Comments on: BlackBerry Thunder live shots

By: Craig

Craig — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 21:58:49 +0000

I want buttons. I got fat fingers!!! I might as well get the iphone if I’m gonna get a touch screen!

By: GIAN R

GIAN R — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 03:36:25 +0000

@J.C

its looking good
looks like a solid device to take down the jesus phone

Jesus phone huh?? So will that make the BlackBerry the “Devil Phone”?? I guess it could since we will be able to do ANYTHING OUR FLESH DESIRES on these devices whereas your restricted by appple. hmmm sin freely based on free will or follow the shepperd Steve JoB oH!

By: Seat's

Seat's — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 08:17:26 +0000

I have a 8800, but I need 4-5 mpx camera and it would be good to have a larger screen. Blackberry are the leader, so bring it on!

By: The Outside

The Outside — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 02:05:35 +0000

the champ

just because the keyboard looks ok to you that doesnt mean the entire OS is ok. and you’ve played with this? unless you got proof of that your just spitting whatever pops into your head

By: infamousisaac

infamousisaac — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 02:00:03 +0000

i got the blackberry pearl n imma get dat blackberry touch jus to shit on niggas

By: Chaotix

Chaotix — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 01:10:52 +0000

Any word of the screen size? It looks to be between 3.2 and 3.5 inches.

By: The Champ

The Champ — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 01:03:01 +0000

there is a few skins I have seen on the device
and this is a test mule I would guess with no branding. the OS is still solid, and I do love how after his “the bold breaker, the javelin jouster” crap that BGR stated….he got flat out beat down with this breaking news.

and after posting that the OS was unstable, and not even working we see a keyboard now….it made me laugh.

I know the OS is working, I had it in my hands just a few days ago…and I love reading some cocky blogger thinking he knows something form an “insider” who more than likely is just somebody’s secretary haha

By: Its me!

Its me! — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 00:34:31 +0000

Nice I’d rock it!

By: chris in NY

chris in NY — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 23:44:19 +0000

Alabamian???

Did someone mean a person from ALABAMA or ALBANIA?

By: PHug

PHug — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 22:38:33 +0000

iPhone 3G didn’t fix enough of the iPhone 1st gen flaws so i am passing on it.
Still waiting on Samsung Omnia, Nokia Tube, Garmin NuviPhone and BB Thunder… Hopefully someone will get it right

By: The Outside

The Outside — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 20:04:01 +0000

that keyboard looks… eery

By: Trent G

Trent G — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 19:31:32 +0000

lol at BGR for Crackberry getting first live shots.

By: Terry

Terry — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 18:24:54 +0000

milm where have you been?

BIS was updated a few weeks ago to allow HTML e-mails on BB with OS 4.5+

OS 4.5 is out in Beta for CDMA and it has HMTL support. I am using it now on my Verizon 8830. I can’t send HTML e-mails but that is a security thing with RIM. I can view them just fine.

I for one look forward to this new BB. I could have gotten an iPhone but decided not to when I heard BB was coming out with this device.

By: sidekick addict

sidekick addict — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 18:10:52 +0000

crackberrys are for the crackheads!…

By: conrad

conrad — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 17:53:05 +0000

@ jsc

Tell us more about the iCal/mobileme/sync problems you’re talking about.

By: GOD

GOD — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 17:43:55 +0000

THIS PHONE DOES NOT EVEN COME CLOSE TO THE 3G IPHONE, AS MR.TYLER SAYS… DREAM ON, DREAM ON, DREAM ON, DREAM IT TIL YOUR DREAM (doesn’t come)TRUE…

By: Rafael

Rafael — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 16:55:44 +0000

The keyboard doesn’t match the translucent skin of the media player(as seen in previous pics). BTW they could tint the translucent skin with a little black, that way it’d match the outer layer of the phone, for an even more consistent look.

By: Chorzoman

Chorzoman — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 16:34:32 +0000

Chorizoman likes. Not sure about the Sure-Type in portrait mode, I guess that was done because the keys would be way to small to use, especially in a touch-screen. Any ideas as to how big/small it is? Is it smaller than the 8800? And how thick is it? One more thing, seeing how this will be a CDMA phone at first, has anyone else seen the pics of the Thunder branded with the Vodafone logo on crackberries.com? Last I checked Vodafone was GSM.

By: G$

G$ — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 15:53:31 +0000

Tu, you said it two times!

By: gt

gt — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 15:46:02 +0000

I hate it and I will NEVER use it even if it was given to me for free. Touch kb is the reason I don’t have an iPhone.

By: miklm

miklm — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 15:12:10 +0000

I can’t get excited over this. It is a me-too device from RIM. All the anti-Apple BB fanboys have been crowing about the lack of a “real” keyboard on the iPhone, and now RIM has one a year late and behind schedule and its the second coming?

I’m have a BlackBerry now, previously had a WM device and a Treo (PalmOS) before that, so I’m not particularly religious to any platform, but I think the BlackBerry is a day late here. For all the talk of a “business” phone, I’m not sure how the BB is so superior. WinMo and now iPhone have full Exchange support, without the expensive BES, and BIS users are just SOL. There is no HTML mail support, and while from a lot of perspectives I understand and agree with that it doesn’t work so well in the real world. The “new” OS version seems perpetually delayed and there aren’t even any CDMA beta versions public yet.

Also, “Alabamian on a puma”? Haha, I know a lot of people in Alabama but have never seen one on a puma. Are there even pumas native to Alabama?

By: Yev

Yev — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 14:47:30 +0000

Where is all the crying about lack of physical keyboard and inability to feel the keys. Wasn’t this the major negative for the iPhone. RIMM better execute that keyboard better then Apple did. What do you think, 1 mil sales and lines around the corner on the first day? Uhhh, unlikely.

By: justblase

justblase — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 14:42:40 +0000

why u dis crackberry last week and cop their photos this week? y’all should just kiss and make nice nice already. right now it looks like you’re trying to play both sides, bgr, and it don’t look good.

By: Mark

Mark — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 13:10:53 +0000

Looks like RIM is making progress, can’t wait to see the final product (hopefully it really will be Novemberish)

By: Kent

Kent — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 13:00:27 +0000

Uhh no verizon branding
But whatever prolly a test unit

Hasta la victoria to the bitter end
I still prefer berries instead of apples

The keyboard doesn’t do it for me tho…might need to see it in action, but none the less I like looking at a future product I will own!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By: Dtest54

Dtest54 — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 12:48:45 +0000

you right my bad sith.

still no fan of suretype, I’m sure there must be a setting to go all qwerty.

By: Sith_Apprentice

Sith_Apprentice — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 12:21:08 +0000

The keyboard in landscape is full qwerty, the keyboard in portrait is suretype.

By: jsc

jsc — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 12:18:04 +0000

Frankly, I’ll take a “hideously” skinned virtual keyboard and working calendar sync over iCal and MobileMe at this point.

By: Ben A

Ben A — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 12:13:23 +0000

Interesting that there’s no VZW bradning on this shot…

By: John

John — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 12:10:18 +0000

BGR why is RIM crying………