Blackberry Thunder, The Touchscreen Blackberry

May 13th, 2008

Not sure if this is fact of fiction.  Given that it’s written on a whole bunch of blogs, I would say it’s probably about 75% true.  Regardless, the rumor is that Blackberry is finally coming out with a touchscreen phone!

As reported here, the Blackberry 9500, also known as the Blackberry Thunder, is going to be exclusive on Verizon (in the US at least) for once! I guess it’s only fair.  Blackberry did announce yesterday that they are releasing the Blackberry 9000, or Blackberry Bold, on the AT&T network.

Verizon Thunder?  That sounds like a pretty good Verizon phone name.  Kind of fit in with the Verizon Voyager or the Verizon Chocolate.  Whether or not this can truly fight with the iPhone remains to be seen, but I do know that Blackberry makes some nice phones.  My Verizon friends, your dream might soon become a reality!

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