I’m now the proud owner of a BlackBerry Bold.

For a while, I was trying to decide if I wanted to ditch my iPhone 3G for the Bold. After some research and hands-on time with Research In Motion’s beauty, I decided that it was in my best interest to escape from Apple’s grips.

But there was a problem: the BlackBerry Bold is expensive. If you’re not eligible for a two-year upgrade, the Bold will set you back $550 at the AT&T store. If you’re new to AT&T or eligible for the upgrade price, you pay $399.99.

I didn’t want to spend that much on a mobile phone that replaced another expensive gadget. Plus, I wasn’t eligible for an upgrade. So I decided to head down to the AT&T store to talk with a representative to figure it all out. And much to my surprise, he and I determined that I would end up paying just $30 for the Bold.

Here’s how it worked:

When I spoke with the representative, he informed me that although I wasn’t eligible for the upgrade price, my wife’s line was. So I used her upgrade option to immediately reduce the price from $550 to $399.99.

Although I was forced to plunk down $399.99 for the Bold, it came with a $100 AT&T mail-in rebate, reducing the effective cost to $299.99.

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Just like SkyCaddie on your cell phone. Get the exact distance from your location to the center of the green. Works on any golf course. Now accepting Alpha tester sign ups. Alpha testers get a free lifetime subscription.

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Actually your Blackberry, either it’s Storm 9500/9530, Curve 8900, Bold 9000, Pearl or other Blackberry series can do more than what we can see thru its menu. Just take a little time to dig your device and you will get the hidden secrets. Although not much these things can do, at least you know your Blackberry capability. Ok, now let us try the codes.

Decibel signal instead of bars

Alt + N M L L. Use same buttons for go back

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Damn that Twitter. Bow Weezy was doing his usual Twitter game spitting over the weekend on a female celeb that shall remain nameless. Said celeb dished to TheYBF.com that Bow Wow sent her a tweet telling her he’s in town shooting “Entourage.” Bow decided to ask for her info since, of course, they needed to “hook up.” She told him to give his instead. But being the clever yet one track minded male that he is, Bow forgot to Direct Message that ish. So his personal blackberry e-mail/phone number

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The dermaSHOT by Incipio is a tight fitting high density silicone case with a smooth anti-static surface which provides users full access to all of the Blackberry’s functions. It features a play-through design for full function while in case. Shock absorbing silicon protects your device and the dermaSHOT’s anti-static coatig grips the BlackBerry, not your hands. Incipio’s dermaSHOT case retains easy access to controls, ports, touch screen and inputs and are available in a wide assortment of colors. You can click the images above or follow the links below to learn more about each dermaSHOT case.

For all the ladies out there holding a BlackBerry, this bit of news is especially for you. The folks over at Gym Technik, the BlackBerry fitness app we’ve covered quite a few times, have just partnered up with Oxygenfit, an industry leader in womens fitness, to redefine the term “Fitness On The Go”.

Gym Technik has updated their library with around 100 new Oxygenfit exercises and 10 new Oxygenfit

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Travelling abroad and worried about roaming data usage? On a limited data plan and need to know how much data usage you are incurring? Or maybe you’re just curious how much data is being used by an application? Then eOffice has just the application for you, e Office Mobile Data Alerter allows you to keep a watchful eye on all your data usage be it local usage on your home carrier or WiFi network or when travelling

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CrackBerry member the.abyzz dropped off a present in the forums this morning in the form of a link to an unofficial copy of OS 4.7.0.141 for the BlackBerry Storm 9500 (not 9530). The word in the forums is that RIM’s internal development has now stopped on 4.7 and it’s all 5.0 work from here on out, so this is likely one of the last 4.7 builds we’ll see pop up for the Storm. You can click on over to the forum thread for the dowload links and more information. Now if only somebody would post a link for the 9530 version… the Stormies will thank you!

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Simon over at IntoMobile is reporting Lenovo will be launching their product Constant Connect for BlackBerry. Constant Connect is a card for ThinkPad laptops which allows you to connect you BlackBerry via Bluetooth and keep your Outlook synced.

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Coveroo now officially licenses artwork from more of your favorite brands including Marvel Entertainment, Inc. and the National Basketball Association (NBA). In addition, Coveroo announced an industry first, a HighColor process that yields stunning imagery on your phone cover with over 65,000 colors that won’t fade, rub off or peel like alternative products.

Coveroo’s solution is built on two key building blocks that provide customers with an unrivaled choice in design and quality to present a fashion statement unmatched by any other device accessory on the market today.

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