BlackBerry App World for India has been launched, seven months after it was unveiled in the US and Western Europe. BlackBerry App World is an application gathering and distribution service, on the lines of the iPhone App Store started by Apple.

BlackBerry Internet Service (BIS) is said to be down in several parts of the globe, the second BlackBerry data outage in three months. BlackBerry fan sites and support forums are littered with complaints from BlackBerry users from across the world that they are unable to use data services on their BlackBerrys.

Verizon Wireless has announced that the BlackBerry Curve 8530 (codenamed Aries) will be launched in November 22, 2009.

RIM has announced its latest BlackBerry Bold, the Black Bold 9700, that will replace the existing BlackBerry Bold.

The Blackberry Storm was launched in India in January 2009.  As the first touch screen phone from Blackberry in India, it was widely anticipated.  At the time of its launch, the only other touch screen phone in India was the Apple iPhone.

Some new information and specifications of the BlackBerry Dakota, previously known as the BlackBerry Magnum, are trickling in.

Aircel will offer Blackberry Enterprise Server and Blackberry Internet Services on its network.

BlackBerry maker Research in Motion today acquired Torch Mobile, the Canadian maker of mobile phone browsers.

Travel with a GPS-powered mobile phone or handheld, reach faster, easier.

News is that the BlackBerry Onyx will be launched as the BlackBerry 9700, via AT&T, in the North American region.