We knew that T-Mobile was getting the BlackBerry Curve 3G 9300 but rumors on the release date were not solid. We now have confirmation from T-Mobile on Facebook that the BlackBerry Curve 3G 9300 will be launching on September 8th for $79.99 which is a pretty nice deal though it requires a 2 year contract.

The 9300 will sadly not ship with BlackBerry 6 but it is BlackBerry 6 compatible so hopefully T-Mobile will rush it out the door after the device launch.

It is nice to find that RIM maintains white option for the future of the BlackBerry Bold 9780 series.The team at BerryCN managed to snag some pictures of a white BlackBerry Bold 9780 posing for the camera.

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RIM company has every reason to celebrate this year because they DevCon unofficial number 9888 Apps, games, themes and all sorts of applications in World app. They are close enough to reach the threshold of 10,000 Apps exactly one month before DevCon.

I was also happy to note that I spotted quite a few decent and useful $0.99 apps showing up so hopefully the tide has turned on relatively expensive BlackBerry apps.

The top five categories with most packages in  App World are:

1. Themes – 2217
2. Reference & eBooks – 1665
3. Games – 1524
4. Utilities – 710
5. Productivity – 377

I really wish RIM would share some of the stats behind App World showing what sells and what does not.

For those who have purchased a BlackBerry Torch 9800, or currently have a device that is running OS 6 they may have ran into a bit of a problem. Currently App World shows themes that are not at all compatible with OS 6.

We don’t doubt that those people are pretty upset if they purchased a theme for their Torch and come to find out it doesn’t work. The new theme builder should hopefully solve all of this for OS 6 devices.

Storm 3 was the subject of speculation for months, leading to a leak in the industry.BBleaks has just released another round of rumored specifications and details for consumption. There are quite a few items that have been on BlackBerry users’ wishlists for a while. According to the post, the form factor is the same as the Storm 2, good news for those with accessories for that device.

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The Indian government has determined that BlackBerry email services and Skype are potential threats to security. India requested that RIM and the BlackBerry service provide a way to monitor traffic on the BlackBerry network to negate security risks posed by individuals communicating directly.

This form of direct unmonitored communication is thought to be a high risk by the intelligence service, allowing terrorists a method to communicate and further their goals, without worry of interception.

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This is definitely not the most groundbreaking FAQ but it was something I was always interested to know. For years RIM has offered the option to make the LED light blink red when you have unread messages or missed phone calls. I was always curious how long that LED light would remain red since after a while it turns back to green even with pending unread messages.

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Bplay is know for releasing some of the sharpest looking themes and today they let us know about the release of their latest magmic theme Slipstream. This theme features a background with fluorescent light streams. My favorite features on this theme is the home screen icon looks like a shuffle play list of icons. The Calendar and the SMS icons have the today feature that moves down to let you scroll through the list of messages.

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