At the CTIA 2008 trade show, RIM announced a glut of new applications the company has christened “lifestyle apps.” These new apps perhaps demonstrate the Canadian company’s efforts to compete with the iPhone head-on.

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After months of the usual repertoire of leaked pictures and information, the BlackBerry Pearl Flip (yep, that’s the official name) has now been officially announced. If it isn’t obvious or if, for some reason, you haven’t heard of it yet, the BlackBerry Pearl Flip is RIM’s first foray into the flip phone market.

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Unlike the hardcore BlackBerry fan, I wasn’t overjoyed by the announcement of the full touch screen BlackBerry Storm, mostly because I’ve seen numerous attempts at toppling the iPhone before. Nevertheless, I considered it HUGE for RIM to come up with something that’s completely unlike any of the older BlackBerry models.

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The BlackBerry Bold‘s got its carriers in various countries, many of which are already offering pre-registration like Optus; all we’re waiting for now is the actual release of the handset. Over at the other side of the pond, the Engadget crew was lucky enough to document an unboxing of the product.

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BlackBerry fans sure have a lot to look forward to! There’s RIM’s first clamshell design, the Pearl 8220 and 8210. And then of course, who could forget RIM’s attempt to unseat the iPhone from its throne, the touchscreen device, BlackBerry Thunder. For those who want something a bit simpler, there’s the BlackBerry Javelin.

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While the still pictures and the early review were enough to arouse curiosity, there’s nothing like a good ol’ video spin of the BlackBerry KickStart 8220 to truly whet one’s appetite. CrackBerry.com puts the KickStart into serious action in this video above.

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By now, everyone and their mother would have already known about RIM’s latest darling (at least until the BlackBerry 9500 comes out), the BlackBerry Bold. All that remained is the Australian release which already happened yesterday.

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Last May, RIM announced a Windows client for BlackBerry smartphones. Release date was purported to be sometime around summer which we now know is this July.

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The BGR team got a BlackBerry Bold on their hands for a month now and has just posted quite a comprehensive review of the upcoming RIM smartphone. The reviewer hailed it as the “BlackBerry communities (sic) iPhone” as it’s the device many BlackBerry fans have been waiting for.

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The Apple iPhone 3G release frenzy last week had a lot of people overlooking news about other handsets. These live shots of the BlackBerry Javelin, for example, surfaced last Friday. If you remember, the BlackBerry Javelin is one of the two 3G-less BlackBerry 9000 currently in the works.

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