I wasn’t sure if RIM would continue their Storm series, after the launch of the BlackBerry Torch, but it appears RIM is indeed working on a next generation Storm model. The folks at BerryReview have received a picture of what the tipster claims is the Storm 3. Apparently the Storm 3 will sport a 3.7″ touch display and 8GB of internal memory. We can only hope that RIM has decided to use a more high resolution display for the Storm 3, but something tells me it won’t be too crazy. Sadly we don’t know when it will be available or really any other specs about it. Stay tuned for more news when we find it…

The BlackBerry Storm2 is starting to reach end-of-life status with a couple different carriers in North America, but that hasn’t stopped Manitobia’s own MTS from finally launching it. The BlackBerry Storm2 is a CDMA smartphone, with world roaming abilities. As of now you can grab the BlackBerry Storm2 for $199 with three year term and voice and data plan. For more details visit MTS.

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It was rumored that Bell was getting ready to launch the BlackBerry Storm2, and its finally here! The Storm2 most likely will be the last CDMA BlackBerry to come to Bell’s “classic” network, most other devices launching from here will be HSPA 3G. This isn’t the first time we’ve seen the Storm2 in Canada, TELUS has been offering it since last year, but it seems it took Bell a little longer. Anyway if you’ve been dying to get your hands on the BlackBerry Storm2 from Bell you can grab it from Bell.ca starting today.

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Rumored pricing:

$349.95 on 3-year contract
$399.95 on 2-year contract
$499.95 on 1-year contract
$549.95 no contract

Apparently HowardForums member “codwil” sent MTS an email asking them when they will see some more up to date smartphones, and this was the reply he received:

“Thanks for your email. We currently plan to launch both the Blackberry Storm 2 & the Tour 2 in late spring early summer 2010. We are also currently in talks with several manufacturers in regards to the Android phones but unfortunately nothing is nailed down at this point, we are looking at a tentative launch date of an Android unit in Spring 2010.”

So it looks to be a pretty good Spring for MTS! Any readers here from Manitoba who have a comment?

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Premium theme designer, Elecite has just introduced a new premium theme for the BlackBerry Storm (as long as you’re running OS 5.0).  The theme is called “Clarion” and its the first theme from Elecite that allows you to customize it online before you purchase it. Follow the link below to customize and download your copy of Clarion from Elecite.

Head over to Elecite.com and Check Out Clarion

It looks like Sasktel is getting ready to release two new CDMA BlackBerry smartphones, the Storm2 9550 and Curve 8530. According to our friends at MobileSyrup, Sasktel should be releasing both models within the near future. Sasktel had the Curve 8530 posted on their website, however it seems to be removed now. The BlackBerry Storm2 seems to have been posted under the Sasktel BlackBerry OS Downloads page. So I would say its safe to assume a launch is coming in the near future.

Hey that reminds me… What happened to Bell releasing the Storm2 9550?

UPDATE: We’ve added a poll to hear your thoughts. Click read more at the bottom to see more pics and vote!

Well this certainty does look like a real device, but could it be the rumored BlackBerry Slider? If you remember last week we talked about how RIM has been working on a device with a design similar to the Palm Pre. Could this be it? Pictures surfaced on CrackBerry Forums & BBLeaks then shortly were removed off CrackBerry… What do you think? A Slider design with full QWERTY keyboard and optical trackpad. We aren’t too sure if it has a touchscreen or not at this point, but we will keep you updated once more details arrive.

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