Category: Storm 9500 Series
Telus to get EXCLUSIVE Canadian rights to BlackBerry Thunder
This is great news for Telus customers! The latest word is that Telus will be getting an exclusive on the highly anticpated touchscreen BlackBerry Thunder 9500. This means that Telus would join Verizon and Vodafone for a World Wide exclusive. Apparently the rumor has been confirmed by three separate sources, including one from the Globe [...]
RIM will roll out Thunder on October 8th?
A new rumors has been posted online claiming the BlackBerry Thunder, RIM’s first touch screen BlackBerry will be launching October 8th. In the United States Verizon will be the first to launch the device followed by Vodafone over in the UK. Apparently Thunder users will be able to download music over the air via Rhapsody. [...]
Drool some more over the BlackBerry Thunder “Touch Screen BlackBerry”
BlackBerry Thunder’s camera in Landscape mode The weeks starting off a little quiet in BlackBerry news, but we will make you drool some more. Just in case you aren’t drooling enough over the rumored BlackBerry Thunder. We’ve got a hold of a few more OS shots for you to enjoy. I know these aren’t as [...]
BlackBerry Bold in September and Thunder mid-October?
More news is trickling down about the BlackBerry Bold and Thunder. Rumor has it the BlackBerry Bold might be running late on some networks. BGR heard from two sources that the Bold may be pushed back until September due to a few small software issues with roaming and seraching, etc. Next up is the highly [...]
Introducing the BlackBerry Thunder’s touchscreen keyboards
Sweet! After we showed you the media UI pictures of the BlackBerry Thunder news started trickling everywhere. Even though its a weekend the folks over at CrackBerry didn't take today off. Kevin got his hands on some REAL live shots of the Thunder and its touchscreen keyboards. The BlackBerry Thunder will sport both a Suretype [...]
Don’t go bashing the Thunder just yet…
An update to our touchscreen BlackBerry Thunder stories. Boy Genius this morning posted that the Thunder is not quite ready for launch. His RIM Ninjas say its at least 4-5 months away and that people who have handled it think its a "joke". A lot of people seem to think that this tipster was just [...]
Touchscreen BlackBerry Thunder to feature Haptic Technology
To continue on with our BlackBerry Thunder coverage, Kevin from CrackBerry got some details on the Thunder's new touch screen keyboard. Apparently the Thunder will sport "Haptic Technology" meaning when the display is pressed the screen moves in a tiny bit to give you a real feedback feeling. Apparently every time the keyboard is pressed [...]
BlackBerry Thunder Exclusive Shots (Meet the media player…)
That's right folks an anonymous tipster has sent us shots of the highly anticipated BlackBerry Thunder. The Thunder also known as BlackBerry 9500 will feature a huge 360×480 touch display and will apparently run on OS 4.7. This device will be a great multimedia player and could bring CDMA carriers true iPhone competition. The Thunder [...]
BlackBerry Thunder (9500) to run OS 4.7, not 5.0
Jibi has been full of news this week. Today he has confirmed that the touchscreen BlackBerry we have all been calling Thunder will in fact be called Thunder and it will be modeled BlackBerry 9500. Not only that but apparently the BlackBerry Thunder will launch with OS 4.7 (not 5.0 like we all thought).
Visual Voicemail and BlackBerry Thunder coming to Verizon?
According to reports, Verizon is getting ready to launch a visual voicemail service for their phones. Guess what one of the phones they have listed as supported devices at launch is? "New RIM device (touchscreen)". You know what this means? It's the BlackBerry Thunder. Apparently Verizon will be launching the visual voicemail service either sometime [...]
“Unknown” BlackBerry smartphones found in XML files
Details have emerged of upcoming BlackBerry devices. Some of these devices we talked about in the past, one new guy we haven't heard of yet. These code names were found in some device XML files… Boy Genius caught wind of the BlackBerry Javelin which should be the 3G-less Bold (and part of the 9000 series). [...]
What will the Thunder’s keyboard be like?
So today I was thinking… What will the rumored BlackBerry Thunder's keyboard be like? Do you think they will do something similar to Apple's iPhone QWERTY keyboard (just like our mock up) or will they do a on screen Suretype QWERTY keyboard? Maybe even both? It's really hard to say what RIM will do. We [...]
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