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Are you one of the many eagerly waiting for RIM to FINALLY release their Twitter for BlackBerry and LinkedIn applications to the public? According to RIM’s newsletter, the “Two Popular Business Apps Are Almost Here!” This is enough for you guys to get excited about! I’m excited to see if and what changes they have made to the Twitter app.

I’m still curious to see what you guys want to see in the official release of Twitter for BlackBerry, sound off in the comments!

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According to BerryReview, BIS is scheduled to be upgrade to 3.0 on March 14th, or next Sunday. This is only scheduled for EMEA, which is Europe, Middle East, and Africa. Soon thereafter (March 21st) North America should follow. With this upgrade to BIS 3.0 comes two-way Gmail syncing. This is great news for all of us, and it is a greatly anticipated update. Part of the email can be read after the break.

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BoyGenius has posted up some details about a rumored sliding-QWERTY that one of his contacts sent to him.  Here are some of the details:

• It’s a portrait-oriented slider. While most people assume a device with slideout keyboard would end up being something like HTC’s devices, we’ve been told this particular handset is more like the Palm Pre in terms of layout.
• The phone will run BlackBerry OS 6.0
• The rumored device will 100% support Wi-Fi 802.11n
• The phone will not be a Verizon exclusive — it’s supposed to be a GSM/HSPA device.

Via BoyGeniusReport

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The guys over at Crackberry and BerryReview have posted that BIS 3.0 is coming out on March 21st 2010.  I am looking forward to this update, especially because of the two-way sync with Google Mail.  It will now sync read/unread and sent items from BlackBerry to Google Mail.  Here is part of an email sent out to CrackBerry.com:

I wanted to advise you that RIM will be launching the newest version of BlackBerry Internet Service (BIS) version 3.0 on March 21, 2010. To help you prepare your team as necessary, I’ve attached a Support Readiness Document as well as BIS 3.0 overview presentation and a Document summarizing the key new features. PLEASE share this information with your Technical Support Teams.

Via CrackBerry, BerryReview

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Is Verizon going to stop selling the BlackBerry Storm?  According to TheStreet.com there is speculation about a report that indicated orders for the Storm were cut or canceled.  Verizon is the largest seller of the Storm and they are likely the ones reducing their supply.  Neither RIM nor Verizon have made comments on the situation.  Could Verizon be making room for a new BlackBerry device?  Let us know your thoughts in the comments.

Via TheStreet, BlackBerryCool

Although there has not been any official announcements about the new BlackBerry 9650, there have been several leaks hinting that it could be released in the near future.  First we had the slight slip-up on RIMs Facebook page, now we have a link to download the Visual Voicemail app for the 9650 from Verizon.  If you follow the link it will let you download the .jad file.  This could tell us one of two things, either the people behind this device are slipping up real bad or the 9650 is getting real close to its official launch.  I am hoping for the second one, what about everyone else?

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Some new photos have surfaced of the BlackBerry Pearl 9100, this time it looks as if it is running on T-Mobile 3G bands 1, 4 and 8.  T-Mobile was the first carrier to release the original BlackBerry Pearl, so this is no surprise that they will be getting the Pearl 9100.  I know there is still a lot of Pearl lovers out there, what does everything think of the new physical appearence?  View more photos at CellGuru.

via TmoNews, CrackBerry

One of Boy Genius’  most-solid BlackBerry connects has dropped word that RIM is starting to develop OS 6.0 for the BlackBerry platform.  Although he hasn’t revealed more details about the OS at this time, he also stated that RIM is working on OS 5.2 which hopefully should be out sometime this year.  No word on any devices that they are planning these OS releases for yet.

via BoyGeniusReport

For months now there have been rumors floating around about RIM releasing a touchscreen, front-facing QWERTY phone combination. The video from thecellularguru.com has silenced all doubt that it is in the works and that RIM has been working on a device in this form.  The device in the video was referenced to as the Magnum, which was the original codename for the device. I may be wrong, but I believe they have since moved on from the Magnum and have another touchscreen device under the codename Dakota. I’ve been following the rumors about this device and the combination phone since they started and there really hasn’t been a whole lot of word on it.

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In three days Nav4All will stop their services, because their data license agreement with Navteq was not extended.  Nav4All has been developed into a global product with 27.5 million users and in 56 different languages.  This has made Nav4All the largest navigation supplier.  If you are one of those 27.5 million users, I am sure this is some sad news, but in their letter they say they are suspending the operation, so they may bring it back in the future.

Here is short excerpt from the letter to their customers:

We greatly regret the fact that we have to suspend the operation of our service. With your help, we have developed Nav4All into a global product with 27.5 million users in 56 languages, in 5 years. This has made Nav4All the largest navigation supplier. This large number of users also has to do with the fact that Nav4All works on hundreds of different mobile telephones of many makes such as Blackberry, Sony Ericsson, Samsung, Motorola, Android, HTC, Nokia, LG, Iphone, Ipod etc.

After 5 years of testing and market development, we witnessed rapid – in fact, exponential – growth during the last two years. That growth was reported in the licence reports to Navteq. In mid-December 2009, the global coverage was extended to include the Philippines, Morocco and Kenya.

If you would like to read the full letter or have anymore questions concerning the matter, head over to www.nav4all.com.

via Nav4All, BerryReview