* BlackBerry OS 5.0
  * 624MHz CPU
  * 256MB flash memory and support for microSD cards up to 32GB
  * Quad-band UMTS/HSDPA (800/850/1900/2100 MHz) or tri-band UMTS/HSDPA (900/1700/2100 MHz)
  * Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE
  * Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g with UMA support (carrier dependent)
  * A-GPS
  * 2.44″ HVGA+ display
  * 3.2 megapixel camera with autofocus and LED flash
  * Optical trackpad
  * Bluetooth 2.1 with A2DP/AVCRP
  * 1500 mAh battery
  * 6 hours of talk time and 17 days of standby (3G)
  * 109mm x 60mm x 14.1mm, 122g

Here’s the details on AT&T: $199.99 after a $100 MIR with a 2-year deal

It’s tough to beat classic black, and the Bold is already my favorite BB in the history of the company.  On October 18, AT&T will release a Mr. Clean version of the Bold in all white.  I have to admit it looks rather fetching in Winter white.

For the most part, many of us have learned to ignore advertising.  If you’re one of those folks and don’t mind ads in your app, check out The Weather Channel free version.  You get everything you do in the paid app: hourly and daily forecasts, as well weather alerts and more.  If however, you despise ads, drop #3.99 on the paid app.  Both available in BlackBerry App World.

Dictionary.com has been available on the iPhone for some time and it rocks.  Yesterday, it hit BlackBerry App World and is of equal, if not better goodness than the iPhone version.

* over 325,000 terms
* 275,000 synonyms
* word of the day in English and Spanish
* spelling suggestions

and our fav. phonetic ...and audio pronunciation!

It works on Pearl, Curve, 8800, Bold, and Tour series handhelds.

I am a proud, well, not so proud owner of the Storm.  A great concept, that doesn’t stack up to other touch phones in the market.  I am anxious to see if Storm 2 fixes the ills that plague the original.  Good news is that the hardware and software are fresh.  This is a great video to catch a glimpse.

According to Distimo, on average, buyers of BlackBerry apps are going to spend 3 times as much as the Android or iPhone counterparts.

It was only this week when we talked about the high costs of apps on “non-iPhone” platforms and asked for some synergy in pricing.  Now a third party confirms it with a decent study.  Not that it really needed confirming.

There’s been a lot of chatter going on in the developer world about the pricing of Apps.  Ultimately it’s a business like any other.  Pricing usually levels at what the market will allow.  However, in cross platform pricing, there’s an unfair advantage given to the iPhone.  In our opinion, the pricing we see in non-iPhone platforms is likely to be coming to an iTunes store near you in the future.  Upgrades are typically free, yet there’s always a significant amount of work that needs to be done to create a good quality upgrade.  Who pays for that?  Right now, it’s being paid for by an ever growing audience for the apps as new downloads happen.  However, that will slow over time and developers will need to make a living.

As a consumer, I like the $0.99 app thing.  As a developer, I like the pricing to be a little more in line with other platforms.  However, as both a consumer and developer, I think that pricing should be the same across platforms.

A whopping $6.99, but if it’s anything like previous Crash games on different platforms, it’s well worth it.

Available on BlackBerry App World, I don’t know how this slipped by me, but it’s been there since July!

A few more images after the jump…

Updated and worthy of a download in our opinion.  One thing I’m now learning to really enjoy across platforms is the ability to add friends and contacts by scanning bar codes.  It’s available here as well.  In addition you can share items with more than one contact at once.  Of course the UI is a vast improvement. 

You can Download via the App Store.

There’s a full list of updates after the jump.

via [MobileCrunch]

We’ve talked about Pandora before, specifically for the Palm, Pandora rocks on nearly every platform.  I only say nearly because I’m not yet sure it’s on the Ovi store for Nokia.  Regardless, on the BlackBerry, the UI is solid.

When the first WorldMate software hit, I wasn’t particularly a fan.  In fact for some time I have been happily using TripIt.  However, I’ve changed my ways and have been using WorldMate Live for some time now.  Why?  Well for one it offers a good deal of information at my finger tips, but a big reason is that I am a sucker for a pretty UI.  This user interface is just sweet.

Everything is easy to read, even on my Bold smallish screen.  Using the trackball scrolls through the different screen options, some of which are for Gold status members.  Luckily there’s enough here in the free app that I don’t even need the Gold membership.  I like that.