Tabs, speed dial, faster browsing and a slick UI make Opera Mini 5 the best BlackBerry browser we have ever used. You have to try it.

RIM has announced the BlackBerry Tour which offers EV-DO 3G in the new Curve form factor, but as it has no WiFi, nobody actually cares.

It’s a specious date, but the news is legit: Research In Motion launched the BlackBerry App World at 12:37 AM EST. I’ve already downloaded and installed it on my AT&T BlackBerry Bold, and I’m pleased to say that the experience has been quite nice. The application looks very polished, arriving complete with slickly-animated loading screens and a cushioned pan when navigating menus and icons

Applications have thus far averaged $3-$12 in price, while scads of apps are also free. If you’re running a BlackBerry with RIMOS 4.2 or higher, you’re in luck.

Better late than never, we guess, and you’ll be happy to know that BlackBerries everywhere now have access to flatulence with the $2.99 PhoneyFart from VirtualVies. Frp.

Thar be apps here!

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BlackBerry Bold, Curve & Pearl users now have a Pandora Radio client. T-Mo users are out in the cold.

Enterprising phone recon dudes at BGR outline the (completely true) things that suck about the BlackBerries.

1. Asus implied that they’re working with fuel cells for laptops.
2. Shuttle is working with NVIDIA to make products based on the ION platform
3. Splashtop and Real Networks were meeting in Real Networks’ secret meeting booth. Just sayin’.
4. Asus is working on notebooks that are practically popup books. The technology is almost there. The chassis on such units have collapsible elements that make the notebook just a quarter inch tall when closed. The big holdup is OLEDs.
5. Shuttle is working on a water cooling unit for their SFF PCs that will work with CrossFire, SLI and a quad core. This also implies that we’ll see CF/SLI and Yorkfield-containing SFF PCs.
6. RAZER’s 7.1 headphones use Israeli Military technology to do audio positioning. This same tech is used by Israeli fighter pilots to assist in tracking inbound missiles. Seriously, people live and die by the accuracy of this audio positioning, so they sound fantastic.
7. RIM gently implied that they’ve been talking to Adobe about Flash Lite. Shhh.

More rumors when we remember them.

It’s Thursday, and that means, er, nothing. But we do have gadgets for you!

• The BlackBerry Storm reviews are starting to hit the web. All sources indicate that it’s good, but not yet ready to slay the incumbent iPhone. Cue the “rains on RIM’s parade” jokes.
• It’s rare that new developments in the flash drive arena amount to more than new capacities, new colors or some new-fangled encryption scheme. Yet Kanguru has managed to deliver the goods by releasing a flash drive with an eSATA connection for superior throughput.
• Packard Bell is back with a netbook. Everyone grab your warranties.
• Meet Roofus, the beastly robot that plows snow like it ain’t no thang. We, for one, accept our new robot overlords.

The BlackBerry Bold was released yesterday to glowing reviews around the web. Yet in spite of the device’s immediate popularity, it is being criticized for the steep $299 pricetag after mail-in rebates. With a little bit of sleuthing and the power of promo-stacking, we’ve managed to land that puppy for a svelte $179.

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You may not need Exchange or a BES to get free mobile email or calendar push support! Check out Mail2Web LIVE and see if it meets your needs.

It’s Monday! That’s right, while we all return to the grind to get our work on, gadget lust never stops. Take a peek at what the weekend wrestled up:

• A bizarre little device from OLO will allegedly use the iPhone to deliver full-sized screen and keyboard. This product remains unrealized, but it’s coming real soon, honest guv.
• RIM recently announced the Blackberry Pearl Flip 8220. It’s a ghastly little clamshell phone that only a mother could love. It’s coming to T-Mobile today, so maybe it’s in the cards for you.
• The Samsung BD-P1500 — typically $400 — will hit the shelves for a mere $149 on Black Friday. If you’re willing to struggle through the crowds of spawning and frantic people, you can secure set top Blu-ray for a fraction of MSRP.
• Asus continues to dilute its Eee brand with a touch screen.
• The XOHM-packing Nokia N810 tablet is finally in stock and ready to roll.  It’s so sleek, we can almost forgive that it’s a MID.
• One phrase: Microscope on a chip. We know it sounds awesome enough that you just want to click.
• Maybe you’re an Apple fan and want to look at what is allegedly the product of Apple’s new “brick” manufacturing process.

More to come throughout the day!

• Scythe announces their first GPU cooler. If it’s anything like their CPU coolers, people are in for a quality product.
• Is Apple working on an HDTV with AppleTV and WiFi built in?
• Kevin Rose of Digg fame says the upcoming and officially-unannounced Macbooks will support Blu-ray.
• Never fear, Nintendo DS Lite owners. The DSi may be on its way, but the venerable DS Lite still has plenty of life left.
• The ever-expanding legion of Netbooks gains another entrant as Samsung reveals their NC10.
• NERD.
• Show your Blackberry who’s boss with the Blackberry power user guide.

As RIM enters the fourth month of its stock slide which has seen its valuation drop from $148 to just $60, it is rumored that the borg is looking to assimilate. Given that RIM has long been married to Microsoft’s Exchange platform, snapping up RIM would be a perfect acquisition for Redmond. Analysts are even going so far as to suggest that an offer stands to purchase RIM at $50 per share if the company drops below that value.

If the maneuver is real and were to happen, Microsoft would immediately have a 38 million-strong user base. Owning the world’s single largest smartphone user base would put Microsoft in an interesting position and dash Google’s plans for (friendly?) world domination.