Gizmodo's Louis Ramirez reports that RIM will launch its new oh-so-sexy BlackBerry 8800 on February 20th. "If you've been shopping around for a new Crackberry, you'd be wise to wait until after the 20th," he advises. More here from BlackBerryCool.

In fact, you might want to wait even longer -- Ramirez also notes that RIM has filed a patent for a new BlackBerry with a rotating keyboard. "I've never been a fan of RIM's two letter per key format (I know people who swear by it), so it'll be interesting to see what else they can do to improve on their smartphone's keypads," he writes.

More here from Unwired View ... here from SmartPhoneToday ... and here from Engadget.