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Research in Motion has confirmed which older devices will get the new software bump. Blackberry Bold 9700, Bold 9650 and Pearl 3G have been confirmed to get an upgrade to Blackberry 6 in the coming months. Torch and all future Blackberry devices will obviously run the new OS.
Blackberry 6 is RIM’s answer to the [...]

 
Research in Motion has finally put a price to Pearl 3G that was announced last month. Both the Pearl 3G variants – one with compact QWERTY (9100) and other with alphanumeric keypad (9105) will sell for a price of around Rs. 20,000.
Pearl 3G is a successor of RIM’s successful compact Pearl device and features a [...]

 
It seems Thestreet has jumped the gun and unveiled two Blackberry devices, apparently meant for WES 2010. The phones are Blackberry 9650 and Pearl 3G and while detailed specs are not yet known, the site reckons nothing spectacular but only a “slightly updated versions of existing models.”
BB 9650 is said to feature a large high-res [...]

 
Update: Even Vodafone has announced it.
India’s leading GSM operator, Airtel today launched Blackberry’s first clamshell phone, Pearl Flip 8220. The phone will sell for Rs. 21,990 ($452) and will be available at all Airtel authorized outlets. If you’re forgetful about what Pearl Flip is, then here it is. It has a SureType keypad, Wi-Fi, 2-megapixel [...]

 
What the ….???! NPD Group released a report of the five top selling phones in US which to everyone’s surprise is Moto RAZR V3, heading the mobile phone charts. Motorola may have hit the right note to appeal the US citizens but still have a lot of work to do to please the world. No [...]

 
Research in Motion announced their first ever Blackberry flip phone. Coming from the Pearl series, this one will give the user all the benefits of push e-mail in a small form factor. 8220 has two screens – external and internal both producing a resolution of 128 x 160 pixels and 240 x 320 pixels respectively. [...]