6.05.2008
Blackberry Hopes Thunder Will Make It Rain
Do you remember when the Blackberry used to be the cool phone to have? Until Apple dropped the iPhone on the masses everyone wanted a Blackberry. Well, the folks at Research In Motion want to get that "cool phone" label back. They've announced that the Blackberry 9500, aka the Blackberry Thunder, will be available exclusively on Verizon in September.What makes the Thunder so special? The Thunder is the first Blackberry smartphone to include a touchscreen display. Unlike other Blackberrys this unit only has four physical keys. Those are the send / end phone keys, the BlackBerry menu key, and the back key. Not only that, this badboy receives data over the extremely fast 3G EV-DO Rev. C network. The iPhone runs on AT&T's super-slow EDGE network.
Verizon users haven't had the best selection of phones in recent years, so we expect their users are bursting with joy at this news. For now we'll have to wait until we get closer to the release date to get the full scoop on pricing and design. Of course Apple's gearing up to release a new iPhone, so by September the Thunder could be old news.
The PimpWiz.com Bottom Line: Blackberry takes a shot at the iPhone with the release of the Thunder.
Labels: CellPhone, Scott Bernstein
