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Boost Mobile looks like they're prepping to add a BlackBerry to their line-up. Sadly, it's nothing new since it's just the BlackBerry Style 9670 which hit the market months ago. Rumour has it that it'll cost $199.99 contract-free but you could find it for as much as $279. The flip phone features a QWERTY keyboard, a microSD card slot, WiFi b/g/n / Bluetooth 2.1 support, a 5MP AF camera with an LED flash, and OS 6.0.

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It looks like another carrier in the US may be planning to launch the BlackBerry Style 9670 in the future. If you take a look at the image above taken from BlackBerry's site you'll see that you're actually able to download the software for said handset. Nothing else is signalling the launch of this device, but I have a feeling that it'll eventually hit the carrier soon.

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MTS has just released the BlackBerry Style 9670 for $99 if you have access to them in Canada. Of course, at that price you'll be tied down to a lengthy 3-year contract. Other price points are $199.99 on a 2-year contract and $424.99 on a 1-year contract. The smartphone itself has a flip design with a full QWERTY keyboard, a microSD card slot, WiFi / Bluetooth support, a 5MP AF camera with an LED flash, an optical trackpad, and BB OS 6.0 with the new WebKit browser. Check it out on MTS.

[Mobile Syrup]

Right on cue, Bell in Canada has just released the BlackBerry Style 9670 from RIM. Unfortunately, this is still packing CDMA connectivity so you won't be able to take advantage of the carrier's HSPA+ network. The handset itself features a 2-inch external display, a 2.7-inch internal display, a QWERTY keyboard, a 5MP AF camera with an LED flash, WiFi / Bluetooth support, GPS, a microSD card slot, and OS 6.0 with the WebKit browser.

This is available on Bell for $49.95 on a 3-year contract, $349.95 on a 2-year contract, $374.95 on a 1-year contract, and $399.95 contract-free. The 3-year price seems decent but the others are just outrageous for something like this.

[Mobile Syrup]

Bell looks like they're just about ready to release the CDMA BlackBerry Style 9670. This unique flip phone from RIM will still give you BBM, which is just about the only reason to get a BlackBerry at the moment. It'll be available starting on December 9th and was actually supposed to launch on November 23rd. This will be available on the carrier for $49.95 on a 3-year contract, $349.95 on a 2-year contract, $374.95 on a 1-year contract, and $399.95 contract-free. Mobile Syrup points out that the 3-year contract price is $30 less than what Telus is offering it for.

Thankfully, this handset ships with OS 6.0 with the WebKit browser out of the box. Other specs include an external / internal display, a 5MP AF camera with an LED flash, WiFi / Bluetooth support, GPS, and a microSD card slot.

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Coming from Mobile Syrup's tipster is word that Telus has just become the first carrier in Canada to release the BlackBerry Style 9670 smartphone. Sadly, this is because the handset runs on their old school CDMA network so you won't be able to take advantage of the carrier's better and faster HSPA+ network. Specs include an external and internal display, a 5MP AF camera with a flash, WiFi support, a 3.5mm headphone jack, a microSD card slot (8GB in the box), and OS 5.0 (OS 6.0 sometime in the future).

This is reportedly available right now for $79.99 on a 3-year contract, $229.99 on a 2-year contract, $349.99 on a 1-year contract, and $399.99 contract-free. It seems a bit expensive for this one in my honest opinion.

[Mobile Syrup]

Future Shop in Canada has just told us the price of the Telus BlackBerry Style 9670. The unique RIM flip smartphone will be available for $49.99 on a 3-year contract. This features an external / internal display, a 5MP AF camera with an LED flash, an optical trackpad, a microSD card slot, WiFi / Bluetooth support, and OS 6.0. The question now is, will the price be right? Check it out on Future Shop.

[Mobile Syrup]

The first dummy unit of the BlackBerry Style 9670 smartphone has just shown up in Canada. This is a picture of that dummy unit and this one's the Telus model. This is a unique design for RIM and it's definitely targeting the teens. This flip phone from RIM features an external QVGA display, an internal display, a microSD card slot, WiFi b/g/n / Bluetooth support, a 5MP AF camera with an LED flash, aGPS, a 3.5mm headphone jack, and OS 6.0 with the Webkit browser. This one should be launching all over Canada soon (possibly sometime this week).

[Mobile Syrup]

Another carrier in Canada that will be getting the BlackBerry Style 9670 will be MTS. This has just been announced and it's RIM's flip smartphone. The Style features a 5MP AF camera with an LED-flash, WiFi support, an optical trackpad, GPS, a microSD card slot, Bluetooth, a full QWERTY keyboard, and OS 6.0.

