Today Research in Motion (RIM) the makers of BlackBerry smartphones, announced the new BlackBerry Pearl 3G and the BlackBerry Bold 9650. Sprint also announced the Bold 9650 will be available for their network soon.

The Pearl is the smallest BlackBerry device available as it measures only 50mm wide and weighs in at only 3.3 ounces or 94 grams. The new Pearl supports UMTS/HSDPA in other words 3G networks. It has the same keyboard as the original Pearl and a 3.2 MP camera. Also built into the Pearl is wi-fi and GPS.

The Bold 9650 which will be available on Sprint for $199.99 with a two year service agreement and after a $100 mail in rebate is probably one of the most sophisticated BlackBerry devices available. It will support 3G networks in the US and around the world making it perfect for the international traveler. Like the Pearl it will feature a 3.2 MP camera, wi-fi, built and built in GPS.

For more information on both devices visit http://www.rim.com and to check on availability of the 9650 with Sprint visit http://www.sprint.com

So a month after I got my new Blackberry Curve with Direct Connect from Sprint, it craps out on me getting no signal. They swap the phone out and tell me its an unknown issue. Guy tells me if it happens again they most likely will have a fix to call Tech Support.

It happens again, I call tech support they tell me they will call me back in 1 hour. 8 Hours passed I call back and check the video below to see what happened.

Mark your Calendar, the BlackBerry Bold will be available from at&t exclusively on the 4th of November. The phone will retail for $299.99 with a two year contract. The phone will be available online and at at&t owned stones along with some major retail stores on the 4th.

“The BlackBerry Bold is the best BlackBerry smartphone ever, backed by the nation’s fastest 3G network and the hands-down best international coverage of any carrier,” said Ralph de la Vega, president and chief executive officer of AT&T Mobility. “The BlackBerry Bold is the complete package, providing customers with an absolutely outstanding mobile experience whether doing e-mail, browsing the Web, viewing streaming video or simply making a phone call. And it is being introduced in the U.S. only from AT&T.”

Mike Lazaridis, president and co-CEO at Research In Motion, said: “The development of the BlackBerry Bold smartphone was an ambitious undertaking, and we focused intensely on the things that are most important to mobile customers when developing this best-in-class smartphone for HSDPA networks around the world. The BlackBerry Bold exudes quality in everything from its stunning display sharpness and incredible keyboard to its premium phone performance and sophisticated software applications. It provides an extraordinary mobile communications and multimedia experience, and we are very proud to introduce this breakthrough smartphone in the United States together with AT&T.”

The Blackberry Bold features a half-vga 65,000-color display which some have described as Bold and Beautiful. The Bold will be quad-band, offer wi-fi (a/b/g), bluetooth 2.0 and built in GPS. The device will also be powered by a 624MHz Intel PXA270, previous blackberry devices had processors at half that speed, it also will come with 128 MB of flash memory and a Gig of on board memory which is expandable with microSD/SDHC memory cards.

Today Columbus day, Research in Motion the makers of the Blackberry and Tmobile announced that the Blackberry Pearl Flip Phone, the first ever Blackberry Flip phone will be available in the us from T-Mobile. The Blakberry Pearl Flip Phone, has all the features you would find in a traditional Blackberry, but in the popular Flip phone design.

“The flip phone remains the vastly dominant and preferred design for mobile phones in the United States,” said Leslie Grandy, vice president of product development, T-Mobile USA. “Being the first company in the U.S. to offer the unique BlackBerry experience on a flip phone is a huge benefit for T-Mobile customers.”

The Blackberry Pearl Flip Phone will have built in wi-fi capabilities, which will allow users to use the T-Mobile@home service which gives them unlimited Wi-Fi calling..

The phone is available now at T-Mobile.com and T-Mobile Stores.

Key features of the BlackBerry Pearl Flip from T-Mobile include the following**:

First BlackBerry smartphone to offer popular flip design
Wi-Fi-enabled (802.11 b/g) supporting Wi-Fi calling and fast Web browsing
Support for Unlimited HotSpot Calling, offering unlimited nationwide calling over accessible Wi-Fi networks
T-Mobile’s myFavesSM support to stay in touch with those who matter most, with quick, one-click access for instant messaging, e-mailing, texting or calling to your Fave 5SM from the Home Screen
Enhanced SureType® keyboard to support text messaging, picture messaging, instant messaging (six popular clients), personal e-mail (access up to 10 supported e-mail accounts), and corporate e-mail
2.0 megapixel camera with digital zoom, built-in flash and video recording (requires microSD card)
Advanced media player for pictures, music and video with full-screen video playback
Stereo Bluetooth® support (A2DP/AVRCP) and 3.5mm stereo headset jack
Media management software included on the BlackBerry Tools CD, which allows transfer of music files including sync of desktop iTunes music files***
Enhanced HTML browser for high-performance browsing with a more desktop-style depiction
Internal QVGA 2.4-inch diagonal screen, 320 x 240 pixels and supporting 65K colors
128 MB of flash memory, 256 MB microSD card included, and support for up to a 16 GB microSD/SDHC card
Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE/Wi-Fi network including support for international roaming
Dimensions: 3.9” x 1.96” x 0.68”
Weight: 3.6 oz

RIM (Research in Motion) the maker of the Blackberry has announced that the Blackberry Storm a touch screen Blackberry wil be available later this fall from Verizon in the US and Vodafone in Europe, India, Australia and New Zealand.

There is no exact date when Verizon r Vodafone will hae the Storm, but it should be soon.

Research in Motion (RIM) has notified its customers of a major outage on the entire North American Continent. The outage started around noon eastern time and continues as of 7:40 PM EST.

RIM has not said when they expect the service to be back up but if previous outages are an indicator the service may be down for a day or two.

Sprint and AT&T told CNN that the outage started around 3:30 for them, however I have friends with Black Berrys and I was told by them that their service had been down since noon.