It seems that the rise of the watchphone is all the rage these days with the likes of the Samsung S9110 and the LD GD910 available, and it looks like research In Motion is now getting in on the game.

According to an article over on ciol.com, BlackBerry smartphone maker Research In Motion is planning to deliver a BlackBerry Bluetooth Watch to the mobile arena, and the word is this BlackBerry Bluetooth Watch will have similar functions to that of a BlackBerry smartphone.

Apparently the BlackBerry Bluetooth Watch will sync with your handset to deliver info and alerts and is rumoured to be more advanced that the Sony Ericsson model, and features the possibility to show email, stream audio, Facebook, BlackBerry Messenger along with text messages and caller ID.