According to the Boy Genius Report RIM are faces delays with the BlackBerry Bold and have pushed back the ATT release until August.

Apparently delays are being caused by battery life and overheating issues but business crackberry fanatics will take a no doubt pop a few antacid and await the GPS, WiFi multimedia marvels release in the shadow of the 3G iPhone.

Can BlackBerry pull it off and go toe-to-toe in the smartphone market with new-kid-on-the-block Apple?

Could 2 billion people be at danger from Mobile phone use? According to reports from the Australian Health Research Institute 1/3 of the world’s population could be facing increased risk of cancer from radiation.

The use of mobile phones, internet, intranet and wireless communication data transmission is putting billions at risk of ear, eye and brain cancer beside other major body disorders like heart ailments, impotency, migraine, epilepsy according to the AHIR.

Concerned users should avoid keeping their phones near their heart, avoid use under the age of 16 or while pregnant and switch their phones off when not in use. Of continued concern was the use of wireless gadgets but there was hope in the form of the Green8 magic chip which changes the polarity of electromagnetic radiation to minimize harm to organic matter such as plants, animals and your heart and lungs.

Jaws dropped at WWDC when Apple announced its 3G iPhone would be $199 but according to analysts the phone costs Apple just $173 a piece.

While $199 made for a punchy headline ATT is thought to be paying Apple $500-525 per phone with customers lured into contracts that more that compensate ATT for such an investment.

The cost represents a 23% reduction in costs for Apple from their first generation handsets, mainly due to component cost reductions, and represents a staggering 65% profit margin.

While this all bodes well for Apple investors and lovers of tech, the obsene margin will only grow as component costs tumble with expectation costs could drop to $148 in 2009 and to $126 in 2012. A greaat investment in anyone’s language.

Come July 11 as you sign on to a 3 year ga-zillion contract for your new GPS friendly iPhone try not to think about the fact that that GPS processor costs Apple $3.60