BlackBerry Thunder: after the storm

By on Jun 10, 2008 at 1:33 PM
General June 10, 2008

We caused a little commotion when we posted the above shot last week. No it’s not a mock-up, dummy. But, there have been a flood of questions about the BlackBerry Thunder (remember, this is still a codename) so we’ll answer the most important ones for you. First off, yes there is a SIM card slot and it is under the battery of the device. Under the battery is also a microSD slot, so don’t expect it to rock a ton of internal memory out of the box. As far as release date is concerned, we’re still hearing Q3 of this year on Big Red. The cool part, though? It looks like the chip they are using supports almost everything. CDMA 1x, EV-DO, GSM, GPRS, EDGE, UMTS, and HSPA. Any other questions? We’ll be here all day! Just drop a comment.

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  • BigVDawgy

    Verizon Guy… and what did you mean by “Y’all are missing one key feature that’ll be another first for Verizon…”?

  • Bkoo

    Is this every going to come out for At&T?

  • james

    @ Jonas

    Thanks! Well put.

  • Newtonjack

    Wish they would hurry, this will be my first Blakberry. Have a Treo 700P for almost 2 years and that contract runs out soon.

  • Pholey

    Marketing-VZW customers, don’t forget the LG “Dare” will be coming out soon as well. From what I understand that is supposed to be around the same time the new iPhone drops for AT&T. Being its another full touch screen phone, will it delay the release of the “Thunder”? Or will they release at the same time….which VZW is notorious for rolling out several phones at the same time? Also, wouldn’t it make more sense for RIM to release it around the same time as the new 3G iPhone? Perhaps stealing Apples “thunder”? Soon to be taken over by “Storm” (storm=code name for Thunder w/ sliding keyboard)? Maybe RIM is going to make this a much more aggressive approach than we think finally putting an end to….who makes a better phone?

    Okay, maybe to good to be true but it does make sense….I’m just sayin.

  • Johnny Boy

    I will definitely be signing up for one of these as soon as they are available. It is going to be awesome.

  • Elemental Mojo

    Who is “Big Red”?

  • ejg

    What kind of keyboard do you think it will have? Physical or Virtual?

  • LB

    @ Elemental Mojo

    ….. Verizon.

  • a

    will there be a status light? i don’t see one on the picture…

  • BBgirl

    Yes…in the logical world you are correct, however, BlackBerry does not separate their quarters the same way we do here in the states. They begin Q1 in December. There is your lesson for the day, sweetheart. =)

  • Pauper

    Do you know if there’s a much improved browser on this phone? The browser on all the blackberries suck. Not sure what better speed does for you if you don’t want to browse.

  • RagingRay

    BG, did you forget about us? :) We are starving for more information here!

  • Vic Skim

    Q1
    Quarter End: May 31, 2008
    Reporting Date: June 25, 2008

    Q2
    Quarter End: August 30, 2008
    Reporting Date: September 25, 2008

    Q3
    Quarter End: November 29, 2008
    Reporting Date: December 18, 2008

    Q4
    Quarter End: February 28, 2009
    Reporting Date: April 2, 2009

    This is straight off the RIM website. So if Q3 is its release, and it’s going by the RIM fiscal year, it could be almost December before it comes out.

  • mm

    I heard the new Thunder device will enable the userto trade stocks and see quotes in real time without 20 min. delay. Is this true?

  • JayJay

    I hope this times they don’t mess up the design again…if this is meant to be an answer to the iphone they have to improve their design quickly…
    jj

  • Rodrigo

    hey i just wanted to know if tmo was gonna get this phone or not so that i dont waste time waiting for it thank you

  • Jaja

    Thats the BlackBerry Bold

  • Rodrigo

    are you serious it wont be gettin a thunder cause that would be tight

  • Mo

    It doesn’t matter where they open. What matters is how much they sell worldwide.

  • Tran

    so its possible to get the phone on verizon.
    then unlock it ..
    to use for tmobile ?

  • http://www.myspace.com/cwprincess Crystal

    the real name of this phone is the BlackBerry Storm, nickname Thunder. It will be released Nov.14 in the U.K. and Nov. 21 in the U.S.

  • db3

    the thunder will not be unlockable but possibly with a turbo sim it can be used for at&t or tmmobile?

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