New BlackBerry to Steal the Thunder!

Techtree News Staff, Jul 08, 2008 1548 hrs IST

A tweety bird posted some screen-shots of the yet-to-be-launched BlackBerry Thunder.

Now this is just a rumor - but an exciting one at that! An anonymous user has sent screen-shots -- supposedly of the new BlackBerry Thunder user interface (UI) -- to users at BlackBerry Sync, a BlackBerry user fan site.

Early reports suggest that the screen will be a 360 x 480 touch-screen affair and will run operating system 4.7 and not 5.0 as was previously rumored. There will be a glass surface a la Apple's iPhone. The phone will most likely be christened the Blackberry 9500.

What interests us the most though is the new UI and the (great) new multimedia player. There is also a portrait mode for watching movies and videos. One more cue from the iPhone: the music store which is on the lines of Apple's iTunes online store. We don't have a clue about other features - not yet, but we'll keep you posted.

USER COMMENTS

blootooth of blackberry devices is not so much attractive.

by Lokesh Sharma, delhi, on Mar 23, 2009 01:41 AM, Report abuse Reply

This is ultimate with these options as touch screen.

by Lokesh Sharma, IBM Delhi, on Sep 28, 2008 05:42 PM, Report abuse Reply

Hi I have got 1 piece of 8820. It has not released. I got mine from a Blackberry Marketing Event. I want to sell this. I have opened and used it for 2 weeks. But now I got an Iphone so Im selling it. I have bluetooth headset, travel charger, leather case _ extra and BOX PACKED. Call me Ajay 9892095454..Im in Mumbai

by maverick_a, Mumbai, on Aug 25, 2008 06:45 PM, Report abuse Reply

cant wait, i love blackberries

by chinky eyez, tacoma, on Jul 09, 2008 12:43 AM, Report abuse Reply