[Mobile Syrup]

RIM and Sprint has just made the BlackBerry 9670 official and it'll be called the Style. This flipping smartphone packs a full QWERTY keyboard along with an optical trackpad so that's some pretty good news right there. Official specs include a 624MHz CPU, a 5MP camera, GPS / WiFi b/g/n support, and OS 6.0. On launch day it'll only be available in the colour you see above: steel grey. For the royal purple model you'll have to wait until early November. You'll be able to get one on Sprint in the US for $99.99 on a 2-year contract starting on Halloween - Sunday, October 31st. If you're a premier customer then you can actually pre-order yours right now.

Update: According to Mobile Syrup, Telus in Canada will be launching this smartphone as well!

[Boy Genius]

Okay, so maybe the BlackBerry 9670 won't be getting launched as the Style. According to the leaked Sprint USA slide you see above, the flip smartphone with the full QWERTY keyboard will be called the BlackBerry Oxford which is a mouthful. The slide also tells us the most important details, the price and date! Apparently, it'll be available starting on October 31st (Halloween) for $99.99 on a 2-year contract - after a $100 mail-in rebate.

At launch, a gray model will be available and in the future RIM will be launching a purple model. Listed specs are: a 5MP camera with a flash, WiFi / GPS support, a full QWERTY keyboard, an optical trackpad, a microSD card slot, Stereo Bluetooth support, BlackBerry App World, and BlackBerry OS 6.0.

[Boy Genius]

Sprint has just released the BlackBerry Curve 3G (9330) but it looks like another smartphone RIM should be on the way soon. Spotted in Sprint's own internal systems is the BlackBerry 9670 Style which should be their flip smartphone. We could be seeing this announced at RIM's own DevCon event.

[CrackBerry]

Another RIM smartphone has just been spotted at the FCC by Engadget. This time it would appear to be the BlackBerry 9670 Style since it appears to have a huge hinge at the top - remember this one's a flip phone. Inside you can hopefully expect to find WiFi b/g/n support along with dual-band CDMA connectivity. Remember that RIM is holding their Developer Conference next week so maybe it'll be announced there.

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There's a new rumour going around that has started thanks to Mobile Syrup. One of their tipsters has just mentioned that the BlackBerry 9670 Style flip smartphone could be hitting Bell and Telus' CDMA networks sometime in the first week of November. While this is great news it's pretty sad to see that this smartphone will have CDMA connectivity instead of the faster HSPA.

Anyways, the 9670 Style smartphone features a QWERTY keyboard, a 5MP AF camera with an LED flash, WiFi / Bluetooth support, a microSD card slot, and BB OS 6.0.

[Mobile Syrup]

A RIM touchscreen slider, that's the BlackBerry Torch, but we already know about the BB 9670 flip smartphone which doesn't have a name yet. Apparently, this one will get its own naming and CrackBerry has mentioned that it will be called the BlackBerry Style. I think the name is a bit girly but, of course, some guys will still go out to get them. I also think that it's an awkward name but oh well.

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It's been a while since we've heard anything about the BlackBerry 9670 flip phone smartphone from RIM but it looks like Verizon and US Cellular won't be the only two carriers launching it in the USA. Apparently, the smartphone is also headed to Sprint in the next couple of months and Boy Genius' sources have reportedly mentioned that they're actually testing out Sprint-branded BB 9670's already. Hopefully these leak again before the release date - with the real Sprint-branding, of course.

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Although they didn't give the BlackBerry smartphone a name, US Cellular has just announced that they'll be launching the BlackBerry 9670 later this year. More specifically, they said that they'll be launching "a BlackBerry flip smartphone with a full QWERTY keyboard. Obviously, that's a good enough hint because it can't be the Pearl Flip with its SureType QWERTY keyboard. Great news for those folks!

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CrackBerry has just spotted a video of the BlackBerry 9670, flip phone with a full QWERTY keyboard, in action. It's clearly running BB OS 6.0 (6.0.0.20 to be exact) and it's a way longer video than yesterday's of the BlackBerry 9800. It's a 7 minute video, so check out the demo below showcasing what this phone has to offer.

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More photos of the BlackBerry Atlas (8980) and the funny looking BlackBerry 9670 have just been spotted on CrackBerry's forums. No other details have been mentioned, but it's clear that the Atlas was sporting BB OS 5.0, while the 9670 was sporting BB OS 6.0 again.

Update: Slash Gear has just mentioned that the BB 9670 will be a Verizon exclusive. It's likely set for a Q3 release since OS 6 is launching in Q3.

Update: According to Phone Arena, this handset will also be hitting Vodafone over in Europe.

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