Research In Motion is working on a music service that will tie in with BlackBerry Messenger. CNET reports that RIM will deploy a test version of its subscription-based streaming music service in the coming weeks, and that a final product will come later. BlackBerry owners will be able to share their songs with other subscribers using RIM’s BBM service, the report suggests. It’s unclear how much the BlackBerry maker plans to charge, but The Wall Street Journal said it will cost “significantly less” than similar services such as Rhapsody and Spotify, which both charge about $10 per month for premium access. RIM has already inked deals with Sony Music Entertainment, Warner Music Group

BlackBerry maker Research In Motion announced Tuesday it has purchased Scoreloop, a Germany-based company which makes a toolkit for developers to add social features to mobile games. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. “We look forward to working with the team at Scoreloop to provide tools that will further enable our developer community to take gaming to a new level of social integration on the BlackBerry platform,” RIM said in a statement. Scoreloop chief executive Marc Gumpinger said the Waterloo, Ontario-based RIM has the “ambition to build the best platform for mobile games. So we’ve joined forces to help make this a reality.” Sc

BlackBerry fans will just have to keep waiting for the company’s latest and greatest handset. We have confirmed with multiple sources that the BlackBerry Bold 9900 won’t be launching until September globally. While an announcement at BlackBerry World was inevitable, it still hurts to see RIM struggle to get devices out the door swiftly. RIM announced that the BlackBerry Bold 9900 would be available in the “summer” from carrier’s globally when the product was unveiled at BlackBerry World. P.S. We have heard RIM might have one more major OS release in the cards, possibly BlackBerry OS 7.5, before the launch of QNX on smartphones.

Sprint’s public sector marketing director, Gerald Evans, recently posted a message on his personal blog noting that Sprint planned to launch the Wi-Fi version of the BlackBerry PlayBook on June 5th for $499. The post has since been pulled, so it’s unclear if the tablet will make its debut on Sunday, but we suspect it was a slip on Evans’ part and that the launch is likely to take place on that date. Sprint has also announced that it will offer a 4G WiMAX version of the tablet sometime this summer; there’s still no official word on a launch date or price for that model, however. [Via Mobile Burn]

Research in Motion recently launched their first ever tablet in USA and Canada which is known as BlackBerry Playbook. We recently reviewed it for you, and we told you that it’s a good tablet. Mobilink also announced that they will bring it in Pakistan whereas HomeShopping PK and other retailers are already offering it. Unfazed by its recent Playbook recall in the US, Research in Motion has firmed up plans to release the device in the UK. The company’s flagship tablet will hop across the pond to its first international market, where it will go on sale beginning June 16. The news comes very recently after RIM had to put egg on its face by recalling several hundred Playbooks states

Research in Motion (RIM) announced its new range of Bold Touch smartphones, the Bold 9900 and Bold 9930. Basically, two models are identical, except that the 9900 supports tri-band HSPA+ 4G and quad-band GSM/EDGE networks while the 9930 is a world phone adding support for dual-Band CDMA/EV-DO Rev. A network. The new phones are the thinnest Blackberry phones at 10.5mm and have lustrous exterior with a brushed stainless steel frame and a high-gloss glass-weave backplate. The new Bold Touch phones both are powered by 1.2GHz SnapDragon processor with 768MB of memory and runs the latest BlackBerry 7 OS. They feature the iconic physical QWERTY keyboard with optical trackpad, a 2.8-inch ca

RIM the Makers of BlackBerry Smartphone announced the launch of the BlackBerry Style 9670 smartphone for the CDMA customers in India .The new smartphone comes in a elegant compact flip design along with dual high-resolution displays and a full-QWERTY keypad. One of its amazing feature is the powerful new BlackBerry 6 operating system.The smartphone also features a full-QWERTY BlackBerry keypad that makes messaging, email and real-time chats with BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) pretty easy. It also comes along with many advanced features, which includes a 5MP camera with flash and it also supports video recording, built in GPS for location based apps and geo tagging, Wi-Fi for faster

The day many BlackBerry addicts have been waiting for has finally come. The first BlackBerry Tablet — the BlackBerry PlayBook — has finally become available. Individuals can find the 7-inch tablet across several consumer electronics retailers such as Best Buy, Staples, Office Max, and more. The base model is priced at $499. Unfortunately, it seems that AT&T customers are not able to use the BlackBerry Bridge feature at this time. It’s unknown why exactly the carrier was left out. The functionality does seem to work on all other carriers.

Nobody has been able to match the iPad thus far. But the PlayBook, the first effort from BlackBerry smartphone maker Research In Motion, has emerged as one of the strongest contenders. On the surface, the PlayBook looks similar to other iPad competitors: Its slick touch screen measures 7 inches diagonally, smaller than the iPad’s but comparable with those of others. It has front and rear cameras for snapping photos and video conferencing and a black rubberized plastic back and sides. What’s different is the software powering the PlayBook. Most non-iPad tablets use Google’s Android software; RIM developed its own — a smart decision, yielding a device that is a

Waterloo, Ontario-based Research In Motion [RIM] Inc. announced today through an official press release that the highly-anticipated Wi-Fi-only version of the BlackBerry PlayBook will become available to the general public on Tuesday, April 19 of 2011 exclusively through Best Buy stores across the United States and Canada. The BlackBerry PlayBook will come in three different models based on the storage capacity. The device will be priced as follows: 16GB — $499 32GB — $599 64GB — $699 The best part is that individuals can pre-order their BlackBerry PlayBook unit as soon as today by visiting www.bestbuy.com/playbook in the U.S. or www.bestbuy.ca/blackberry in Canada. Other retai