Our TELUS ninja has reported that TELUS’ Mike iDEN network will finally see a new BlackBerry soon. The BlackBerry Curve 8350i is the new addition to the iDEN BlackBerry lineup (joining the 7100i and 7520i). It will feature Wi-Fi, OS 4.6, Direct Connect (PTT) and a little more ruggid but similar design to the current Curve 8300 series. Unfortunantly for now this ninja doesn’t have an exact release but they are expecting it to come soon with tons of accessories to make it a more consumer friendly market.

So what do you think? Will TELUS introduce two BlackBerry smartphones (Storm and iDen Curve) in the month of December or will they wait until early next year??

Thanks, Frogger

We’ve received a very solid tip that TELUS’ release date for the BlackBerry Storm 9530 is set for November 17th (unless RIM pushes it back). If this is right TELUS would have a five day exclusive over Bell here in Canada. The tipster also is reporting that TELUS will charge users .50 cents per stream of Youtube clips, however if the client has certain data packages with web browsing (not known which ones at this time) then Youtube streaming will be included. Last but not least TELUS will be introducing both Red and Blue BlackBerry Pearl 8130’s early next month.

UPDATE: The tipster has sent in a few more details… Below is a picture of the two new colored Pearl 8130’s. Apparently the Storm is expected for November 17th, however RIM may still be working on software patches. Unfortunately no more details are available as of now. I guess we will have to play the waiting game…

Stay tuned for more details…

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The weeks starting off a little quiet in BlackBerry news, but we will make you drool some more. Just in case you aren’t drooling enough over the rumored BlackBerry Thunder. We’ve got a hold of a few more OS shots for you to enjoy. I know these aren’t as good as live shots but hey at least you get to see what OS 4.7 will offer for multimedia. Meanwhile you can check out other BlackBerry Thunder topics or click read more to see the rest of the shots.

Portrait camera on BlackBerry Thunder

Landscape music player on BlackBerry Thunder

Pricing is expected to stay the same at $149.99 with three year term. Stay tuned for official details soon!

That's right folks an anonymous tipster has sent us shots of the highly anticipated BlackBerry Thunder. The Thunder also known as BlackBerry 9500 will feature a huge 360×480 touch display and will apparently run on OS 4.7. This device will be a great multimedia player and could bring CDMA carriers true iPhone competition. The Thunder will run a carrier music store which similar to the iPhone's iTunes store and will allow users to purchase songs from their device. The display on the Thunder most likely will be a glass surface similar to the iPhone. Click on over for another shot… 

No big surprise but the un-released BlackBerry Desktop Manager 4.6 with Media Sync looks similar to the upcoming DTM 4.5. I haven't really noticed any big changes yet to the software except the Media Sync, which we showed you a picture of yesterday. Check out some pictures of it by clicking

I thought I would take a second and post an exclusive sneak peak at RIM's upcoming Media Sync application. This new application will allow users of newer media orianted BlackBerry smartphones to sync their iTunes music with their BlackBerry.

Give me a few days to play around with the software and I'll get you guys more details.