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If you are an avid Facebook user and possess a phone that has the ability to render the site, chances are you are checking the website on the go. Alternatively, if you have a Blackberry running OS 1.6, chances are you are waiting for the ability to check the website on the go.

Well, Facebook and RIM have recently released a press statement that details the launch of Facebook for Blackberry 1.6. Below are the changes and additions made to the software courtesy of BoyGeniusReport:

• Status updates and highlights on the home page – you can now view your friends’ most recent status updates right on the home page. Highlights like photo uploads and wall posts are just a click away and you can comment on a photo, poke a friend, etc right from the home page.

• Wall access from within Facebook for BlackBerry – with one click on your friend’s profile picture from the home page, you can access their wall without having to go to the mobile site.

• Photo viewing in a simple, easy-to-use slideshow format – check out your friends’ latest photo albums with improved photo viewing, and view albums in a simple and easy-to-use slideshow format. Just scroll back and forth through the thumbnails along the bottom to display the larger picture in the center of the screen.

• Facebook for BlackBerry 1.6 will also support three new languages:
  • Thai
  • Indonesian
  • European Portuguese

If you haven’t discovered why people tend to call Blackberry cellphones Crackberries, you’ll soon find out once you download the new Facebook app.

You can snag said app by pointing your mobile web browser to www.blackberry.com/facebook.

Pictures of the Blackberry Tour 9630, originally called the Niagara, have been circulating for a while now but specs have been no where to be seen. Fortunately, our friends over at MobileSyrup have gotten their hands on a full spec sheet for the device:

Size (L x W x D): 112 x 62 x 14.2 mm
Weight: 130 grams
Memory: 256 MB internal Flash memory
Expandable Memory: microSD located under the battery door cover
Battery: 1400 mAh removable/rechargeable cryptographic lithium cell
Battery Life: TBD
Keyboard: 35 key backlit QWERTY
Display: High resolution HVGA 480×360 pixel
Camera: 3.2 MP camera, flash auto focus
GPS: Assisted, autonomous and simultaneous GPS enabled with preloaded BlackBerry Application for e911 capabilities
Media Player: Video format support MPEG4; Audio format support MP3, AAC AAC+ etc
Bluetooth: Bluetooth V2.0; mono/stereo headset, hands-free, PBAP
Headset: 3.5mm stereo headset capable
USB Port: Enables charging and high-spead data synchronization via USB “A” to micro USB “B” cable
Network Support:
Quad-band 850/900/1800/1900MHz
GSM/GPRS/EDGE networks
Single-band: 2100 MHz
UMTS/HSPA networks
Dual-Band: 800/1900 MHz

So, what do you think?

If you own a BlackBerry Bold and you’re not happy with the average battery life then you absolutely should check out Case-Mate’s new holster, the Fuel. Fuel comes with an extra built-in battery which will conveniently charge up your Bold when needed. There’s a power switch ready to help you decide when to use the extra available energy. The new holster costs $79.99 and it’s already available from Case-Mate.

T-Mobile will apparently bring you a new RIM handset in September. Codenamed either Onyx or Driftwood, this BlackBerry will be a 3G-enabled 8900 handset. Here’s what the phone will offer you:

• AWS 1700MHz + 2100MHz UMTS/HSDPA
• 3.2 megapixel autofocus camera
• GPS
• Wi-Fi
• QWERTY keyboard
• Optical trackpad
• 480×360 screen
• Carbon fiber-like back battery cover

Makes you forget the Touch Pro2 for a moment, doesn’t it?  It also makes sense for HTC to use the same ploy as in its Touch series of Windows smartphones and give new life to a successful Android device that’s starting to creak in its ageing joints.  The above image is a revision of the G1 that surfaced on BGR, and we have our fingers crossed that this isn’t just a mockup as the idea of a QWERTY-enhanced, Android-powered smartphone has us drooling already.  If true, we could expect the G1v2 to land as early as October for $148 on a two-year T-Mobile contract.  We’ll let you know when we know more, so keeping coming back.