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Not much going on in the world of BlackBerry today, so we’ll cover a couple of news snippets for you wanting to scratch that BlackBerry itch:

Another BlackBerry patent application. Russell Shaw shares with us another RIM patent application. This one would automatically select correct punctuation marks. We’re not quite sure how it could be so intuitive. But if it stops people from sending comma-splice-filled sentences, we’re all for it.

Another BlackBerry outage. This is the second of September, third of the year. It wasn’t as far-reaching as its predecessors, but it’s still royal PITA for people who depend on the device to make a living. It’s kinda like when our Internet goes out; we understand that it can’t be up 100 percent of the time, but when it goes down it hampers our ability to earn money.

Palm coming out with new smart phone. This is kind of like their BlackBerry Pearl. It’s called the Centro, and it’s the smallest device released by Palm. Unlike the Pearl, it has a full keyboard, so despite what the guys at Palm will tell you, this was definitely created with the intention of competition with RIM. They say they want to market to the 95 percent of cell phone owners who don’t have a smart phone. Best of luck, Palm. The device is $99, so it’s tough to go wrong.

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