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We can not say this is really a surprise, but we are quite sad to learn that Saudi Arabia has apparently made the threats to close all of Blackberry messaging services functionality by “security concerns.” Users are there to report that they no longer able to take their keyboard for employment they were intended, forcing them to actually call friends – with their votes. Saudi Arabia has $ 1,300,000 for any fines threatened wireless provider that does not play nice and until these threats are eliminated, we think BBM is set to count out there.

Update: Merely hours later, service is reportedly back. Was it all just a pest? A planned downtime blown our money? A false sign of the apocalypse? Only heaven knows.

We had wondered what had happened to low-end of Kyocera Zio Android after announcing in March at CTIA … and behold, here it is. Cricket today announced that the phone is indeed in the pipe for 2010 – a little later than previous rumors that we would see in July – marking just their second smartphone after their branded version of the BlackBerry Curve 8530, which ships later this week. Prices for the Zio has not yet announced, but the Curve 8530 will run $ 279.99 after rebate – pricey, yes, until you realize that you get, without a pesky contract. Cricket’s thrilled to trumpet its unlimited BlackBerry plan only $ 60 per month in total, which means that voice, text does run, and the data are all from the meter. Not bad – but given the positioning of Cricket as a regional brand value, we would expect no less.