RIM has launched their BlackBerry App World online. Instead of having to rely on the BlackBerry App World mobile app to find apps, now BlackBerry users have the added convenience of browsing for apps online.

How to use the BlackBerry App World Online store

1. Go to http://appworld.blackberry.com/webstore/

2. Search for an application that you’re interested in downloading

3. Click on the application you’re interested in downloading

4. You can see the  price, reviews, description, filesize, release date, version, supported devices, suported countries, and supported carriers on the application page. There are also social media links on the top right so you can share your favorite apps through e-mail, Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, StumbleUpon, or Digg.

5. Click Get it Today to download the application you want.

6. Enter your e-mail address you use with your BlackBerry smartphone and click the Send App Link button to have the application sent to your BlackBerry device.

We’ve heard about the BlackBerry 9700 AT&T and BlackBerry 9700 T-mobile models, but a recently posted image on the Howard Forums suggests that the BlackBerry 9700 smartphone will be coming to Bell Mobility in Canada as well.

After looking at the screenshot closely, I can  see the model number is HER978KU HSPABB Bold 9700 UNSUBSIDIZE. The person who posted this screenshot, BellCSR mentioned that the BlackBerry Bold LG Xenon, and Samsung T746 are also now on Bell’s inventory.

[via Howard Forums]

Kevin Michaluk from CrackBerry.com was lucky enough to spot a 3G Black Berry 9700 T-Mobile smartphone in the wild. This BlackBerry 9700 model has a silver chrome color instead of the rumored charcoal color. AT&T probably gets the Charcoal color while T-Mobile gets the silver chrome color. Instead of a trackball this model has a trackpad.

AT&T users: Don’t worry, your GSM BlackBerry 9700 is rumored to be launched soon too.

[via CrackBerry]

Rumors of a new BlackBerry model, the BlackBerry 9700 have been spreading around the web. According to a reliable source that tipped Boy Genius Report, RIM will be releasing the BlackBerry 9700 soon. The only details we have about this BlackBerry 9700 are rumors, but Boy Genius Report is known to have reliable tipsters so I’ll go ahead and post them here.

BlackBerry 9700 Specs

• Quand-band GSM/GPRS/Edge
• UMTS/HSDPA
• 468 x 360 Resolution Display
• Wi-Fi A,B,G
• OS 5.0
• QWERTY Keyboard
• 3.2 Megapixel AF Camera
• Bluetooth

Remember, these are just rumored specs and nothing has been confirmed. GPS was not mentioned in here, but I’m sure the BlackBerry 9700 will have GPS once it’s out.

BlackBerry 9700 Carriers

Today Boy Genius Report got a picture from a tipster which shows them a pre-launch list for AT&T. The BlackBerry 9700 appeared in that list along with other smartphones like the Garmin Nuvifone G60, HTC Tilt 2, and the HTC Pure/HTC Snap.

[via Boy Genius Report]

According to research firm IDC, RIM’s BlackBerry Curve has taken the top spot as the top-selling smartphone for the second quarter in the US. Despite the iPhone and it’s success with the App Store, the BlackBerry has managed to do better in sales.

Here is the list of the top 10 selling smartphones for Q2:

1. BlackBerry Curve (8310, 8320, 8330, 8350i, and 8900)
2. Apple iPhone 3GS (16GB and 32GB)
3. BlackBerry Pearl (8110, 8120, 8130)
4. Apple iPhone 3G (8GB and 16GB)
5. BlackBerry Bold
6. BlackBerry Storm
7. HTC/T-Mobile G1
8. Palm Pre
9. HTC Touch Pro
10. HTC Touch Diamond

I’m surprised that the BlackBerry has been able to perform better than Apple. One of the major factors that I believe is bringing lower sales to the iPhone is that it’s only available on AT&T. If the iPhone was to be available on other carriers like Verizon, or Sprint I’m sure that  it would easily beat BlackBerry in sales.

If you read the list you’ll notice that there are five different models of the BlackBerry Curve, while there are only two different models of the iPhone 3GS. So the list is a bit unfair! IDC is also saying that they haven’t finalized the numbers yet, they’re preliminary.

The Palm Pre which was launched on June 6th ranked 8th in this list. It’s good to see that Palm’s new Pre at least ranked on this list.

[via Information Week]