Anyone interested in taking a curious look at RIM’s new Remote Stereo Gateway can get some sleep now. The Bluetooth audio transmitter is currently available from online retailer Tessco $79.99. What does $80 buy you? Here’s the product description straight from the source:

Bring the convenience of wireless stereo audio connectivity to your home with the RIM Bluetooth Music Gateway! Listen to the music stored in your mobile phone, computer or other compatible device wirelessly on your home stereo. Then just flick a switch and listen to music from your compatible home stereo on your Bluetooth wireless headset.

At the very least, it sounds pretty intriguing, but is it worth the cost? We’ll have to wait until we can get our hands on one to let you know. Let’s just hope RIM focuses on their network uptime a little more instead of worrying about frivolous Bluetooth accessories…

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We’ve been telling you about BlackBerry Unite! for a while now and it looks like the wait continues for stateside BlackBerry users. First launched back in October with Spanish Carrier Telefonica, Unite! essentially turns your home PC into a BlackBerry server. Rather than rely on a RIM server, Unite! allows users to install free software on a home PC and bypass RIM servers all together. Unite! also allows users to manage and share photos and other media files across devices. The bad news? Thus far at Mobile World Congress RIM has mentioned Germany and a few other countries that will gain access to Unite! this year, but no mention has been made of the US. Further RIM-related news from Mobile World Congress comes from Alcatel-Lucent, which has announced a new prepaid solution for BlackBerry. Their solution, currently in the early stages of development, would fully integrate with existing carrier network equipment and facilitate a complete range of prepaid services. Most notably, the solution will support prepaid email and track volume in real time to appropriately and instantly deplete the user’s balance. Once released, Alcatel-Lucent’s prepaid solution will open a wide range of potential new business that had previously been inaccessible to RIM.

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