With all the BlackBerry Tour mania on CrackBerry this week, it's almost easy to forget about the next new device lined up to hit the market in the weeks/months ahead, the BlackBerry Curve 8520 (aka Gemini). The 8520 has been in full-production for weeks already and with FCC approval now behind it it's now just a matter of when. With time we should see the Curve 85xx series roll out to many carriers (1 of the 3 devices in the photo above is actually a CDMA-friendly Curve 8530…

Since Sprint released the Curve 8350i, a whole new set of users has come from the new device (as well as some converts) along with a new set of issues. Made Simple Learning has added the 8350i Training Center to tackle all of the issues that popped up from this Curve to the “i”. The Training Center allows users to quickly learn the ins and outs of the device, both with a 420 page electonic book and a collection of videos can be watched on a PC or Mac

I just got word of a cool new app called WiFi Disabler . The premise is simple - when a WiFi connection to your router is lost, WiFi Disabler will turn off WiFi radio on your device to help save battery life.

Mike from Nickel Buddy just sent over an email letting us know that Solitaire Buddy Gold had just been updated with great new features.? There have been numerous bug fixes from the original release, larger cards for newer devices as well as 1, 2 and 4 suit Spider.? Solitaire Buddy Gold lets you play over a dozen solitaire games like?Klondike, Freecell, Spider, Golf, Pyramid Golf, 3-Peaks, Black Widow, Beetle, Spiderette, Will o Wisp, Poker, Canfield, and Pyramid.? You can grab it at a huge discount (over 70%) from the CrackBerry App Store through July 2nd for only $1.99.? Purchase Solitaire Buddy Gold from the CrackBerry App Store > > CrackBerry.com ’s feed sponsored by ShopCrackBerry.com . Solitaire Buddy Gold On Sale For Only $1.99 Until July 2nd

Have a top of the line device but your heart belongs to the look of your good ‘ol 8700? See the new look of the Dimension theme with the latest and brightest smartphone displays on the market.

PatternLock for the BlackBerry Storm has been one of our best selling apps since it's release a few months back. Tafasa has taken notice and released PatternLock Lite . The lite version is available free and works in the same manner, but only contains the bare bones application features.? PatternLock Lite gives Storm users a 3×3 grid of dots which are connected in a specific pattern to unlock the device.

It looks as if Verizon has pushed out both VCAST Song ID and VZW Tones for BlackBerry Storm users. V CAST Song ID works in much the same manner as Shazam , letting you identify songs playing on a stereo, jukebox etc. directly from your handset and instanly providing you with a one-click purchase link.

PEACE Erik VanDrunen of RIM public relations had this to say about micro-USB: “A number of industry associations have endorsed micro-USB as a preferred charging standard, including the CTIA (in April 2009). RIM is committed to micro-USB as an industry standard because it’s smaller than mini-USB and supports the trend to thinner smartphones, without sacrificing features or capabilities.

Mobile Tag French 2d barcode company Mobile Tag announced new Mobile Tag barcode reading software for BlackBerry.

Congratulations to gwabbit on becoming the number 1 paid app for the 4th straight week on BlackBerry App World’s Professional and Business category. gwabbit is an automatic email contact management (ECM) solution. The app automatically searches and identifies contacts embedded in emails on your BlackBerry, and adds or updates that information to your BlackBerry Contacts, in a single click.