Well folks, we have good news and bad news. The bad news is that Mozilla has clarified what many miscontrued from a post earlier this week. We all knew the Mozilla Phone concept Billy May showed off last week was simply a throw away but what many didn’t catch from the wording of the post, quite understandably, is that the entire project is a throw away for the time being. It was simply a part of Mozilla’s Concept Series and for the time being, Mozilla has no plans to manufacture a handset. Boo. The good news however, is that Mozilla is definitely not completely dismissing the idea of slapping a crowd-sourced phone and OS together at some point:

While Mozilla doesn’t have plans to produce an OS or phone hardware at the moment — this doesn’t mean that either are out of scope for Mozilla Labs and that’s the point of the Concept Series. Everything is on the table.

It is what is it, we suppose. That said, Adaptive Path recently threw its two cents in yesterday and contributed details surrounding its concept for a mobile web browser dubbed Aurora. In the video, Adaptive Path highlights an example of processes that can allow a mobile phone to interact with the “physical environment” through web-based services. In the example, a man snaps a quick photo of a product he is considering as a gift and using a recognition service accessed via his mobile web browser, the man is immediately able to see product information and reviews. Hit the jump for the video and hit Mozilla’s comments section to let them know you want all this open think tanking to eventually become a reality!

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It almost seems like we’re unearthing a new BlackBerry model every week. There were a number of doubters on the internet when we first posted news of the BlackBerry 9100 and external display. Those rants were quickly hushed when we brought you pictures of the BlackBerry Kickstart just two weeks later. The naysayers stating our pictures were of a dummy device were further pushed towards the land of mum when we posted more evidence of the flip-phone BlackBerry just days later.

Moral of the story? Believe the hype, we’re almost always right.

In similar fashion to our exclusive breaking stories on the BlackBerry 9100, we now have evidence of a couple more devices and confirmation of others. No flashy pictures of unreleased devices this time. No mock-ups, either. This post is truly for the fans who feed on news of all sorts. 

First up, just to brush the dust off an already old record, despite the lack of a physical device release – the BlackBerry Bold / 9000 / Meteor.

Next up, the BlackBerry Javelin, the non-3G Bold-looking device (with a larger screen resolution). Remember Mr. Javvy? 

Following closely behind is the BlackBerry Storm, also known as the BlackBerry Thunder, one of the most anticipated RIM devices to date. Rumored to cover both EV-DO Rev A and HSPA, in addition to being the first touchscreen BlackBerry, this should be a promising exclusive release for the collective juggernaut of Verizon and Vodafone. How do you like that virtual keyboard support?

As mentioned earlier, we bring you the BlackBerry Kickstart / 9100 / ReleaseNameToBeDetermined.

What’s this, you say? A follow-up to the yet-to-be-released BlackBerry flip-phone featuring GPS? Welcome to the party, BlackBerry Seawolf / 9110. Yes, once again, you heard it here first. We’ll go ahead and start a rumor that this device will launch on AT&T in the United States.

The one that has your pal BG scratching his head – the BlackBerry Aurora. Perhaps this previously unmentioned device is now in the R&D graveyard. The device ID listed for it is the same as the BlackBerry Storm above. And let’s not overlook the indicator this device belongs to the Pearl family. Regardless, it is intriguing.

So that’s our BlackBerry rundown for the day. Quick recap? BlackBerry Seawolf 9110, BlackBerry Javelin, BlackBerry Thunder, and BlackBerry Aurora. Happy now?