RIM's BlackBerry Thunder: Yet Another iPhone Clone?
13 Jul 2008 | BlackBerry , RIM , Smartphone | 21 comments
You might have heard of Research in Motion getting ready to launch a full touchscreen Blackberry smartphone. Finally, we have more evidence. CrackBerry got hold of two leaked pictures of RIM's newest toy, the BlackBerry Thunder 9500.
Some of the features of the Thunder include multi-touch glass display with tactile response, which gives you a feedback whenever you push a button, full QWERTY keyboard in landscape mode and SureType keyboard in portrait mode.
At a first glance, it does look a lot like the iPhone. And who can blame them? Everybody is trying to come up with something that can compete with Apple's device. If Samsung's Instinct managed to break away from being just another iPhone clone to selling actual units, I'm sure BlackBerry won't have problems either.
What do you think? iPhone or BBT?
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iPhone, not doubt.. I mean look at it! All the BlackBerry juice couldn't save this one. Come one people! BE MORE CREATIVE. Stop imitating Apple!
Way to bash the thunder before it comes out!!! you haven't even used the phone and already think it sucks!!!
It's a clone Scott... do you expect this to be better than the original? it's just a remake. there's nothing new to see.
joey: first, please go and learn yo'self some proper spelling and grammar. and second, for the love of all that is holy (and some things that are unholy), please try to refrain from being such a douche-y fanboy.
matt: what's my spelling got to do with the fact that this phone is a CLONE?? How can anybody say this phone is any good? or any other of the clones?
by the way, I checked my spelling. please tell me where I went wrong.
Don't get wrong, I love Apple products, but I rather have a BlackBerry looking like an iPhone, than an actual iPhone.
I mean, the iPhone can't even copy and paste and it doesn't feature MMS. We're in 2008, ffs! Little things matter, Apple. The faster you learn that, the better!
you said " not doubt" instead of no doubt
I hate it when people make spelling errs.
ifan u from Michigan ? Cause I know someone that uses that nickname
there's a HUGE difference between a typo and a spelling mistake. It still doesn't change the fact that the blackberry will fail.
it will probably sell more than the Instinct, but that's about it.
Does the IPhone have tactile feedback?
K: It doesn't. I can't see how they missed that feature in the new 3G iPhone.
Iphone Shmyphone....in China get a knockoff Myphone.
www.itechnews.net/2007/05/25/cect-p168-iphone-clone/
Iphone still have terrible voice quaility and most dropped calls. No video? Cut and paste still?
ThunderStuck!
Tbh guys, I think you all need to cut the crap and wait for a product to test. End of the day is the iPhone not just a rip off of the SE 950i (think its that one anyway).
All blackberry and apple for that matter are doing is following the trends, that being touchscreen!
As a designer I use apple products day in day out, but I love my blackberry to bits, so until I can compare the two units side by side then I will sit undecided.
Gee fan boys get right up my nose, the word brainwashed doesn't even cover it!
Looks a lot like the 8800 series to me, without a keyboard. If that makes it an iphone clone, then you should go look at the release date of the 8800.
Why can't this come to Sprint too? I t seems as if Sprint is always getting crap while the cool stuff like Thunder goes to VZW ot IPhone to ATT????
Why do everyone think that as soon as a fullscreen touch phone comes out, it's an iPhone clone?
People have to grow up.
because all touchscreen phones look the same therefor people go omg its a iphone clone iphone is old news wow the just updated it for 3g still dosent have mms
hmm the power of blackberry with the iphones layout. My money is on the blackberry being a more powerful and useful second gen of the new "iphone clone" age
Um... Does the iphone have an accelerometer in it like the BB?
@Mike: Yes. See here: http://www.apple.com/iphone/features/accelerometer.html
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