We've seen that Verizon is planning on pushing the BlackBerry Curve 8530 out the door on November 20th according to the press release they put out a little while back now. The pricing for the BlackBerry Curve 8530 will be set at $99 after the $100 MIR and the above picture highlights some of the devices best features.

We've had the chance to go hands on with the BlackBerry Curve 8530 already in our review so be sure to give that a look before you decide on picking up the second BlackBerry device on Verizon to have WiFi. As an entry level device the BlackBerry Curve 8530 is a great introduction to the BlackBerry world and with Verizon offering it with 3G speeds it's even more solid then that of it's GSM version brother, the BlackBerry Curve 8520.

• Read The BlackBerry Curve 8530 Review>> 
• Shop For Accessories For The 8520 / 8530>>
• Applications And Themes For The BlackBerry Curve 8520 /8530>>

The BlackBerry Bold 9700 is finally available from T-Mobile, and as promised we teamed up with BlackBerry Emporium to give one lucky member an unlocked T-Mobile device. We had tons of entries in this one, and the member walking away with a new device is kronosx1. Huge thanks to BlackBerry Emporium for providing the device for this contest. If you didn't win, keep it locked here as always since more contests are on the way and you could be the next lucky winner!

With the launch of the BlackBerry Bold 9700 on AT&T for business customers RIM has finally posted the OS download for the device. AT&T is lagging behind in OS versions at this point, considering Rogers launched with OS 5.0.0.321 and T-Mobile launched with OS 5.0.0.344 and we already know RIM is well ahead of that as well with current OS sitting at 5.0.0.351 or higher. In any event, if you for some reason feel the need to reload your OS on your brand new AT&T 9700 the files are there for you to do so.

• Download The Official OS 5.0.0.296 From The AT&T Download Site>>

We try our best to throw the Enterprise users some love when we can, and with our Rove Mobile contest we had 5 free Mobile Admin Basics licenses to give away. The winners were posted in the comments on the original post, but in case you missed it, here is a recap of the 5 winners. If you were one of the lucky ones and haven't received and email from Rove, contact roveit(at)crackberry.com to claim your license. Check out the winning entries after the jump.

Winners: kevandju, zaxxon, gm85, lund, jlsparks

Fresh from being a finalist in the BlackBerry Developers Challenge, FileScout for BlackBerry has just been realeased and is now available for all to download. Matthias, the developer behind FileScout is always looking for ways to improve FileScout for the end user and is always open to suggestions for for making it better. This time around some nice changes have been implemented so be sure to have a look at the list:

What's new?

• Display of thumbnails in search result (if thumbnail display is enabled and images are in the 'FileScout Image Cache')
• Thumbnail- Options: New Button to generate all all thumbnails for all images on your device (incl. the SDCard) - this operation can take a while till it's completed - please be patient!
• When resizing images to device resolution size you can now select to keep the aspect ratio of the original image. If this option is selected, then FileScout will cut (left & right or top & bottom) of the image so that it will fit to your device screen resolution.
• User Defined resolution (image resizing) can be now be max 9999 pixel [but it's recommended not use more then 1200px]
• Support for DesktopManager Backup & Restore (FileScout settings)
• A '[W]' in the Screen Title indicating that the background threads (required for Search and other extended features) are still running (after FileScout is started) - once the threads are completed the '[W]'will disappear.
• Integration in the RIMs FileExplorer Application: a 'Explore with FileScout' MenuItem is added

What's Fixed?

• Search files in the current Directory only function fixed to be usable multiple times
• Potential OutOfMemeory Error during start of FileScout (when the thumbnail store is getting too large)
• Accessing OS5 System Folder for Bold, Bold2, Storm and Storm2, RIM confirmed that they made the System folder in OS5.x read only so files can only be viewed, not modefied.

As always, FileScout remains a donationware application so if you use it, enjoy it, please be sure to offer up a donation to Matthias for his hard work and efforts.

• Download The Latest Version Of FileScout Today >>

Any football fans out there? Of course there is. Need an application to help keep you keep up to date with all the football news? Of course you do. Handmark has teamed up with the National Football Post to bring you all the pro football news you can handle right on your BlackBerry Smartphone. The list of features is a must have for football fans:

• NFL Hot News and Rumors
• Columns from Michael Lombardi,Matt Bowen, Joe Fortenbaugh, Wes Bunting.
• Fantasy Football
• Scouting Report
• News from your favorite NFL Team 

The free application is highly customizable so that you can adjust it to get only the news you want and filter out the rest. If you are a football fan it's a must have to keep up to date on the NFL happenings.

