Coming Tuesday: BlackBerry launch live blog

NEW YORK-- Research in Motion is gearing up to take the wraps of its latest BlackBerry Tuesday at an event here.

CNET will be live-blogging the event, which starts at 8 a.m. PDT/11 a.m. EDT. I'll be dishing the latest news during the live blog along with CNET's smartphone reviewer Bonnie Cha. For a reminder of when the event will start, sign up below through the CoverItLive widget. You can also bookmark this page and come back here Tuesday morning.

The new device, referred to as the BlackBerry 9800, is a touch-screen phone that is expected to rival Apple's iPhone and other smartphones, like ones using Google's Android operating system. AT&T, which is expected to be the exclusive carrier for the new phone, will be joining RIM for the announcement.

For months, bloggers and others watching RIM closely have speculated that the new BlackBerry 9800 will be the first to use RIM's new operating system, BlackBerry OS 6. This new software comes with a revamped Web browser, which should help it compete more aggressively with more Web-centric devices like the iPhone, as well as devices that use the Google Android operating system.

For all the latest information on the new phone, stay tuned to the live blog and our later follow-up coverage.