BlackBerry Thunder, the touchscreen BlackBerry we’ve all been waiting for
Since we were the first ones to break the news about a touchscreen BlackBerry device, it’s only fitting that we follow up and give y’all the real lowdown on it! This is going to excite a lot of people, but anger many. Are you ready? The BlackBerry Thunder, as it is codenamed now, (all you "reporting" on it as the Storm are incorrect) will launch in Q3 of this year. It is a full touchscreen BlackBerry — no slide out keyboard — with only 4 physical keys. Those are the send / end phone keys, the BlackBerry menu key, and the back key. Here is the most interesting part, though: it will launch as a worldwide lifetime exclusive on Verizon and Vodafone! We’ve heard the unit will be a hybrid device with CDMA EV-DO Rev. C (for clarification, Rev C., known as UMB is practically dead. If the device will indeed launch with a 4G solution, our bet is on LTE), and GSM HSPA for traveling internationally. Verizon and Vodafone will have the same unit. Currently, the model number is the BlackBerry 9500, though it’s very early and that’s likely to change. This is HUGE for the Verizon lovers. For once they’ll get an exclusive device, but Verizon will have a sales quota for the device and if they don’t meet those numbers, we’ve heard the exclusivity will then dissolve and it’s over. This will be extremely interesting to see play out.
P.S. No, you morons, the image above is not real. Didn’t we go through this once before?
P.P.S. For futher clarification about the whole LTE thing, the chip might support it, but that does not mean the network will be ready by any means…OK?
does it have bluetooth
yes sir
holy crap…how the heck did this get resurrected?
Just wondering: since you basically called everyone who was referring to the 9530 as the Storm a moron a year ago, are you going to redact that statement?
so does this phone have a keypad so tht you dont have to touch the screen to type or do you have to touch the screen to write
So i bet the jackass that wrote this article feels like a moron for saying “(all you “reporting” on it as the Storm are incorrect…” It is called the storm, NOT THE THUNDER. That name was released long ago. And its not just a lifetime verizon exclusive. You may want to do more research in the future ( REAL research, not just word-of-mouth commenting and rumor reporting), before you post informtion. Kinda makes you look like your website is bogus.
So I’m sure the person reading this article must feel pretty stupid that this phone is actually called the BlackBerry Storm!
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WE ARE WRONG TO CALL IT THE “STORM” BECAUSE IT IS CALLED THE “THUNDER” REALLY??? YOU FUCKING IDIOT. GET YOUR FACTS STRAIT YOU RETARD IT IS THE “STORM” !!
whats the different between blackberry storm and blackberry thunder??:S:S:S
but blackberry makes a touch screen to
I have an iPhone and I love it.
Damn all you mother fuckers writing the same shit. Let me clear this up for you dumbass’s. It was called the “Thunder” because it was code named so. Just like the 8900 was code named “Javalin”, and the Tour “Niagara”. You have the world of knowledge and resources at your very fingertips.
wow…so it was called the storm huh? moron
how amazing..,i can have this..??/
U are an idiot…
All of you are idiots u mixed up my brains. Have a less moron day ya all
I want to know the camera pixel of that blackberry 9500 , and other functions as well ..thanks