• Download The Free National Football Post Application Today >>

Contests! I don't know what else to say this week. We tried to sneak in as many as we could while we ran around the Developers Conference last week. We had some great themes and apps as well as some unlock codes to spread around. Overall a good variety this week, and as always if you didn't win this time, don't give up hope as more contests are on the way. Congrats to all the winners!

It looks like some AT&T stores have already started receiving Bold 9700 units. The device is already available for business customers, and should be widely available on November 22nd. The Bold 9700 is one of the most anticipated devices to date, and in the words of Ferris Bueller "If you have the means, I highly recommend picking one up". If you haven't already grabbed one up from T-Mobile, then you only have another week or so to wait so hang in there.

If you're looking to get ahead of the game, it appears as if AT&T has made the 9700 OS available for download as well. We saw a similar situation when the Rogers OS popped up in the forums before the device had launched, but this time the OS is officially available from a carrier site. The OS is 5.0.0.296 which is and older version than both the Rogers and T-Mobile devices.

• More information and download of OS 5.0.0.296 for the BlackBerry Bold 9700 >>

I came across this game this morning, and after playing for way too long I have to say it is overly addicting. Colorbeat is a crazy Brickbreaker/Bejweled/Snood mix where you try to elimate the line of balls on the top of the screen. The catch is that the "bouncing" ball swaps colors with a ball it comes in contact with, making it harder to know what will happen. The balls build up and move down the screen, and if you don't knock them off quick enough, the game ends when they hit the bottom. Overall Colorbeat is a very cool Brickbreaker alternative. It is available for all devices running OS 4.5 or higher. Colorbeat is on sale in the CrackBerry App Store through November 30th for $1.99.

• More information and download of Colorbeat >>

Where I used to live, the choices for dining were slim. It’s not always a bad thing; every Monday night was wing night at our favourite hang out. Since I moved to the West Coast, there’s almost too many to choose from!  Part of me wants to stick to familiar places, another part says to venture out and see what else is out there, still another part says to stop going out so much and save the money for a new BlackBerry. After trying to figure out what everyone feels like having to eat, there’s still the decision between the usual place or a new one. At this point, someone may get fed up and decide to order a pizza. Before you surrender to the salivating scent of pepperoni and cheese, grab a spoon…Urbanspoon that is.

At the BlackBerry Developer Conference 2009, Kevin gave us the heads up on Urbanspoon. The application helps you decide where to dine, based on the neighbourhood, cuisine and your budget. We’ve seen it in commercials featuring the ” SighPhone”, but now we users and abusers have the opportunity to search for places to stuff our faces. Grab a napkin and read on!

Reports are flowing in, users are frantic. Yes, BlackBerry Internet Service is unexpectedly down across the board. What was initially thought as just as a North American outage has proven to be more widespread. Hang tight folks, we'll let ya know more when we know more. Until then, check out the CrackBerry forums and seek counsel from your peers if this is your first BIS outage. ;)

• Visit the Main Outage Forum Thread related to this issue >>

• Read CrackBerry.com's BlackBerry Bold 9700 Review >>

Danny let me know that he is running a one day sale on all his applications and games. The sale runs through Midnight tonight and is for all of the great Toysoft apps. You can choose from games like SeaBattle, GoFish and Ballz or apps like Location Profiler, PictureDial or NotNow. All of the apps are 50% all day. You will have to purchase them from the CrackBerry App Store and use the coupon code 50toys (enter the code an click update and your cart should show the discount). For the full list of apps, check out Toysoft in the CrackBerry App Store.

• View all Toysoft apps in the CrackBerry App Store >>
• Discuss more in the CrackBerry Forums >>

Going through the leftover footage we grabbed during the BlackBerry Developer Conference last week in San Francisco, I stumbled upon the above clip I recorded in the hallways of the conference area. It's pretty geeky cool - RIM had a flat screen set up with what I dubbed the "BlackBerry Matrix." 

The monitor showed the logos for apps being downloaded from BlackBerry App World in real time (though it may have been more like real time plus a one minute delay). It was mesmerizing. What you don't see in the video above is that if I just would have turned around for a second, the camera would have caught about 20 people huddled around the monitor just staring at the screen for minutes on end. The BlackBerry Matrix had us.