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One should say that Microsoft is not considered to be the only company that reseted its ecosystem this week. Research In Motion drew attention of Mobile World Congress’ side-show. The company made a presentation of a real Web browser for BlackBerry. The new browser comes with accurate Web pages, zoomed into and out of pages, moreover, it offers reasonable speed and scored a 100% on the Web Standards Project’s Acid3 test.

One can say that the new browser has a little resemblance to Mozilla’s “Fennec” in terms of visual cues. In demo version embedded one the Bold 9700, one can observe that the browser includes History and Bookmarks buttons and due to their placement one can access to Storm and other touchscreen users.

Unfortunately the demo version did not show the performance of embedded video. At present the Bold 9700 is able to back up WMV3, H.264, MPEG4, and Flash rendering by means of On2’s VP6 codec. The BlackBerry is aimed at opening the same level of Web apps deployable by means of PCs and there is the only way to do this, i.e. with the help of 100% compliant rendering engine.

BlackBeirry ntroduced its Bold 9000 smatphone late last summer. It is equipped with the best QWERTY, 3G engine and multimedia that was improved.

A big attention should be given to the keyboard as it became more bijou. It was expected that there would be the absence of the original’s sizeable and highly tangible buttons but it was a mistake. The new layout of the keyboard can be determined as enough accommodating.

Due to the ridged, guitar-fret it is possible to make differentiation between keys for accurate speed-typing.

As for the camera, 3.2MP is miserably sub-standard if compare with other smarphones’ cameras. But one should not that there was made an improvement on the laughable 2MP, also it is possible to post average-quality pictures to Facebook and Twitter from the camera interface directly.

But still the device includes a lot of things that attract customers, i.e. the high production values, the palpable leatherette that can be seen on the panel and the sharp quick-witted half-VGA quality display.

What is more important about Bold 9000 is its user-friendliness. It is possible to replace the traditional trackball with an optical touch-sensitive trackpad that was first appeared on the 8520 Curve.

One can also customize two side buttons in order to blaze up any feature as well as some individual installed apps.

The device has a screen that is relatively small for internet surfing, Also there is the integrated 3.5mm headphone jack that can be found at the side of phone instead of the top. It is a bit inconvenient.

Today Research In Motion made a statement about the release of BlackBerry Curve 8520 and BlackBerry Storm in India. The handsets will become accessible to the public in 38 cities with the assistance of its distribution partner Redington.

Frenny Bawa, Vice President of Research in Motion’s Indian subsidiary, said that the company has been providing people with the latest solutions for mobile communication for ten years already, since the emerging of the smartphone market. He also mentioned in his interview that both new network independent smartphones that will be distributed by Redington will be promoted by a number of pre-paid and post-paid opportunities and will be wonderful presents during the festive season.

The handsets are competitive in price. Thus, BlackBerry Curve 8520 is sold Rs 14,990 compared to the BlackBerry Storm that is sold at Rs 20,500.

The last one has a lot of advantages, such as a 3.2 mega pixel camera, built-in GPS, full HTML browsing support, advanced multimedia capabilities. Its touch screen allows every touch, even a very faint one to be perceived.

A trackpad of the QWETRY keypad Curve 8520 will facilitate better and faster scrolling and selection. Among its strong points are Wi-Fi, full HTML browsing support and powerful multimedia features.

BlackBerry maker Research In Motion is launching a new version of its touchscreen Storm smartphone, marking its latest move in the fight with Apple’s iPhone.

The smartphone retains the original Storm’s clickable touchscreen interface, but it is easy to type now, you can type on more than just one part of the screen at a time.

The phone is enabled for next-generation networks and also has Wi-Fi capability.

Apple is expanding its smartphone’s availability by offering it to a greater number of wireless carriers.

For instance, until recently, Rogers Communications was the only large Canadian carrier that offered the iPhone. However, BCE Inc and Telus announced earlier that they would be able to offer the device in November.

Balsillie announced that the Storm2 will be a key to maintaining RIM’s growth in the retail consumer market, which it is increasingly emphasizing as it expands from its core base of business, government and other professional users.

He said that they just wanted to save and extend their leadership.

Last month, RIM reported results and an outlook that disappointed investors and sent its shares tumbling more than 15 percent.

Analysts consider that increased competition in North America from the likes of Apple, Palm and Motorola Inc was a top concern for RIM’s future.

New BlackBerry models are crucial if RIM is to succeed and Balsillie said the company is well prepared.

The 7Digital Music Store is now available for Blackberry. This announcement has been made recently by DevelopIQ.

