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News has just hit that AT&T will in fact release the Blackberry Curve 8900 this Friday, May 22nd, which is 3 days earlier than originally leaked. Price for the full QWERTY keyboarded handset will be $199.99 after a 2-year and mail-in-rebate. But since it lacks 3G, I’d just opt for the Bold, which is just $149.99 at Wirefly.

RIM’s CEO confirmed the impending arrival of the Blackberry Storm 2, but we never imagined, even in our wildest dreams that pics of the handset would leak to the blogosphere this soon.  No official specs have been touted, but the bottom buttons now appear to be integrated into the touchscreen.  With that all said, does this mean that were close to a Storm 2 launch?  Perhaps Q4?

[via GadgetReview]

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It was just yesterday that AT&T confirmed that they’ll be bringing the popular Blackberry Curve 8900 to their network this summer.  Unfortunately, the press release was devoid of an actual launch date and simply stated an ‘early summer’ release.  Now BGR’s inside man (or woman) says the Curve will land at AT&T on May 25th for $149.99 after a contract signing and mail-in-rebate.  The tipster also says that AT&T will drop the price of the Bold to $199.99….bold indeed.

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AT&T confirmed today that the Blackberry Curve 8900 will in fact come to the carrier sometime ‘early summer’.  We’re basically talking about the same handset that appeared on T-Mobile some months back, so it’s nothing to go bananas over.  Included in the deal is access to over 20,000 AT&T WiFi locations on the device, but you’ll have to choose the Unlimited Data Plan when you sign up.  Other features include a 3.2 megapixel camera, microSD card slot and more.  Sorry, no word on a price, but I’d guess $100 or so.

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Hardly a surprise but RIM CEO himself confirmed the second coming of the Storm (aka Storm 2). No word on release dates but we know that the new device will include a number of enhancements including a new method of text entry. The touchscreen was touted as the hallmark of the current Storm so it’ll be interesting to see what the new one will offer.

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Yesterday, we reported on T-mobile’s special NYC event. Today, it looks like T-Mobile is having a similar event in the UK on the 22nd of April-instead of an Android device it looks like RIM, the makers of Blackberries, will be involved. So what will it be, this collaboration between RIM and T-Mobile? I think the time is right, perhaps overdue, for a 3G version of their Blackberry.

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