Not really much to write home about here (unless of course someone at home has an 8530) but it looks like the Curve 8530 update we thought was coming from Verizon will indeed be arriving next week. According to our latest intel, OS 5.0.0.508 will be available from Verizon starting Monday 3/22. From the sounds of it, the new software will be ready to go for both OTA and desktop installs

In terms of news I’d say it was a slow week for the BlackBerry Nation. On the bright side, there were some great apps that launched in both App World and the BlackBerryCool store

Is Verizon set to offer Push To Talk to its BlackBerry Tour 9630 users? BGR reports that it has been tipped off by an insider who says an OS 5.0 upgrade for the Tour 9630 will hit in 2 3 weeks. Along with the upgrade will come Push To Talk on Verizon’s network.

One of the value propositions of BES Express was that corporate users would be able to use their BIS data plans on a BES, thus saving the company money on data plans and a BES license. It turns out Verizon will be requiring all users on BES Express to upgrade their data plan to the corporate rate

We’ve been waiting to see exactly how this one turned out for everyone. But as most of you know the past few days for Verizon Storm 2 owners have been rather interesting. BerryScoop got tipped the news about the possibility of Verizon being reissued Storm 2 devices due to a screen issue.

It looks like the BlackBerry Storm 2’s touchscreen has been having problems.

Time Warner Cable is pitching to carriers such as AT&T and Verizon, a service that uses its underground cables to carry mobile calls and data traffic . The aim is to alleviate the network strain that smartphones (particularly the iPhone) are placing on the network. Remember, for every 1 iPhone, you can run 4 BlackBerrys on a typical network so it’s clear who is to blame

Hands-on with Motorola Devour Motorola Backflip, AT&T’s first Android phone, now available for $99 Apple sues HTC , Day One and Day Two Roundup Android Central Podcast is here! BlackBerry Slider Photos Emerge! BlackBerry Slider Rumors Update and Roundup CrackBerry Podcast: BlackBerry Slider Special Edition! Nokia C5 Announced The Four Classes of Nokia Smartphones Nokia Nuron coming to T-Mobile Facebook for webOS Updated Porting iPhone Games to webOS ‘a matter of days.’ Verizon Drops Mail-in Rebate on Pre Plus, Pixi Plus TiPb is Giving Away an iPad! First Chance to Enter: Subscribe to the TiPb YouTube Channel! iPad Wi-Fi Available in US on April 3, Pre-Orders March 12, International Late April Apple Sues HTC for Patent Infringement — Complete Coverage Microsoft gives a few more hints for Windows Phone 7 Series plus, HTC HD2 (again) is officially off the upgrade path Opera Mini 5 beta now on Windows Mobile as a native app More Microsoft Courier details, renderings and video get leaked CrackBerry.com ’s feed sponsored by ShopCrackBerry.com . Best of Smartphone Experts, 7 Mar 2010

The bad press and feedback from the BlackBerry Storm2 has been never ending.

Social Beat is a really cool app for those who don’t have invites for Social Scope. Actually, it’s arguably better than Social Scope.