Verizon’s Thunder is the 9530, October Launch a Certainty?

Friday, August 8th, 2008

The Boy Genius has just posted a picture of Verizon's product inventory which shows the touchscreen BlackBerry Thunder as the BB9530, confirming that the Thunder is indeed from 9500 series like we said over a month and a half ago. Also being reported by the Boy Genius is a tentative launch ...

Pictures of the Thunders Camera Interface, Media Player in Landscape

Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008

    It looks like the people over at BlackBerrySYNC have a very good friend who works at RIM, because today they released more exclusive "shots" of the Thunder's interface. Not quite the live pictures of the Thunder that we have shown you in the past, but what you're looking is purportedly ...

Breaking News: Live Pics of the Thunder Emerge

Sunday, July 13th, 2008

Kevin over at CrackBerry has just posted some exclusive pictures of the Thunder 9500 which showcase both the virtual QWERTY and SureType "keypad" features of the touch-screen device.

EXCLUSIVE: Setup Wizard 4.6.x on SureType Devices

Thursday, July 10th, 2008

Remember when we brought you the first pictures of the BlackBerry Bold's Setup Wizard? Well we have a few more pictures for you. With 4.5 being released for GSM carriers and all of the hype around the leaks on CDMA, it seems a good time to give everyone a glimpse at ...

Latest News on the BlackBerry 9500, AKA Thunder

Wednesday, July 9th, 2008

    A lot of new developments have occurred in the past day or so regarding the BlackBerry 9500 Thunder, so I thought it would be a good idea to wait a bit to give you a consolidated post. And boy is this news fascinating and well worth a read.

Breaking News: Thunder Media Player Pictures

Monday, July 7th, 2008

BlackBerrySYNC.com has released images this morning of the Thunder media player in action. While we already know that the 9500 will run 4.7 at launch, and NOT OS 5.0, these new shots do give a bit more appeal to a device already being positioned as RIM's iPhone killer.

EXCLUSIVE: BlackBerry Desktop Manager 4.7 with Media Sync

Tuesday, July 1st, 2008

It seems the proverbial apple loves finding my lap, or perhaps it's my head. Regardless of the bloody apple, I've covered the first looks for BlackBerry Desktop Manager 4.3, BlackBerry Web Desktop Manager, and BlackBerry Desktop Manager 4.5, which has just been officially released by RIM. Heck, if I weren't taking a sabbatical from ...

EXCLUSIVE: BlackBerry Thunder now the BlackBerry 9500, OS 4.7.0

Tuesday, July 1st, 2008

Thirsting for more information in the BlackBerry Pre-Launch World? Want more information than what my good friend, Boy Genius, has provided in his posts on the touchscreen BlackBerry, code named "Thunder"?

BlackBerry MediaSync gets outed

Monday, June 23rd, 2008

As many of you may or may not have seen, there is a download for MediaSync that was found on RIM's servers. Well, being a typical leak conscious company, that hole was quickly plugged. Before it was however, there were many that were able to obtain a copy, and of ...

Itching for that new Bold but wary of the price?

Friday, June 13th, 2008

It seems that every day there is a new rumor floating around concerning an unreleased BlackBerry device. Between official announcements from RIM or the carriers, and unofficial leaked information it’s dizzying. Are you interested in a new Bold or how about a Touchscreen Thunder? Perhaps you are moving from another ...