It’s that time of year when people come together to celebrate the holidays. Whether it’s Thanksgiving, Christmas, Kwanza, or some other holiday, everyone’s celebrating and giving gifts. When thinking about what gifts you want to give this year, don’t forget about BlackBerry devices. And more importantly, don’t forget the BlackBerry Porsche P’9981.

This exclusive device is customized inside and out for a premium look and feel. Crafted with the highest quality materials, the P’9981 features a forged stainless steel frame, hand-wrapped leather back cover, sculpted QWERTY keyboard, and crystal clear touch display. Enjoy the exclusive Porsche Design UI and a customized Wikitude World Browser augmented reality app experience. To connect with like-minded users, the Porsche Design P’9981 includes premium, exclusive PINs that help easily identify another P’9981 smartphone users.

The Porsche Design P’9981 offers a fast, fluid web browsing experience, HD video recording, the capability for augmented reality applications, and built in NFC support for sharing content and information with a simple tap of the BlackBerry. It also comes with 24 hour VIP tech support, world battery chargers, custom screen cloth and leather and forged stainless steel charging pod.

This holiday season, join celebs and socialites like Kanye West, Kim Kardashian, Beyonce, Piers Morgan and Jay-Z in the upper echelon of smartphone luxury—Porsche Design P’9981 smartphones from BlackBerry are available at Porsche Design stores for $1,800. Click the link below to check out the Porsche P’9981 and find a store near you.

• Check out the Porsche P’9981 Here

A forums member over at CrackBerry has gotten ahold of BlackBerry OS 7.1.0.649 for almost every device that will run it. The updates available include the Bold, Torch, Curve, and Porsche Design lines of BlackBerry OS 7-capable devices. Just hit the link below for your device and you’ll be instantly downloading the OS 7.1 leak for your device. This may be the last set of leaks we see for a while since RIM is focusing on BlackBerry 10 right now, so grab yours today.

• Porsche Design P-9981 
• Bold 9930 
• Bold 9900
• Torch 9860 
• Torch 9850 
• Torch 9810
• Bold  9790 
• Curve 9380
• Curve 9370
• Curve 9360

Source : CrackBerry Forums

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How does a BlackBerry PlayBook-powered car sound? Well, after watching the video above, I think you’ll not only agree that it sounds like a good idea, but that it’s an awesome way to drive! This video shows off a Porsche 911 that RIM has loaded down with BlackBerry technology. From PlayBooks in the dash and headrests to instant NFC cell phone pairing, RIM has put all the latest and greatest technology into this vehicle. There are tons of goodies in this car and you’ll want to check out the video to see it all. While this technology is only proof of concept right now, we could see this sort of technology coming you our vehicles sometime in the near future. Let us know if you want this in your car!

The last bit of information that we get from the plethora of leaked slides this morning is about the BlackBerry “Knight.” This device is the Porsche Design BlackBerry P’9531 and it looks to be nearly identical to the P’9981 that has already launched around the world. The P’9531 looks to be a North American version for the exclusive Porsche Design line and we could see it launching on any of the North American networks between March and May this year. Hit the break for some more details on the P’9531.

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Source : BGR

We had suspected that the Porsche Design BlackBerry P’9981 would hit the US sometime in January or February, and with this latest find, that’s shaping up to be true. The FCC has gotten ahold of the new Porsche Design BlackBerry and given it the full FCC certification treatment. There’s not much to see in this filing besides the pretty shot above of the internals; however, if you’re interested in all the technical information, you can hit the link below to check out the full FCC filing on the P’9981.

• Check out the P’9981′s FCC Certification

Source : Engadget

CNET always runs a feature called the “Best of CES” and they feature the top tech in multiple categories. This year’s winner for “Car Tech” is none other than RIM’s own, QNX Software Systems. The award goes out to QNX for the new mobile app platform they have created for use in vehicles. The QNX CAR 2 Operating Systems integrates with the controls of the vehicle and gives the driver and passenger an immersive experience complete with touch screens in the front and PlayBook tablets in the rear. RIM was showing the new system off in a Porsche Carrera at CES; however, we’re pretty sure most of our readers are hoping RIM brings this technology to vehicles that are a little more affordable. Hit the link below to see the award and more info on QNX CAR 2.

• Check out QNX CAR 2 in CNET’s Best of CES Awards

Source : CNET

The Porsche Design BlackBerry P’9981, or the expensive Bold 9900 as I like to call it, is now available for pre-order from Porsche Design Stores in the US. The device is going for $1,700 and that gets you the exclusive design and icon set of the P’9981, plus the exclusive BlackBerry PIN that these devices feature. The device is rumored to be releasing in February and you can hit the link below to check out the device on the Porsche Design website and find a retail location near you.

• Check out the Porsche Design P’9981 

Source : N4BB

The Porsche Design BlackBerry P’9981 debuted back in October and there was not much information other than the fact that it was coming soon. Now we have some more concrete launch information for this exclusive device. Harrods of London has announced that they will be launching the P’9981 in late December and the device will be priced at £1,275, which is right around $2000 USD, depending on the exchange rates. Start saving your holiday cash now because the P’9981 will be coming any day now and we know you’ll be purchasing one as soon as it’s available. Let us know if you’re excited for this new device or if you would have rather seen RIM skip this one to speed BlackBerry 10 along.

Source : CrackBerry

News…

• RIM announces BBX at DevCon 2011
• RIM posts “Thank You Gift” apps in App World
• TVO launches five new kid-centric PlayBook apps
• Porsche designed BlackBerry 9980 to be revealed October 27
• Facebook Messenger App now available for BlackBerry
• Twitter for BlackBerry v2.1 now available in the Beta Zone
• BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.0 Hands on and initial impressions
• BlackBerry Tablet OS Native SDK available now
• Android Player Repackaging Tool for BlackBerry PlayBook now available
• BlackBerry Myths Busted: RIM crushes rumors about BlackBerry development
• BlackBerry Desktop Manager for Mac v2.2.0.17 is now available

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We saw images of the BlackBerry Bold “Knight” 9980 a few weeks back and the majority of the BlackBerry community dismissed it as either a fake or a 3rd party redressing of the Bold 9900. New information has come to light that suggests the phone is a reality and that Porsche and BlackBerry will be holding a joint unveiling on October 27th. The unveiling will be hosted in Dubai and we can then all take a look at what will either be a huge RIM success, or more likely, a huge failure.

Source: N4BB