No more waiting on details for the Verizon BlackBerry Torch 9850 we spotted earlier this summer. As expected, RIM's latest all-touch smartphone will be available online starting on September 8, and will be in stores on September 15. Pricing will sit at $199.99 on a two-year contract, which is a bit pricier than what Sprint's asking, but I'm sure that cost will go down quickly enough.

The BlackBerry Torch 9850 lines up with the other new OS 7 devices from RIM, packing a 1.2 GHz processor, 768 MB of RAM, 5 megapixel camera with LED flash and 720p video recording, a solid 3.7-inch 800 x 480 capacitive touchscreen. Augmented reality is finally a go on the newer devices, but this one does not have NFC, and the rumoured inclusion of mobile hotspot sadly did not pan out. As far as connectivity goes, the 9850 plays on both GSM and CDMA 2G and 3G networks, ensuring solid world roaming. The software nicely polished and responsive, but more or less the same experience you have come to expect on a BlackBerry. I reviewed the Sprint model, if you are thinking about picking up the Verizon one.

Good news for those of you looking to grab RIM first tablet, BlackBerry PlayBook. Thanks to Best Buy you can get the 7-inch device for up to $150 off.

The 16GB and 32GB versions are now available for $50 less $449.99 and $549.99, respectively. The best deal, however, is when you grab PlayBook with 64GB of built-in storage it too costs $549.99, which is $150 off of its regular price.

RIM is putting a clever new spin to the old share what song you are listening to trick by letting you share the actual tracks, not just the mere artist/track name info. Enter BBM Music its an add-on for BlackBerry Messenger 6, that lets people create a 50 song collection and share it with their friends.

The PlayBook OS version 2.0.0.2992 has leaked in screenshots form and the screens show the Playbook new email client suspiciously lacks an option for setting it up with a BlackBerry BES and BIS account. Also there is an Android Emulator icon in the main menu, which means that the compatibility project between droid apps and QNX may be late but is still coming.

The accounts screen in the settings menu shows the available options to configure an email account. They include Exchange/ActiveSync, IMAP, POP, CalDAV, CardDAV, Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn but there is no BlackBerry Enterprise Server (BES) or BlackBerry Internet Server (BIS) on there. This could mean that QNX is on track to join the other smart OSes and use the same integrated email, calendar and contacts sync options.

Finally on the following screenshot we can clearly see an Android Emulator icon in the apps menu. This encourages us to think that the project is still ongoing and that we wil see better results from it real soon.

There is no information yet on when we could expect the PlayBook OS version 2.0 to land on the Playbook but if these pictures are proof then we could expect them pretty soon.

RIM is putting a clever new spin to the old "share what song you are listening to" trick by letting you share the actual tracks, not just the mere artist/track name info. Enter BBM Music its an add-on for BlackBerry Messenger 6, that lets people create a 50 song collection and share it with their friends.

You can listen to your 50 tracks and to the 50 tracks of each of your friends, or as RIM puts it "More friends = More music".

It sounds a bit limiting, but chances are you are listening to much of the same music that your friends are, so there will be no shortage of good music. BBM Music is also a good way for find new artists and tracks you can follow your friends listening tastes through a timeline and their comments.

BBM Music itself is free, but you will have to pay a $4.99 subscription a month (after a free trial month). But the thing is, the subscription is always the same, no matter how many friends you add (and consequently, how much music you have access to).

Songs in the playlists you have created are cached on the memory card, so you do not have to worry about exhausting your data allowance or spotty reception.

You get to listen to all songs you have access to at no extra charge and you can swap out 25 of the 50 songs in your profile each month. If you really like a track, you can also hit the buy option, which purchases the song from the Amazon MP3 music store. This will free up room in your 50 songs profile to try out new tracks.