There is probably going to be a price increase in hit music titles, as the big three labels have forced convinced Apple to be flexible on pricing going forward.

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One of the big BlackBerry rumors floating around the web over this passed weekend was that Sprint may be launching a CDMA BlackBerry Bold in Q1.  Although this may be big news for Sprint, I cannot remember a time when Sprint came out with a new BlackBerry before Verizon.

That being said, I wonder how long it will be before Verizon comes out with their branded CDMA BlackBerry Bold.

I doubt RIM has any doubt that a CDMA BlackBerry Bold would sell much better on Verizon than it would on Sprint and, if I were a betting man, would venture that Sprint is aware of this fact as well.  I just don’t see Sprint signing some long exclusivity deal with RIM to carry the Bold because AT&T subscribers can arleady get it, and Verizon subscribers won’t swicth to Sprint to get it even if they offered it for free.

I am sure that Verizon wants to see a few more BlackBerry Storms move out the door but I don’t think that the emergence of a CDMA BlackBerry Bold would hinder that.  It’s not like Verizon subscribers who don’t want a touch screen only BlackBerry will eventually come around.  They simply will wait until on an alternative.

I am guessing the Verizon subscribers won’t have to wait too long…

I knew that this would be an issue going in as the layout and user interface on the Storm is so different from other BlackBerry devices.  One can only assume that the Application Center didn’t launch at the same time as the BlackBerry Storm because of the lack of applications for it.  I’ve noticed, however, that a few BlackBerry applications have been released and / or updated since the launch of the BlackBerry Storm and they are not compatible with it.

Now, I know that these applications were probably in development long before the release of the BlackBerry Storm, but, the fact that brand new BlackBerry applications don’t work on my brand new BlackBerry Storm got me to thinking about what all it takes to make a BlackBerry application run smoothly on the BlackBerry Storm?

You have to, of-course, sign up to a 2-year service plan and it will probably take a month or so for you to get your rebate back, however, if you were in the market for a new BlackBerry and Verizon is your carrier of choice, this is a pretty good deal.

Check out the Verizon Wireless website for more information…

“No, I think I can put Netbooks in here [referring to the BlackBerry Storm]. These are netbooks. They are just smaller.“

Big Mike is not generally known for making just plain crazy and ludicrous assertions so we had to head over to Wikipedia to check out the definition of netbook before we chalked this comment up to too much time spent next to the hard eggnog bowl at the RIM holiday party.

I guess that if you ignore the first sentence of that definition where it says that “A netbook is a light-weight, low-cost, energy-efficient, highly portable laptop…” ,  you only loosely apply the rest of the definition, and say it with an an extremely straight face to someone that has never seen a netbook or really knows all that much about current technology, you could get some to believe that the BlackBerry Storm is a netbook.

[Via SlashGear]

The SlingPlayer Mobile Public Beta for BlackBerry is now a available for download.  I say that the day many BlackBerry users is here sort of becasue it is only available to GSM BlackBerry devices at this time.

I certainly hope that SlingMedia is working on a SlingPlayer Mobile client for the BlackBerry Storm.  Not doing so should simply be a crime…

[Source]

A Leaked 2009 BlackBerry Roadmap has made its way online and it looks like there will be a bunch of BlackBerry devices that will hit North America Next year.

You can click on the image to get a clearer picture of what is in the road map…

I don’t know how legitimate this road map document is, however, we have heard rumors about all of these devices before with the exception of one…  The Storm “Slider”

I’ve been saying for well over a year that RIM should come out with a device with a touchscreen and a slide-out keyboard.  If this road map is correct, European users may be the first to try one out…

[Via IntoMobile, Source TMONewsForums]

Yahoo! Go 3.0.47 is not compatibable with the BlackBerry Storm and I haven’t played with it since it was in beta for the BlackBerry Pearl 8130.  If I remember correctly it was a little bit slow, so, I wonder how the new version will on the BlackBerry Bold that has 3G and more processing power all around.

If you are a BlackBerry Bold use and decide to give Yahoo! Go a try, let us know how it goes via the commnents.

Get information on how to download Yahoo! Go to your BlackBerry here…

Like with the Storm, OS 4.6.0.217 for the Bold is not an officially released OS, however, if you want to give it a go anyway, you can download it here…

[Via CrackBerry.com]

OS 4.7.0.85 for the BlackBerry Storm can be found online in a unofficial way, however, word on the street is that that lastest update might actually be the next official release.

I haven’t had the chance to install 4.7.0.85 as of yet, however, those that have are saying that the updated OS is much improved even over .83.

You can download BB OS 4.7.0.85 here…

[Via CrackBerry.com]