Owning its built-in media player, music offers on the 7Digital Music Store include DRM-free MP3 files at 256 as well as 320 kbps. If you opt for a quicker download then go for WiFi, otherwise you also have an option of using 3G.

The media player referred to above can play the music downloaded from the music store as well as that stored in your phone’s memory card. This application does indeed work from the memory card only.

Complete release expected on 6th October, the preview version is now available at the 7Digital website or at the BlackBerry’s App World.

If you thought things got expensive, the big just got bigger. Amosu, who is well known for presenting the most expensive things, is once again back with a bang with its world’s most expensive Blackberry.

The Latest Blackberry by Amosu is made of out 18 carat yellow gold and is studded and bejeweled with 4.459 brilliant cut diamonds with a net weight of 28.43 carats. It is the most expensive Blackberry till date with a stunning price tag of £125,000 ($200,000).

Only 3 such exclusive Blackberry will be made and the price at which it comes; the buyer can personalize the Berry with his/her name or company’s logo. It also comes with a 24 hour global concierge service focused on ‘accessing the inaccessible’.

While the masses wonder when these 3 will expensive Blackberry will fetch a price, to their surprise one of the 3 pieces have already been sold to a buyer from Middle East.

That leaves only 2 more of these exclusive pieces for sale. If you want to bestow your love and affection upon that special someone this festive season, hurry up before the remaining 2 babies are gone to someone else.

Aircel has launched its range of Blackberry services in India. The operator has parttnered with Canada’s Research In Motion (RIM) to launch BlackBerry services.

Aircel has chosen Redington as its retail distribution channel to offer the new Blackberry service to customers across cities like Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, Chennai and in rest of Tamil Nadu apart from Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka.

“We have gained significant momentum in expanding our operations in India and the launch of the BlackBerry solution is of strategic importance for the company’s growth,” Aircel Chief Operating Officer Gurdeep Singh said. He said the company would introduce a wide range of BlackBerry smartphones on the Aircel network.

Now Blackberry users have another reason to lust on their smartphones.

Tata Docomo comes with BlackBerry now. Latest entrant to the BlackBerry service sector is Tata Docomo. BlackBerry Curve 8900 and BlackBerry Bold would be available under this service plan.

Tata Teleservice now hopes Tata Docomo, its GSM brand makes a mark with the BlackBerry services.

Research in Motion (RIM) and Tata Docomo would together bring the services to Indian users.

Deepak Gulati, President, Tata Dococmo informed “We are launching two powerful BlackBerry smartphones for our customers. Indian telecom users will also have the option to connect any authorised BlackBerry smartphone available in the market and
subscribe to a Tata Dococmo data plan”.

There would be two service planes like Do 299 and Do 899. The low cost one would offer unlimited data usage for e-mail and instant messaging.

The higher one would offer unlimited data usage for Internet, e-mail as well as instant messaging access.

BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion (RIM) has announced a strategic tie-up with Hewlett Packard (HP) to provide “a portfolio of solution”‘ to businesses on its smartphones.

Under the tie-up, Hewlett Packard will unveil HP CloudPrint to enable BlackBerry users to print emails, photos, web pages and other documents from their smartphones to the nearest printer – at home, in the office or on the road.

The California-based PC maker will also unveil HP Operations Manager for BlackBerry Enterprise Server during the Wireless Enterprise Symposium at Orlando in Florida this year.

This manager (software) will “centrally monitor and manage the extended BlackBerry solution ecosystem.” The ecosystem comprises the BlackBerry Enterprise Server software, mail servers, databases, Microsoft Active Directory and server operating systems such as Windows Server.

In a statement Monday, the Waterloo-based Canadian wireless giant said the solutions, including support for BlackBerry Enterprise Server, will raise service levels, cut operations costs and improve productivity for customers.

The statement said RIM and HP will “design and launch offerings to increase the productivity levels of the growing number of mobile employees, enabling businesses to extend the return on their investments in mobility.”

RIM co-CEO Jim Balsillie said, “RIM and HP are working together to deliver solutions to customers that weave mobility into their daily operations – from innovative new services in the cloud to managed mobile services for the enterprise.

“Through our collaboration with HP, businesses will have access to an expanded set of applications and services for their BlackBerry smartphone deployments.”

HP executive vice president said, “As businesses look for new ways to increase service levels, reduce operational costs and improve productivity, they can meet these challenges by transforming how they manage the infrastructure that powers their mobile workforces.

“Emerging models of communications and collaboration have created an opportunity for RIM and HP to provide service-based mobile solutions that deliver value to customers.”

BlackBerry shares jumped up $1.68 to $87.48 on the Toronto Stock Exchange after the announcement of the tie-up.