How fantastic is this? According to BB World, the BlackBerry 9000 aka BlackBerry BOLD will be making its way to Telecom Italia Mobile during the second week of July. It will also carry a hefty price tag; 450€ - 500€ in fact. That’s not the fantastic part though. According to their sources, the long awaited 9000 series debut will be marketed as the “BlackBerry GOLDFINGER” by TIM. The rebranding still has “rumor status” and we’re not entirely sure that TIM would do something like that, but we definitely think they should go for it. In fact, if they market the upcoming BlackBerry Thunder as the “BlackBerry Octopussy”, we’re moving to Italy. Note that the read links are in Italian.

[Thanks Stefano]

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There’s been a flood of news over the past couple weeks regarding the iPhone and carrier partnerships. Almost every single major carrier across the globe has chimed in, telling us what markets they’re going to bring the iPhone to. It’s actually gotten to the point we’re we feel we should list the announced markets up to today. Remember asking your best friend to pickup 10 iPhones during his trip to the U.S.? No more, people. No more. Here’s the complete list as of 05/16/08:

• Australia
• Austria
• Belgium
• Canada
• Czech Republic
• Dominican Republic
• Egypt
• France
• Germany
• Greece
• Ireland
• India
• Italy
• Jordan
• Mexico
• New Zealand
• Philippines
• Poland
• Portugal
• Romania
• Singapore
• Slovakia
• South Africa
• Switzerland
• Turkey
• United Kingdom
• United States of America
• Various countries in Latin America

Who’s planning to buy an iPhone when it’s finally released in your country?

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We found the references to TIM in /System/Library/Carrier Bundles/TIM_Italy.bundle

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The Moto KRAZR K3 has shown up on Italian mobile provider TIM’s site. The handset, which is available immediately for 399 Euros, is Motorola’s uber slim 3G flip phone, positioned as a solid upgrade to the current generation of KRAZR that have been circulating on various providers worldwide. Featuring two cameras, a rear facing 2 megapixel shooter, and a front facing VGA cam, allowing for two way video conferencing support the K3 is obviously the phone you want to have if you’ve got 3G fever . Other features include , a gorgeous external screen, but not as nice as the RAZR 2, and support for streaming audio and video. Moto has been tight lipped about American release plans for the K3, but lets hope that the company manages to drop an AT&T branded version before their own RAZR killer shows up on showroom floors. If you happen to be in Italy, and in the market for a sexy, slim, 3G capable Motorola, there’s no time like the present.

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A lot of people including myself were just a little disappointed that the Motorola Maxx didn’t support the ever-growing 850 MHz band here in the US. Luckily for us, I’ve grabbed some deets on a Motorola Maxx that might make sense for the US Moto fans. According to my source, it looks like TIM in Italy will be the first to launch this quad-band phone. The juicy part? It has also been reported to me that the Motorola Maxx will support the US 3G bands offered by AT&T. Yep, that’s right! 850/1900 WCDMA flavors. As usual nothing is confirmed, but with being this late in the game does anyone think it would actually even come out? Damn it.

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