RIMarkable

Facebook for BlackBerry has been updated to version 1.7.0.22.  There is no change log so chances are nothing major has been updated.  The download on BlackBerry App World (at the time of this posting) hasn’t been updated yet, so, head over to http://www.blackberry.com/facebook to get the latest version.  As always, Facebook for BlackBerry 1.7.0.22 is a free BlackBerry download.

Download Facebook for BlackBerry 1.7.0.22 >>>

Facebook for BlackBerry Updated To Version 1.7.0.22 is a post from: RIMarkable

GreenTech is a new premium BlackBerry theme from Hedone Design created specifically for BlackBerry devices running OS 5.  It is also the first Hedone Design theme created with BlackBerry Theme Studio 5.0.

GreenTech’s main features include:

• Made with BlackBerry Theme studio 5.0
• New, user friendly icons
• Multifunction icons
• Big clock and meters (battery and signal)
• Tested by HedoneDesign BetaTesting group
• Fast and reliable

GreenTech regularly costs $7.99, however, you can pick it up right here in the RIMarkable App Store for just $3.99 through Nov. 23rd.  GreenTech runs on devices running OS 4.6 and higher.

Download the GreenTech BlackBerry Theme from Hedone Design >>>

New BlackBerry Theme: GreenTech From Hedone Design is a post from: RIMarkable

Seriously AT&T…  Verizon is squarely hitting you in the mouth with their “Map for That” Ad campaign.  If you are going to enter that dangerous ground of responding to your competition directly with a commercial of your own that is clearly a response to them hitting you in the mouth, you’ve got to come with something stronger than this…

There is no fair fighting in marketing.  When someone hits you in the mouth you hit them back in the mouth and knee them in the stomach…  Unless, of course, what they are saying is essentially true…

[#FAIL]

AT&T, Is This The Best You Could Come Up With? is a post from: RIMarkable

Chances are that by now you’ve seen one of the Verizon “Map for That” Ads that clearly are a thorn in AT&T’s side as for late.  Back at the beginning of the month AT&T filed a lawsuit against Verizon seeking an injunction against advertisements they claim are false advertising and deceptive trade practices.  Verizon changed a few words, however, the advertising continued.

A federal court judged, yesterday, denied AT&T’s request for the Verizon ads to be pulled off the air.  The fight over whether or not the ads are false and misleading will continue, however, i suspect that the “Map for That” ads currently running will continue and I’d be willing to bet that new ones are on the way.

[Via Engadget Mobile]

AT&T Loses Request For Injunction Against Verizon “Map For That” Ads is a post from: RIMarkable

The TELUS BlackBerry Storm2 9550 is now available.  You can pick it up for $199.99 CA on a 3-year service agreement.

New on the BlackBerry Storm2 are SurePress toucescreen technology which is much more responsive the TruePress introduced on the original Storm.  The Storm2 also has Wi-Fi and support for 3D graphics acceleration.

For more information, check out TELUS’ site…

TELUS Launches The BlackBerry Storm2 is a post from: RIMarkable

Research in Motion has updated all of its BlackBerry Instant Messaging clients, AIM, ICQ, Yahoo! Messenger, MSN Messenger, and Google Talk to version 2.5.30.  RIM is very Googlelike in the sense that they don’t supply change notes when they update these apps so, if you notice any differences, leave us a comment and let us know what’s changed.

All of the BlackBerry IM Clients are free BlackBerry downloads and if you don’t already have an installer icon for them on your device you can pick them up on BlackBerry App World or OTA by visiting mobile.blackberry.com from your device.

[Via BlackBerrySites.com]

BlackBerry IM Clients Updated To Version 2.5.30 is a post from: RIMarkable

There were numerous reports yesterday from BlackBerry users around the world that they weren’t able to send and receive emails, PINs, or use BlackBerry Messenger.  It would appear that there was a massive worldwide BlackBerry Internet Service outage yesterday affecting, pretty much, everyone.

As many outages as RIM has had you would think that they would be better at handling them then they are.  Notifiy your customer base.  Let BlackBerry users know that there is something going wrong and that you are working to correct the problem.  You have an official BlackBerry blog for crying out loud.

There is no doubt that just about every BlackBerry blog out there is going to have something about your BIS outage posted today.  It makes no sense that your own blog says nothing.  The BIS outage itself makes you look bad.  Being so closed lipped about it makes you look inept.

BlackBerry Users Suffer Worldwide BIS Outage is a post from: RIMarkable

We knew that the T-Mobile BlackBerry Bold 9700 was going to be released today, however, we didn’t know that AT&T was going to make the BlackBerry Bold 9700 available to business customers as well.  The device is now available on the AT&T Premier site.

If you aren’t an AT&T business customer you only have to wait about a week as the BlackBerry Bold 9700 will be generally available on AT&T November 22nd.

AT&T BlackBerry Bold 9700 Available To Business Customers is a post from: RIMarkable