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RIM has recently announced some upcoming new apps that will soon be available for the BlackBerry lineup. Personally some of this new support it not really all that exciting, but everyone has their personal taste and I am sure others will be a little happier than myself.

First up, I will lead off with the one I am most excited by, well at least if I were a regular BlackBerry user anyway, of course this could possible entice me to pick up a BlackBerry Curve of Bold as a secondary device. Anyway the app is for Slacker Radio and the nice part with this service, is that unlike some other streaming radio services this content will be cached on your device meaning you will not need 3G to get a good listening experience, of course an external storage card will most likely come in handy. As we told you about in our recent Slacker Radio review you can opt for the free service or the premium service which will set you back $7.50 a month. This should prove to be very nice for those lucky enough to have an aux-in jack on their car stereo.

Anyway moving on, the last two apps, while I am sure they will be appreciated by some are a little less than exciting for myself, they are MySpace and Microsoft Live Search. The Microsoft Live Search app seems to be a strange addition, especially since the BlackBerry has had decent Google apps for quite a while, of course I suppose its always nice to have more options available. The last app that is upcoming will be MySpace and will allow users to do much of what they can on a regular browser to include finding and adding new friends, responding to friend requests, status and mood updates and even using the built-in camera to shoot, upload and share pics while on the go. The MySpace app will also include the full messaging features which will include commenting and bulletins.

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