Tag: "Thunder"

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Introducing the BlackBerry Thunder’s touchscreen keyboards

By James on Jul 13, 2008 in BlackBerry, Breaking News, Storm 9500 Series, Un-Released models.

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 and a QWERTY keyboard. Keep in mind the BlackBerry Thunder is still in early production and the OS and keyboard could change a lot before the official launch. Not a bad start though! Click on over to see the pictures.. Read More

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Touchscreen BlackBerry Thunder to feature Haptic Technology

By James on Jul 09, 2008 in BlackBerry, Rumors, Storm 9500 Series.

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 you will feel a buzz to let you know its been pressed.

One of the best parts is the Thunder will feature both SureType and a full QWERTY keyboard. So when the Thunder is upright it will use a SureType keyboard (think Pearl) and when its sideways a full QWERTY keyboard.

RIM has always known to come out with some of the best keyboard's for smartphones. Let's just hope they do the same for touchscreen smartphones. By the sounds of it they have something really cool in store. Click on over for some more details and a video of Haptic Technology… Read More

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BlackBerry Thunder Exclusive Shots (Meet the media player…)

By James on Jul 07, 2008 in BlackBerry, Breaking News, Exclusives, Storm 9500 Series.

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 will run a carrier music store which similar to the iPhone's iTunes store and will allow users to purchase songs from their device. The display on the Thunder most likely will be a glass surface similar to the iPhone. Click on over for another shot…  Read More

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BlackBerry Thunder (9500) to run OS 4.7, not 5.0

By James on Jul 01, 2008 in BlackBerry, Rumors, Storm 9500 Series.

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). Read More

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Visual Voicemail and BlackBerry Thunder coming to Verizon?

By James on Jun 18, 2008 in BlackBerry, Rumors, Storm 9500 Series, USA, 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 late July or early August. Does this mean the Thunder is right around the corner?

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“Unknown” BlackBerry smartphones found in XML files

By James on Jun 12, 2008 in BlackBerry, Pearl Flip 8200 Series, Rumors, Storm 9500 Series.

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). Next up is the BlackBerry Storm (aka Thunder) which will be the touch screen BlackBerr and RIM's next CDMA smartphone. Then of course the not so secret BlackBerry Kickstart, a flip phone BlackBerry expected to launch on T-Mobile later this year. Hmm then talk of a model called Seawolf 9110 which BG thinks is the GPS enabled Kickstart for AT&T. Last one he found is a model called Aurora which he feels is just a old prototype maybe even something from the Pearl 8100 series.

Ok so all and all that was BlackBerry Javelin, Storm/Thunder, Kickstart, Seawolf and Aurora. That's a ton of rumors. One thing you may want to notice if you look at the XML file pictured above for the BlackBerry Storm/Thunder it shows Keyboard Type=VIRTUAL booyeah!

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What will the Thunder’s keyboard be like?

By James on Jun 10, 2008 in BlackBerry, Rumors, Storm 9500 Series.

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 aren't too sure yet but we bet it'll be hot.

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Verizon’s BlackBerry Thunder Live Shot!

By James on Jun 08, 2008 in BlackBerry, Rumors, Storm 9500 Series, USA, Verizon.

Boy Genius seems to have gotten a live shot of Verizon's upcoming BlackBerry Thunder. In case you don't know what the Thunder is its the touch screen BlackBerry that RIM has in the works. Click on over for a full picture. Read More

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Touchscreen BlackBerry Thunder 9500 spotted?

By James on Jun 02, 2008 in BlackBerry, Rumors.


Take this one with a grain of salt. Engadget is showing a picture which looks like a cheesy photoshop mock up of supposedly the rumored touchscreen BlackBerry (Thunder 9500). The picture which was originally shown over at a company called Horizon Wireless. It's now being rumored that its not the actual unit itself but just a housing for the upcoming smartphone. 

So we aren't too sure what to think about this one. 

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BlackBerry Thunder, the touchscreen BlackBerry details

By James on May 13, 2008 in BlackBerry, International Networks, Rumors, USA, Verizon.

So this comes as a shock this morning, the BGR has some new details on BlackBerry Thunder. In case you don't know what the BlackBerry Thunder is it’s the touch screen BlackBerry also temporally modeled 9500. Now here's the thing you would have expected it to be a Quadband GSM device, well guess what? So far it’s a CDMA Rev. C (UMB) device slated for a Q3 of this year launch exclusively on Verizon and Vodafone.

Now according to BGR if Verizon doesn't meet the sales quota projected by RIM then they loose the exclusiveness and other CDMA carriers would be able to launch it (maybe some people in Canada??). I would imagine to see a 3G version coming as well, they're just isn't any details yet on that.

Oh also the image above IS NOT AN ACTUAL image of the device simply a mockup of what it could look like. It’s said the device will sport only four buttons send, end, BlackBerry menu key and back key.

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