Google's translation engine ain't exactly perfect, but it seems to get at the edges of facts in a de internet.com article posted today that implies the BlackBerry 8800 will be unveiled February 12 and released sometime in March.

I just love the way Google translates this stuff. It has a rhythmic, almost high-tech pidgin English ring to it.

But you don't want me to talk about the translation. You want me to write about what the translation says.

OK, then, as linked from BlackBerryForums, it reads as such:

Blackberry manufacturer the Research in Motion (RIM) continues to renew his product range. The newest equipment with the type name 8800 is reported euro in March on the German market to come, "on Sunday" (coming expenditure) with reference to persons trusted with the procedures. The newest version of the mobile phone with mobile E-Mail receipt, particularly liked with managers, will be available with T-mobile as well as Vodafone.

Observers expect that the Canadians will present new mobile phone of the public for the first time on the portable radio fair 3GSM in Barcelona in the middle of February. The prices might be with contract below 300 euro, it are said.

As the trade journal continues to write, the successor of the popular Blackberry 8700 receives a larger display and for the first time also with a government inspection department chip for navigation is equipped. The beginner supports the GPRS standard, however not UMTS. The Design with the Blackberry typical editing keyboard equipped 8800 orients itself at the Blackberry Pearl. The equipment held in black completely had brought RIM in the past summer on the market.

Hmm, RIM is a "he."

"Persons trusted with the procedures"- sounds cooler and a vague bit more conspiratorial than "sources say," right?

In light of this week's Internet and BlackBerry service interruptions caused by the earthquake off the Taiwan coast:

Late news tonight from Singapore Telecommunications, who offers SingTel BlackBerry service in several southeast Asia nations.

SingTel (as it is often referred to) says SingTel Blackberry service has been fully restored.

The company also added it had establish a command center to restore other services. These include emailing, Web browsing and ecommerce- services which now have been normalized

Southeast Asia's largest telecom operator, Singapore Telecommunications, said it had established a "command centre" to restore full service as quickly as possible.

"Access to services such as gaming and video downloading, which require higher bandwidth, may experience some delays," SingTel added in a statement.

One more thing. About that pix: beware of women with a drink in one hand, a cellphone in the other and a smile on their face. I could tell you some stories...

According to an article in today's Times of India, some 60% of India's Blackberry users are based in Bangalore. That's the Bangalore Public Utility Building, where I am sure some Blackberry users work.

This is based on units sold, since BlackBerry first entered India a year ago this month.

Runners-up are Delhi and Mumbai with a little more than a 10% share each. Chennai is right at 10%, while other cities, mostly Pune, Hyderabad and Calcutta, sshare the remaining amount.

It is now known that an earthquake off Taiwan's coast disrupted communications across the Pacific region and Asia yesterday.

Scattered anecdotal references to BlackBerry outages have been received, but the extent of these disruptions is not known at this time.

As we receive more info, we'll report. Send us info as well.

Yesterday, Christmas Day, Flickr user pandadustt had as yet-unopened Christmas presents.

Then, her black cat posed for her in a most appropriate spot for the day.

It was then that pandadustt maneuvered her Cingular BlackBerry Pearl into position.

But cats, you know, they ain't supermodels. So the big question of the moment was, will the cat stay still long enough for pandadustt to take her pix?

Props to you pandadustt. Your cat is chill.

Taiwan Mobile has announced fees for their BlackBerry services.

Currently offering the BlackBerry 7290 and BlackBerry 8700g, monthly fees will range fromNT$899 (US$28) to NT$1,799.

The company will offer the BlackBerry 7290 and 8700g handsets for sale at NT$7,990 (US$245) and NT$12,990, respectively.

For NT$899 a month, a subscriber of the service can transfer up to 2MB (megabytes) of data with additional data transfers charged NT$0.15 per KB (kilobyte), according to TWM. The NT$1,799 plan allows for unlimited data transfer, noted the company.

Overseas roaming will operate this way: 40% off in the seven countries that are members of the Bridge Mobile Alliance, of which TWM is a member; 20% off in the US for T-Mobile users and 50% off for Cingular users; in China, NT$0.23 discounted per KB for users of China Mobile.

Ooly 2,000-3,000 handsets are initially available for sale, TWM president Harvey Chang said. But he added that enough BlackBerrys would be available to serve an anticipated 10,000 BlackBerry subscribers within a year to year and a half.

Bermuda-based Digicel, the largest GSM operator in the Caribbean, has just introduced introduced BlackBerry Connect for the Sony Ericsson P990.

Yes, the handset you are looking at over there on the right.

Nine of the carrier's 22 markets are involved in this rollout. We're talking Barbados, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Aruba, Bonaire, Curaçao, as well as Jamaica, Trinidad & Tobago and Turks & Caicos; with plans to expand the offering across all of Digicel's 22 markets.

But in keeping with the song I may have planted in your head with this Post's title, no Kokomo.

Unless you are talking about Indiana, I guess.

Initially, Hutch- which the name it does business under- will be offering the BlackBerry 8700g, BlackBerry 7130g and BlackBerry 7290. The emphasis will be on Hutch's enterprise customers, a press rlease issued by Hutch and BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion said.

Now this is one of the more interesting applications I have seen for BlackBerry in quite a while.

Personal, which is the mobile unit of Telecom Argentina has signed a deal with Argentine grain cooperative Compañía Argentina de Granos which will provide nearly 4,000 Argentine grain farmers with BlackBerrys.

The devices (model numbers unavailable, will be made available to grain producers in Córdoba, Buenos Aires, La Pampa, San Luis, Santa Fe and Tucumán provinces.

And to do what, you ask?

The BlackBerrys will include a Personal-developed appliance that will allow producers to check grain prices, monitor machinery movements on their land as well as receive sanitary alerts.

Those of us who have worked on farms will especially appreciate the latter application.

• no contract price $649.99
• one-year contract $599.99
• two-year contract $549.99
• three-year contract: 249.99

Taiwan Mobile says it plans to submit pricing proposals for its BlackBerry service to that Nation's National Communications Commission (NCC) in time for approval in the mid-December time frame.

If this sounds familiar to some of you international telecom policy wonks (OK, both of you international telecom policy wonks), it is just that a previous pricing proposal submitted in late August was sent back to Taiwan Mobile for more standards-monitoring specifics insisted upon by Taiwan's National Police Agency.

Those standards have been resubmitted and accepted by the NCC. If pricing plans are also OK'd, BlackBerry service on Taiwan Mobile could start within days after the rate structure is approved.

Ask.com is offering a free BlackBerry Pearl.

This promotion, however, appears to be limited to UK users. Promo is being distributed by Local London, a collection of websites from 40 neighborhood newspapers in and around (you only get one guess where)- London.

You log on to ask.com and answer the following question:

Which website has Local London teamed up with to give away a BlackBerry Pearl?

I know it's Monday, but if you think real hard...

Hey, miss the butler?

BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion has filed a British patent lawsuit against Visto Corp..

RIM sued Visto yesterday to invalidate a patent on a system for synchronizing e-mail. RIM had already filed a similar case in Texas.

The Texas dispute started when Visto filed a patent case against RIM at a federal court in Marshall, Tex., on April 28, the same day it won a $3.6-million verdict in the same court against rival Seven Networks Inc.

RIM coutersued Visto three days later, requesting that a court in Dallas rule that RIM is not infringing on Visto's patents.

Neither his is not the first encounter between RIM and the courts in the U.K. In February, won a British patent infringement claim brought by Luxembourg-based licensing firm Inpro Licensing Sarl.