+101 - Vote for the best Blackberry Applications

It turns out that there are plenty of celebrities who want to show off their phones and in particular the Blackberrys they love! According to a recent news story Demi Moore can’t live without hers:

“I would have to say, of all the products and gadgets, that one would be a hard one to put down.”

Of course, Demi and her husband Ashton Kutcher are well known on Twitter for regular posts and being two of the first celebs to fully embrace the micro-blogging service. So, I thought I’d see who else loves their Blackberry – turns out there’s quite a few.

Straight away, there’s Audrina Partridge:

And then Alessandra Ambrosio:

Not to be out done – or accused of just posting attractive women! There’s Jared Leto:

and Kellan Lutz (not sure who this guy is…):

So is the Blackberry becoming the new smart phone of choice? With the increase in sales of applications recently it might be… There’s definitely a trend amongst the model types though with others reportedly using their Blackberrys including: Miranda Kerr, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Biel and Kim Kardashian.

It’s time to be proud of your Blackberry, show it off, don’t pretend it’s just for work and get socialising with it – there’s plenty of apps to get things moving. Check out my last post if you’re not sure where to start: Free Blackberry applications to social network

RIM have announced their latest phone – and it’s the smallest Blackberry ever with just a standard 14 key numeric keypad. By switching from a QWERTY keypad to a standard numeric keypad shows that RIM are hoping to get an even stronger foothold in the consumer smartphone market.

The new Pearl still packs a powerful punch with 3G connectivity so users get all the usual email, internet and application functions normally found in a Blackberry phone.

Mike Lazaridis, president of BlackBerry manufacturer Research In Motion, said:

“Considering the fast growing consumer interest in smartphones and the fact that more than three-quarters of the people in the global mobile phone market are still buying handsets with a traditional alphanumeric keypad, we think the new BlackBerry Pearl 3G addresses a substantial market opportunity.”

The handset also comes with a built-in 3.2MP camera, GPS, Wi-Fi and support for up to 32GB of personal content storage.