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This date sounds a bit off to me for a number of reasons, though a June BlackBerry 9800 release is certainly plausible. First of all, Apple's expected to release the next iPhone in late June. This wouldn't necessarily mar a Bold slider launch, but it would certainly complicate it, from the retail perspective. And the iPhone is really AT T's golden handheld at this point, so if one device is going to get short shrifted there, you can bet it'll be the BlackBerry.

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Whoa. Early morning treat for all you BlackBerry Bold 9800 slider fans out there. Brought to us by the folks over at The Cellular Guru, we now have some nice clear shots of what is surely one of the first BlackBerry devices to have BlackBerry 6 on it when released. Running on the slider, as you can see from the above shot is the long awaited Webkit browser Research In Motion has been working on. And judging by the picture, doing quite well as it just scored a 100/100 on the Acid3 test. As Kevin had mentioned before, it is indeed a touchscreen that is not powered by Surepress technology so we're all still waiting to see how that works out. Click on over after the jump for a few more pics of what to expect.

@shankeith...As much as i want it to...i dont believe the 9800 is gunnabe coming out for sprint or verizon (cdma carriers). Ive gotten some info from good sources (VP of a certain sector for VZW x Blackberry rep) that the new cdma BB will be the Atlas ...which is that weird full qwerty flip looking thing. The 9800 Bold (codename Talledega) is a sick phone and lets keep our fingers cross that RIM and other carriers decide to switch it up and make it a phone for all to share!