Rumorville: 3G BlackBerry 9000 on tap, but delayed by iPhone?

The upcoming iPhones aren't the only hot handsets sending the rumor mill into overdrive. The much-anticipated, 3G BlackBerry 9000 is whispered to be set for AT&T, although it won't (as we once thought) come with a touchscreen, and it might be delayed until August thanks to...you guessed it, the 3G iPhone.

The last we heard, the 9000 was looking to be RIM's first stab at a touchscreen BlackBerry, but according to the Boy Genius Report (which has been taking the lead in digging up the BlackBerry rumors—nice job, fellas), the new handset will still have a standard—albeit much snazzier-looking—keypad, along with a redesigned black-and-silver shell.

On the plus side, the 9000 will purportedly come with a HVGA (480 by 320-pixel) LCD—a first for a BlackBerry phone—along with support for U.S. HSDPA (3.5G) data networks. Also on tap: Wi-Fi, aGPS, an expansion slot for microSD memory cards, the now-standard BlackBerry trackball, and a two-megapixel camera.

Sounds pretty nice, but the latest word is that AT&T has delayed the planned June launch for the BlackBerry 9000 to August. Why? To make way for the 3G iPhone, which looks almost certain to arrive on AT&T come June.

So, that's the scoop—or the purported scoop, I should say. What do you think—how's the rumored 9000 looking? And what would you rather see launch first: the BlackBerry or the 3G iPhone? [Spy shot courtesy of Boy Genius Report]

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