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BlackBerry Thunder 9500 surfaces, taking on iPhone 3G
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| E2EK1EL |
BlackBerry Thunder 9500 surfaces, taking on iPhone 3G
08 July, 2008 | Comments (44) | Post your comment
Tags: BlackBerry, Touch UI, Verizon, Vodafone, Rumors, EV-DO
The full touch-based BlackBerry Thunder 9500 has been awash in rumors online. Now several official photos have leaked to prove that the Thunder is a real deal and it will boast a spanking new Blackberry Touch UI OS.
If you have accidentally felt that you may be riding the tech wave with your super latest high tech mobile phone, RIM might just be able to prove you wrong. While we are still waiting for an official announcement, meet the BlackBerry Thunder.
The BlackBerry Thunder 9500 will run on a new Blackberry OS that's fully touch-centric and will sport a 2.5" 65K color touchscreen TFT display with 360 x 480 pixels resolution. Most importantly it will be a hybrid device, working in GSM and EV-DO networks supporting EDGE/HSDPA and built-in GPS.
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Interestingly enough, those press-grade photos leak just days before the Apple iPhone 3G release in what seems to be a Blackberry PR attempt to dissuade some potential iPhone 3G customers.
And indeed, it looks like Apple iPhone 3G has got a tough competitor in the face of the BlackBerry Thunder. The latter will run a carrier music store which is similar to the iPhone's iTunes store and will allow users to purchase songs directly from their device.
Internet browsing on BlackBerry Thunder will be significantly improved to match the superb Safari browser in the iPhone. We hope the Thunder will also sport the sweet auto screen rotation feature as well - it's all about accelerometers these days.
The feature-rich device will probably run on the 624 MHz CPU known from the recently announced Blackberry Bold.
The BlackBerry Thunder 9500 will be exclusively available for Verizon and Vodafone customers but its pricing and availability are not confirmed by a reliable source.
http://www.gsmarena.com/blackberry_...3g-news-542.php |
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| patpicos |
| looks nice, lets see how many years it will take to be available in canada! lol |
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| infinity HiGH |
| quote: | Originally posted by devnull
looks nice, lets see how many years it will take to be available in canada! lol |
RIM is Canadian. |
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| Dave Akermanis |
| virtual qwerty FTL |
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| Rodrico |
| quote: | Originally posted by Dave Akermanis
virtual qwerty FTL |
+1
Wish there was full - touch screen with sliding keyboard option...like the sony ericsson xperia X1...im still gonna wait on that bad boy to come out in sept. in the states and pick it up. |
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| exstasie |
those pictures are apparently fake...
but yeah, definitely a nice camera!
| quote: | Originally posted by infinity HiGH
RIM is Canadian. |
Yeah but the 9500 Thunder is exclusive to Verizon & Vodafone...
As of right now, we don't have either...which is why it is a legitimate question...
When will we get it up here in Canada...
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| r5a |
time to harass work to renew our BES license.
im hoping RIM will do a sweet little promo (last time we got 20 cal bes + 20 blackberries, get a little upgrade. |
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| jchung52 |
| i teach the ceo's son violin here and there... just lives around the corner.. perhaps i should go ask for one hehehehe |
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| exstasie |
| quote: | Originally posted by jchung52
i teach the ceo's son violin here and there... just lives around the corner.. perhaps i should go ask for one hehehehe |
Can you get be a Bold 9000?
Thanks :D
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| jchung52 |
| quote: | Originally posted by exstasie
Can you get be a Bold 9000?
Thanks :D
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ill get right on it :tongue2 |
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| E2EK1EL |
| quote: | Originally posted by exstasie
those pictures are apparently fake...
but yeah, definitely a nice camera!
Yeah but the 9500 Thunder is exclusive to Verizon & Vodafone...
As of right now, we don't have either...which is why it is a legitimate question...
When will we get it up here in Canada...
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i'm sure these pics are legit ... my be the first prototypes. gsm arena never has bogus info & pics |
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