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A leaked inventory system screenshot from Best Buy has revealed that Verizon Wireless is well on its way to getting the BlackBerry Storm 2 as early as this month. How do you all feel about an October 25th release date? Additional inside info has it that the retail price for the Strom 2 will be $599 on Best Buy. This also means that an official announcement is near, very near.

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What does it take to sell a messaging-only device to customers in this day and age of smartphones? Lifetime of servitude, it would seem. That’s what Amazon is promising to anyone who takes up the Peek Pronto messaging device. In the world of BlackBerrys and iPhones, this is about the only chance this gadget has. You pay a one-time only price for the device itself and the rest is taken care of. The offer also includes support for Exchange mail, so unless your device breaks or gets stolen you can sit back and message for free for the rest of your days. Any takers?

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RadioShack, now known as The Shack, has just come out with its much awaited budget messaging phone for T-Mobile subscribers. The messaging phone was to be with The Shack from its first day and that’s exactly what happened. So what handset are we talking about here? The oh so very affordable Samsung Gravity 2 for a humble $29.99 post mail-in-rebate and a 2-year contract. The Samsung Gravity 2 features a side-sliding QWERTY along with a 2 megapixel camera, MP3 player, Bluetooth and microSDHC support. Great deal if you’re a light user but love to text your thumbs off, all you have to do is make peace with the metallic pumpkin color.

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Okay so even thought the Zune HD is not the biggest thing to happen this side of the century, but Redmond does have a lot riding on its success. The specs are very pleasing, and now we are in love with the price point. Leaked screenshots of Best Buy’s inventory have emerged and show that gave a pretty decent idea about the price, which was later confirmed by Amazon’s website featuring the same price points. While the iPod has the App Store to cover its back, if we make a stand-alone device comparison, the Zune HD is the single device that really puts up competition for the iPod Touch. So yes, we really like Amazon’s pre-order page and its Zune HD process; the 16GB will launch at $219.99 (while it costs $299 for the 16GB iPod touch) and the 32GB model will hit the streets at $289.99 (another score since it costs $399 for the 32GB iPod touch). You can promptly get a 32GB Zune HD for $9.01 less than a 16GB iPod touch. yay! As for launch date, September is still lookin’ good.

Who else could steal Walmart’s thunder but Amazon. While Walmart was busy patting itself on the back for giving us all a go at the BlackBerry Curve 8520 for $49,Amazon just wiped the floor with this obviously generous price tag by offering the Curve 8520 for … $0.01.  that’s right, Amazon wants your pennies! Want to get the BlackBerry Curve 8520 on contract, from the comfort of your home, all for ¢1, now you can.

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Best Buy is certainly making August a month of handsets. Leaked documents have revealed what best Buy plans for the later weeks of August and we have to say, it is gooood. Here’s what you’re looking at;

• Samsung Gravity 2 (berry) — T-Mobile
• Samsung Solstice — AT&T
• LG Xenon (red) — AT&T
• Global AirCard (G2) — Verizon
• Samsung Rogue — Verizon
• LG Chocolate Touch — Verizon
• Samsung u450 Intensity — Verizon
• Samsung Omnia 2 — Verizon
• BlackBerry Tour — (new shipment, Sprint)

There’s also a Samsung M330 coming to Sprint that will be popping up on Best Buy on September 8^th, or at least early September if this is just a tentative date. Oh well, let’s just focus on the treat at hand…LG Chocolate…mmmmmmm.

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Every now and then corporate slip ups happen that just make our day. Of recent, we had the Best Buy slip up that many wished would be true, the Palm Pre went up on the Best Buy website for an awesome $99.99. And before we could have our field day, John Bernier from Best Buy sent out a Tweet that it was mistake and was being corrected. That’s life for ya. Of course there may be a few lucky and smart mouth customers out there that did manage to take Best Buy up on its word. Rest assured, if there are any, we shall be hearing them boast soon. It was fun while it lasted.

Lately it’s all been about the BlackBerry Tour, and while some of you may be wincing at the very title of this post, there are plenty others who want a modern CDMA BlackBerry with a full QWERTY keypad. N Canada, TELUS will be offering the Tour along with Bell, but TELUS’ price point for the coveted handset as of July 15th is $249.99 on a three year contract. And this really is a tad too high, considering you just signed away three years of your life. Before heading on to TELUS, how about checking in with Best Buy, since they’re offering the Tour $20 cheaper. Not enough to pay for your next vacation, but a penny saved is still a penny earned.

The Nokia N97 has been out for about a month now and any early adopter would probably have his/her shiny new gadget by now. So the time seems ripe for someone to boost sales by making the oh so conventional price-cut. And that someone would be Amazon.com. the online retailer has dropped the price of the N97 to $599.99 with free shipping. It’s still not an everybody-get-in-there kind of price point, but at least it makes room for more folks who want the N97. Also, Amazon.com dropped the price of the N79 to $300 lining it up with the 5800XM and E71, and the N85 is currently listed at $330. The handsets are all unlocked and you can rock your SIM card of choice on any of them.

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Canadians have more to celebrate about, the TELUS BlackBerry Tour, HTC Snap and Touch Pro2 have all shown up on a Best Buy Mobile flyer. TELUS hasn’t announced the two HTC phones yet, but their coming up on Best Buy’s flyer means the official announcement shouldn’t be far, since the flyer is valid from July 3rd to July 30th. The flyer doesn’t contain any interesting details like pricing or release dates. But it’s leaked information in the right direction.

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