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 ...

The Death of the Non Camera-Berry???

Thursday, July 17th, 2008

This week, for the first time I realised that a non camera-berry is about to become a thing of the past. A couple of years ago when rumours of the Pearl first surfaced, we were all surprised that RIM would be breaking the mold of the corporate blueprint and producing ...

Breaking News: Thunder Advertising Campaign in September, Bold to be Pushed Back Again?

Wednesday, July 16th, 2008

According to the Boy Genius, come this September, Research In Motion is set to make a lot of commotion in the United States with an advertising blitz to promote their touch-screen Thunder device. And for those of you who are looking to get their hands on the device that has ...

The Thunder and the rain!

Monday, July 14th, 2008

Stories of the BlackBerry Thunder are the gossip of the moment on tech sites with the odd leaked pic here, assumed specs there, and the occasional stab at a presumed release date, but one thing that’s interesting with all of this is people’s reactions to it.

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 ...