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That’s right: in the midst of the worst period in Research in Motion’s history—with executives ousted, share prices plummeting, lawsuits and image problems even the Black Eyed Peas couldn’t fix—the BlackBerry maker is launching a sleek, sexy and absurdly over-the-top smartphone (though not quite as over-the-top as this one). Co-designed by Porsche Design, a subsidiary of the world-renowned luxury sports car manufacturer, the Porsche Design P’9981 retails for $1,890 and is available at the Porsche Design store in Yorkville (natch). The product launched in Dubai last year, and apparently sold out instantly. Word is the phones are also selling briskly at Harrod’s in London. Just think: RIM only has to sell 529,101 of these bad boys to recoup the $1 billion in savings the company is looking for by the end of its 2013 financial year. [Wall Street Journal]
Hard to believe this year’s Battle is coming to an end. There have been high highs (Georges Laraque’s devil costume), low lows (Toller Cranston’s crusty commentary) and loads of twists, turns and bare midriffs along the way. All of the BOTB pairs have worked their butts off over the past seven weeks (Kelly Chase literally so—the former fatty dropped 50 pounds during his Blades run), but in the end, there can be only one winner. So for one last time, we cast our vote for who should stay (or, in this case, win), who should go and who should get it on. 
