Canadian mobile-phone maker Research In Motion is working on delivering a second flavor of its popular BlackBerry Bold device, this is no secret to anyone, yet the actual release date for the new Bold II (9700) is not yet known. However, it seems that the phone is getting ready to make an appearance on the market in the not-too-far future, and that it should come to at least two carriers in North America.

The BlackBerry Bold 9700 has been already rumored a few times before to be heading to the market sometime in mid-November, yet the latest news on it show some more specific launch dates. To be more precise, BGR says that the Bold sequel is set to come to T-Mobile's lineup on November 11, which should come in line with the recently spotted October-21 announcement date.

At the same time, the news site also says that the upcoming device will also head to the airwaves of Rogers in Canada, and that it should make an appearance with the operator on October 26. In case the device will indeed come to the Canadian carrier that day, it might also make an appearance in the US sooner than stated above. Nothing is official for the time being, yet we'll keep our fingers crossed and hope for the best.

In the meantime, we should take a look at yet another sequel RIM is getting ready to unleash on the market, the BlackBerry Storm II. The upcoming touchscreen device is expected to deliver a much improved user experience when compared with the one offered by Storm, while also sporting a few extra capabilities as to the predecessor, such as a Wi-Fi connectivity. The guys over at blackberrycool have just posted a nice series of images with the device, as well as some more details and impressions on it, so you might want to head that way to learn what they have to say about it.