Research In Motion is launching the on-device BlackBerry Application Center and online BlackBerry Application Storefront on a planned launched date of March 2009 in an attempt to fend off the smart phone app market against iPhone’s App Store and Android App Market.

Developers would be able to set their own prices for their applications and the revenue share is 80 percent of the proceeds to the developers and the 20 percent goes to RIM and the carriers. For comparison, Apple takes a 30 percent cut from apps that are sold while Google does not take any of the revenue when the apps are sold in the Android Market. Application submissions for the App Center will start to be accepted by RIM in December.

Users would be able to download applications from the carrier controlled store on their phone and applications such as AOL, Facebook, MySpace, Flickr, Gmail, and Windows Live are among those that will be soon available.

Take a look at how the App Center looks on the BlackBerry with 1 pic after the jump.

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The BlackBerry Storm is RIM’s answer to the iPhone with its all-touchscreen keyboard smart phone and it was just announced for Verizon Wireless. Specs include 480-360 screen 184 pixel per inch, comes with 8GB microSD card, supports stereo Bluetooth and runs on Verizon’s EV-DO 3G Network. It still retains its BlackBerry application features such as Office document editing, full email search and Exchange support.

The BlackBerry Storm is a beautiful consumer oriented device of the BlackBerry series, check out 5 more pics of the BlackBerry Storm after the jump.

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BlackBerry Curve 8300 (the latest device from Research In Motion) video review by Phone Scoop for business oriented individuals who wants a feature rich smart phone. The BlackBerry Curve features full QWERTY keyboard, 320×240 65K color screen resolution, Quad-band with GPRS and EDGE support and weighs 111g.

It also has a built in 2 megapixel camera and 5x digital zoom.

Check out the video review of the BlackBerry 8300 Curve after the jump.

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T-Mobile USA starts to offer the RIM Blackberry Curve 8320 with WiFi and UMA support which was not present in the orginal 8300 curve which was sold by AT&T. The new WiFi based UMA support will allow users to make free VOIP calls over their home WiFi netwok as well as any of the thousands of T-Mobile Hotspots located in the country. The T-Mobile version of the Blackberry Curve also adds support for AOL, Yahoo!, MSN and ICQ right out of the box.

The RIM Blackberry 8320 Curve is available in black and titanium color. It is currently available on T-Mobile website for US$249.99 after an instant rebate of $150 and a mail-n rebate of $50 when purchase with a new 2 year commitment.

Via: Mobile Burn