There have been quite a few leaks regarding the BlackBerry KickStart. It will be the first flip phone coming from RIM so it will be interesting to see how it fairs.
Kevin @ CrackBerry managed to get his hands on a pre-production model of the KickStart and has completed a review of the hardware inside [...]

I am not sure if I am the first to notice this but there is a new link on the BlackBerry Help page at mobile.blackberry.com. It now lets you search to see what instant messaging applications are available for your BlackBerry.

Just go to www.blackberry.com/instantmessaging/ from your BlackBerry!
You then click the search button and [...]

Richard just let me know that the BlackBerry 4.6 JDE (Java Development Environment) was just released in public beta. This has to be a first for RIM. A public beta. Who would have thought… RIM IS listening!

Developers have been complaining to RIM for quite awhile that OS 4.6 and the Bold are right around the [...]

SanaTizer just sent in a tip that RIM has posted BES 4.1.6 on their website. That means that Service Pack 6 of BES 4.1 is now official! This is a bit of a surprising move to me but hey I won’t complain.
BES 4.1.6 brings:

HTML email to BES emails by default (no hack needed)
Support for IBM [...]

Ryan let me know that Bplay released a theme called iBerry that looks really slick. I know quite a few people have been looking for a clean Today Plus style theme since the RIM version is only available for some devices. The theme looks great and it is cool how the bottom bar comes up [...]

RIM just published a knowledgebase article on how to enable the Enterprise-only message application icon in BES 4.1 Service Pack 5. This includes the SQL script you have to run to enable this feature!!!
This icon filters your email to only show you your work or BES emails! Kind of like Empower’s BES mailbox. It will [...]

Other than the Crossbar theme being re-released Bplay let me know that they have also re-released their cool Explorer theme. This theme mimics Windows Vista in every which way. The view starts as just a start bar like Windows that pops up and gives you a whole menu of options. It looks almost exactly like [...]

I know quite a few of you have been mourning the loss of the game-changing Crossbar theme that Bplay released and then had to pull. It had/has a slick carousel Zen menu that is just awesome. One of my contacts at Bplay just let me know that the Crossbar theme is back and this time for good. [...]

For some reason the latest OS 4.5 for the 8100 series is much harder to find online. I just got a tip from Secret Agent 003 that the latest OS 4.5.0.52 beta for the 8100 is now making its rounds on the web. Sadly this leaves 8110, 8120, & 8130 users out in the cold but [...]

UPDATE: From what I am hearing the current implementation of Nuance on the Bold is just a replacement for the previous Voice Signal voice dialing application. There are rumblings that it might be extended to device control.
Once again we have some new information from Secret Agent 001 about the upcoming BlackBerry Bold. Nuance essentially means [...]