Mike Lazaridis, Co-CEO of RIM, has explained that the BlackBerry Bold 9000 smartphone is yet in AT&T’s documentation procedure.

Last May, the company has declared that the handset would be obtainable in the U.S. in the second quarter of 2008. However, the release of the Blackberry Bold 9000 is still delayed. Report says that the postponement is due to the verity that RIM and AT&T is mutually materializing their aim to stay away from the mistake that overwhelmed the launch of iPhone 3G earlier this year. A representative from AT&T informed the Associated Press that BlackberryBold 9000 would be available this year.

“The BlackBerry Bold smartphone houses a comprehensive suite of new features as well as the traditional functionality of the BlackBerry platform that users have come to know. We’re pleased to announce plans for DoCoMo to bring it to Japan.”

This is the exact statement of Mr. Ryuji Yamada, CEO of DoCoMo, concerning Blackberry Bold’s Japan endeavor. Furthermore, the statement has led to the company’s announcement of its plan to launch BlackBerry Bold perhaps in the first quarter of 2009.

The BlackBerry Bold will be showcased at CEATEC Japan 2008 from September 30 to October 4, 2008.

Google broadcasted that it has modernized the BlackBerry and Java editions of its Google Maps Mobile application to embrace a hold up for the company’s Street View images. Street View lets users to take a look at concrete ground level snapshots of the addresses that they locate on Google Maps. Although Street View has only covered a little fraction of the country, its users can benefit a greater deal in visual information rather than that of the present Satellite View.

As of now, Google Maps for other programs, such as Windows Mobile and S60, has not been restructured to incorporate Street View.

Sprint is scheduled to launch Blackberry Curve 8350i later this year. The smartphone is push-to-talk capable, Bluetooth capable, and GPS-navigation capable. It offers WiFi support as well as many different Nextel applications such as Nextel Direct Connect, Nationwide and International Connect, and Group Connect, all of which allows the users to communicate on a wider varieties and horizons.

The BlackBerry Curve 8350i boasts of a 2 megapixel camera with video recording, a microSD memory card slot, and an integrated music player. It is reported to be available before the end of this year, though price and detailed information are not yet released.