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Extensive BlackBerry Enterprise Server will be indispensable to some, but free BlackBerry Enterprise Server Express is good enough for most

RIM's BlackBerry Bold 9700 is the finest BlackBerry to date, combining the best of the BlackBerry Tour 9630 and the BlackBerry Bold 9000 in a slim and refined package. People looking for a major update to the original Bold might be disappointed, but BlackBerry fans will appreciate the handset's subtle design tweaks and upgrades.

BlackBerry is rolling out the Bold 9700 which will be available from T-Mobile and AT&T. For T-Mobile and AT&T customers who are Blackberry devotees, this is great news. For the rest of the smartphone market it is more or less not news-- at least not compared with more innovative device that have been introduced lately.

Research In Motion's BlackBerry Storm features a Java-based full-HTML browser, which RIM claims is in the same class with the browsers on iPhone, Palm Pre, Nokia, and Android devices. In many respects, that assertion is true.

RIM's new BlackBerry Tour smartphone adds a crisper screen display and advanced multi-media support, including Apple iTunes synchronization, to lure new users.

As a rather voracious reader and collector of esoteric horror novels, you would think that I am completely against the concept of the eBook. Oddly enough, I love the idea. The new Kindle DX is surprisingly easy to use, read, and navigate. However, it is an expensive piece of electronic hardware. But what if I could read eBooks on my BlackBerry?

T-Mobile customers can experience the speed and sophistication of Research in Motion's BlackBerry Bold 9000 (US$400, unlocked, as of 4/13/09) if they buy it from third-party vendors (AT&T sells the handset at a subsidized price). But while the Bold boasts a sleek design, a sharp display, and high-speed connectivity, it fails to impress in other areas--particularly, its call quality and its camera's image quality.

Sick of craning your neck and holding uncomfortable positions for hours while in flight so you can watch episodes of Battlestar Galactica via iPhone or catch the latest music video on your BlackBerry? To the rescue: iFlyz, an "in-flight personal media solution" that clamps onto an airplane's seatback tray-table.

The BlackBerry Curve 8900 is RIM's newest, thinnest, and lightest Blackberry, but it doesn't feel like anything was compromised -- the screen is still big enough and the trackball navigation is the same as other devices.

The ins and outs of RIM's latest addition to the BlackBerry multimedia family, the Premium Multimedia Headset.

Owners of cutting-edge devices like Research In Motion's (RIM) BlackBerry Bold 9000 typically pay hundreds of dollars for their smartphones -- never mind the monthly service bills -- so protecting those investments with the right skin is essential. Here's a look at how RIM's own original equipment manufacturer skin and OtterBox's Impact Series for Bold skin compare.