BlackBerry SYNC got their hands on some sweet leaked photos of the BlackBerry 9500 (aka the BlackBerry Thunder). The BlackBeery 9500 boasts a 360×240 touchscreen and also has wireless music dowload capabilities. Theoretically, the BlackBerry 9500 will sport OS 4.7, as well as a portrait media player for watching videos and photos taken by the BlackBerry.

The Blackberry Bold (aka Blackberry 9000) will be available this summer! AT&T is the first carrier, but the Blackberry Bold will also be sold in a 1700 MHz model that will run on T-Mobile’s networks. Features include 1 GB of internal memory with encryption, Tri-band HSDPA, interchangeable colour plates, 5 hours of talk-time/13 days standby time, integrated GPS, WiFi, a full QWERTY keyboard, a sleek new design, a half-VGA LCD colour screen, and a 624-MHz Marvell Tavor PXA930 processor. The Blackberry Bold is estimated to cost between 300 and 500 dollars. Click here for more information!

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It’s a sad day for BlackBerry 8800 users world-wide when the Blackberry 8820 launches. You can now buy this upgrade to the 8800 (basically, it has WiFi) for $299 from AT&T with a two year contract. Yes, that’s right: GPS, push-to-talk support, EDGE, a microSD slot, and a svelte design all in one package! Click here for more information.

According to the BGR, Sprint is looking to launch the Blackberry Pearl 2 during Thanksgiving Weekend (Black Friday Weekend). This updated Pearl will have integrated GPS, but sadly no WiFi. Anyways, this will help Sprint start off the holiday season with good profit margins, and will brighten many a Blackberry Pearl fan’s dreary winter day.

RIM has officially announced the BlackBerry 8820, their first smartphone with integrated WiFi. The BlackBerry 8820 is also the company’s thinnest BlackBerry to date, and also has GPS, EDGE, Bluetooth 2.0, and an expansion slot that accepts microSD cards and microSDHC cards.  The BlackBerry 8820 will be available via AT&T: the price and launch date are still unknown.

It looks like T-Mobile will launch the BlackBerry 8320 in September 2007. The T-Mobile BlackBerry 8320 will also have WiFi.  Other features include a 3.2 megapixel camera with 6x digital zoom and flash improvement, a 3.5 mm headphone jack, a microSD slot, 64 mb of internal memory, streaming media support, 4.5 hours of talk time or 17 days of standby, Bluetooth, and an improved build quality.

Behold the BlackBerry Pearl 2, codenamed the “Komet”. Obviously the sucessor to the BlackBerry Pearl, the Blackberry Pearl 2 has some mighty impressive specs! These specifications include a 3.2 megapixel camera with flash improvements and 6x digital zoom, colours in red, blue, gold, black, Windows Media DRM & MTP support, and a built in 3.5 mm headphone jack. The Komet will also have an external MicroSD slot, WiFi, 64 mb of internal memory, Bluetooth, 4.5 hours of talktime/15 days standby, and an improved design. No word on launch date or pricing yet, but we’ll keep you informed!!

RIM has officially announced the BlackBerry 8300 “Curve”. This BlackBerry has a 2 megapixel camera with integrated flash and 5x digital zoom, an A2DP Bluetooth Audio Profile, a redesigned media player and desktop media manager, a 3.5 mm headphone jack, microSD expansion, 64 mb of internal ROM, and a QWERTY keyboard. The BlackBerry Curve will be available on AT&T’s networks,