BlackBerry Thunder, Hear My Cry
Oh yes, oh yes, oh yes: the touchscreen BlackBerry (codenamed “Thunder”) will apparently launch in Q3 of this year. It’s 100% touchscreen (no keyboard, thank you very much) and has only 4 physical keys. These are, unsurprisingly, the send/end keys, the BlackBerry menu key and the back key.
The Boy Genius Report claims that the BlackBerry Thunder will launch as a lifetime exclusive on Vodafone and Verizon. This is big news for Verizon fans because it’ll be the first time the provider has an exclusive handset. However, if Verizon fail to meet the sales targets set by BlackBerry then they’ll lose their exclusive deal.
I’m looking forward to seeing overweight business men in Savile Row suits hunched over their BlackBerry Thunder, trying to access their emails but failing because their fat fingertips take up half the screen with each touch.
BGR have a mock-up of the BlackBerry Thunder, but here’s our artist’s rendition of what it might look like:
