BlackBerry Thunder 9500 live shot?
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Filed in BlackBerry, Rumors
We’re so confused…Engadget picked up this photo from HorizonWireless and they claim it to be a picture of the BlackBerry Thunder. Ah, come on, guys, you don’t remember the Thunder? In all seriousness, we’re just not sure about the legitimacy surrounding the above photo snap. It does look like our render, though, just as it was described to us. Thoughts?
UPDATE: We’ve been told the photo above is actually real, except it’s just the housing for the unit…
[Via Engadget]
Tags: 3G, 9500, BlackBerry, handset, thunder, touch screen
Looks exactly like the 8700 body to me, just with 8300/8800 sidekeys. The little inset photo is all too blurry to me though.
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This is the worst picture ever. I cant beleive we are blogging about it.
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The 8700? Um that’s no where near a 8700 device, 83XX is what I’m thinking…..
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BG, your game is slipping, we need more juicy Blackberry news from you!!
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My game is slippin’? Mmm…I thought I was on top…
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No worries bg. You aint slippin. To me that looks like the first ever bb make. Remember those first big black tanks?
Ya those.
You still the man
Cheerß
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Well, to me… When i look at the picture it almost seems like its a flip phone, the bottom is slightly open, and the screen with the silver/greyish trim, as it goes to the top of the phone, almost looks like its on a pivot like a flip phone. Full qwerty under the screen? Maybe im just on crack… Anyone else see this???
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This picture is so blurred it looks like someone photoshopped it until you couldn’t tell WHAT the heck it is.
The BGR pic was just a render so that this pic looks like a very, very blurry render… does that matter?
Personally, I think it looks a bit too square for what I would guess the Thunder would be. I can’t believe I’m even giving a straightforward response to this though… that could be a ToysRUs Toy and you couldn’t tell the difference.
Holler
http://blackberrythunder.net
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I see that too. It does look rather unusual. It looks like a full-out touchscreen phone (i900, iPhone, etc.), but then it has that little indentation on the bottom as if it’s splitting in two.
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Its not the actual phone. Its just the Housing. We got a few sample pictures of the housing. BG your mock up was pretty much on the ball
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You guys got the housing and those are the best pictures you came up with… damn polaroid cameras..
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9130 aka kickstart world edition?
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BB and Nokia have way too many models. Having an iPhone, I do not follow these brands but they all look and do the same thing. It is too confusing and pretty stupid.
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wow that looks sooooo fake.
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BG,
Just jokes, your the man, but let us know which 3g chipset is running this baby. Your call on Tavor in the Bold was on point. No every financial tech guru comes to your site for the real scoop, keep it coming!!
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looks like a flip phone.
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@camel junkie you follow the crapple brand with it’s 1junk
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Get off BGR’s back out blogging about a blurry pic, RIM sent their ninjas on them for a reason further giving credability to the picture, blurry as hell or not.
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First: BG, you’re not slipping. I still love you.
Second: I call BS on this photo. And if it is real, then damn… Ugly.
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Hey Bla1ze,
What does “RIM sent their ninjas on them for a reason” mean? No matter how you slice and dice it, this is a very blurry pic, and I don’t know why I’m spending my time trying to figure out what this ‘photoshop’ image is supposed to represent?
- CB
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It kind of looks like a production model of the patent that RIM filed for a touchscreen with a slide out qwerty.
http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2008/02/29/new-rim-patent-points-toward-touchscreen-blackberry-slider/
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Here’s info on the patent for the RIM MULTI-TOUCH ui.
http://www.unwiredview.com/2008/02/08/blackberry-patents-angled-slider-and-rim-multi-touch-technology/
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I think its a pic of the Blackberry Storm, not the Thunder which explains the look and why its on some weird wireless site.
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Real or not real I’m not trusting my bread to some jive ass company that can’t even produce a decent logo - say what you will about VZW but atleast they use high-res images!
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Looks to me that this phone opens, slides, or something. Because there is a clear “gaping” at the bottom of this phone.
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