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Sorry guys RIM put their lawyers on us again for “misappropriation of trade secrets” so we had to take it down. Still a little bit of Google-ing will prove that you cannot close Pandora’s box once it is open…

Australian mobile carrier, Optus, have announced the release of the first Pre-Paid BlackBerry BIS plan in Australia.
The budget BlackBerry 8520 Curve is offered as an outright buy for $399 and pre-paid BIS plans from as low as $30. This is bound to open up BlackBerry to a much wider audience as budget minded and [...]

Review: OtterBox Defender Case for BlackBerry Curve 8520
Rating:
Cost: $49.95 (+ *shipping)
Available from: www.OtterBox.com
Once again, the folks over at OtterBox have done it. They have made give out yet another perfect score. I went over this case with a fine toothed comb and couldn’t find one fault. The design, fit, attention to detail and overall [...]

(Via: BlackBerryForums.com.au: Blackberry Browser Security issue )
Research In Motion (NSDQ: RIMM) issued a security patch that fixes a vulnerability that potentially leaves BlackBerry users open to phishing attacks.
The flaw enables a malicious coder to trick BlackBerry users into visiting a potentially malicious Web site by making the device think the site is a trusted one. To [...]

Our same reader again just dropped this on to our desk for the new touchpad Curve. Again,  I have not had a chance to test it as of yet as I’m still actually downloading at the moment and I have only just picked up the new Budget-Berry . It has been a realy crazy day [...]

One of our readers dropped this one on our desk a few minutes ago. I have not had a chance to test it as of yet as I’m still actually downloading at the moment. It has been a crazy day for leaks but keep them coming guys and girls.
Update: Just confirmed this leak originated from [...]

One of our readers dropped this tip into us this morning and has been confirmed on Rimarkable.com.
Rumor has it is that RIM has updated the BlackBerry Messenger Servers to the latest version and inadvertently pushed out an OTA download link to some BlackBerry Messenger users.
Some of our readers have already downloaded BBM 5 from our [...]

As some ex-pats and just about the entire nation of Australia will stop to watch the AFL (Australia Football League) Grand Final this coming Saturday (around midnight, Friday EST for those of you in the US if you want to try and catch it on cable), BlackBerry Forums Australia have posted wallpapers for most devices [...]

UPDATE: Looks like this is just an aftermarket housing and not an actual device color. Sorry guys!
One of our readers dropped in this link. There’s not a lot of information on availability or carrier but I must say, it looks great. With the upcoming release of the Storm 2 and 9700 this type of thing [...]

The team over at BGR are all over this news like a rash. Seems AT&T have pulled their latest BlackBerry Bold firmware upgrade citing issues affecting the interaction between device and network enhancements being deployed.
There’s no news of when a replacement will become available but (sarc) “rest assured, the technicians over at AT&T and RIM [...]

UPDATE: Sorry guys. RIM’s legal counsel, Jordan Vaeth, seems to be a avid reader of BerryReview and keeps on sending in these takedown notices as you can see below. Guess RIM has nothing better to do… Though truthfully this OS was reported as causing a few issues.

Have you ever found yourself in dire straights on the roadside ? Ok, so this application may not cover such issues as the one pictured above but if you own a Mini (not only does the world feel sorry for you, but) you’re in luck.
From Engadgetmobile:
“Car companies have been trying tap into the iPhone’s mojo [...]

AT&T yesterday had their first OTA firmware update for the Bold and for those of us that would rather have use a PC and Desktop Manager to do the update, their site is now displaying the  newest.
You can pick it up over at : www.blackberry.com
(Remember: if you are not on AT&T then you will need [...]

Have you ever found yourself out to dinner with the kids and find you have forgotten to bring the endless number of distractions that keeps the little ones quiet for a few hours ? Fear no more. BabyGo! to the rescue.

From their site:
Baby GO! is a free app for every parent who has watched their [...]

Sorry guys RIM had us take down the article as per their statement below…

For all you hard core BlackBerry users out there who tend to download every application that comes your way then this one is for you. (Yep, yet another application for you to download ).
Toysoft is happy to release AppListing.
AppListing is a freeware application that lists all the 3rd party applications on your device. [...]

To get the best viewing experience on your BlackBerry, make sure you have CSS and Tables enabled on your device.
To check:
1. Press the BlackBerry button (seven black dots)
2. Select “Options” from the menu.
3. Select “Browser Configuration”
4. Highlight the check boxes next to
• Support HTML tables
• Support Javascript
• Use Background and Foreground colors
• Use Background [...]

It looks like it is going to be one of those days where the leak freaks are busy again.
We just got a tip that new leaked OS’s have sprung up over at CrackBerry for the Tour, Bold and 8900 Curve. You can pick them up at the below links or jump over to CrackBerry for [...]

August 25, 2009 – Rhomobile today announced a complete smartphone mobility solution providing enterprise smartphone apps with capabilities including push and sync data required for enterprise mobility efforts. By leveraging the power offered by today’s smartphones, Rhomobile offerings including the Rhodes smartphone app development framework and RhoSync server make the iPhone. BlackBerry, and other leading [...]

If there is one point that RIM has dropped the ball, it is in their native browser. In a recent acquisition for an undisclosed sum of money, The Canadian BlackBerry manufacturer bought into a web kit developer by the name of Torch Mobile.
Torch Mobile stated on their web site, “Our team of developers will join [...]