Research in Motion’s plan to get the Blackberry Bold into the hands of U.S. consumers has been delayed yet again due to software and OS issues.

Originally expected to be released a few months to take on the iPhone, the Bold was scheduled to launch exclusively on AT&T’s 3G network. Instead, no Bold for you. If you live in Spain, Indonesia and Japan, you can have one, though.

For more, check out Information Week’s Eric Zeman, who proclaims:

The story of the BlackBerry Bold continues to unfold in a tumultuous fashion, with the device’s launch imminent / not imminent. It seems every day there’s a new tale telling a different story about when the 3G smartphone from Research In Motion will see the light of day.

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One of the dirty, little secrets of the Blackberry phenomena is a lot of people don’t pay for the monthly service. In fact, a lot of people don’t even see their bills.

That’s because these people have company-supplied Blackberrys. In recent years, companies have been handing Blackberrys out like candy at Halloween based on the idea that the more people are connected, the more you can squeeze out of them - day and night, weekdays and weekends.

But you have to wonder whether this activity is going to drastically change if economic conditions become even more unsettled. On Wall St., for example, Blackberrys have been as much a part of the corporate uniform as $250 dress shoes and $100 ties. Rare is the sight of a Wall St. type without a Blackberry at the hip.

But Wall St. isn’t Wall St. anymore. It’s been shrunk and neutered, and many of the perks are going to disappear, including Blackberrys.

For Research in Motion, this means they’ve got to get even more aggressive in the pro-sumer and consumer markets. It means RIM is going to have to take some short-term pain (lower margins) in return for long-term gains, which is why the stock was hammered last weekend after RIM posted its fiscal third-quarter results.

It’s going to be a rough period of time. The good news is RIM is firmly established within the corporate world so as the economy and markets recover so will RIM.

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When it comes to the Blackberry, you really don’t think about applications other than e-mail. I mean, who really surfs the Web on a Blackberry or listens to music.

For all those die-hard Blackberry users out there, ITWorld put together a list on five can’t-miss downloads that will make your Blackberry more useful and fun.

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The Globe & Mail has an intriguing story looking at whether RIM shares are cheap in the wake of Friday’s 27% decline.

If you look at RIM’s history, dramatic declines have been a golden opportunity to get in while the going’s good. I can remember when RIM fell all the way to $10 but I can’t seem to recall anyone jumping up and down saying it was a roaring “buy”.

The biggest challenge facing investors is weighing the growth of the smart phone market versus competition from players such as Apple and the volatile economic conditions.

More: Between the Lines (Larry Dignan) suggests investors should think long-term about RIM rather than getting caught up in the next quarter’s outlook.

If investors could force themselves to look beyond the next quarter or the next year, then maybe the beating against RIMM today might have been a bit more tame. But then again, if investors started looking at the long-term, lawmakers in Washington might not be spending this weekend hammering togther a financial bailout plan that is bound to have impiclations that last longer than a sluggish holiday shopping season or an agressive advertising campaign.

While investors were terribly disappointed by Research in Motion’s lower-than-expected forecast for its fiscal third-quarter (the stock is down 25% today), TD Securities analyst Chris Umiastowski said it may be a good buying opportunity.

But is [the stock's sharp decline] justified? We think it is not, and we suggest that this may be a very good opportunity to own a quality growth stock at around 15x next year’s EPS. Let us explain: Two years ago, RIM launched the Pearl. The Street correctly anticipated margin pressure and the stock collapsed from the high $20s to the low $20s. We took a different view and saw the opportunity for RIM to sacrifice margin for significant growth in the consumer market. Within 4 months of the Pearl launch, the stock had more than doubled.

We believe this same pattern is now repeating itself. RIM is consciously being aggressive on the price of its latest device releases (and the upcoming Storm touch-screen device). The company acknowledges this will hurt margins. The bet that RIM is making, again, is for market share growth. We believe this company has a track record that deserves respect.

Umiastowski has a “buy” rating on the stock, although he has dropped his target price to US$140 from US$170.

Boy Genius Report, who manages to get a first look at the hottest wireless devices, has a post about the Blackberry Storm.

What’s particularly eye-catching is the Web browser, which looks like a really Web browser!

For the last three years, I’ve been blogging about Nortel over at All About Nortel.

In the past few months, I’ve been thinking about expanding the concept to Research in Motion and the Blackberry.

So, I’m proud to announce a new blog focused on RIM and the Blackberry: All About the Berries.

I hope you find it interesting and valuable.