They Aren’t Really Going To Call It The BlackBerry Thunder Are They?

Ever since Research in Motion started giving BlackBerry’s names going back to the BlackBerry Pearl, it has taken a week or so for the name to settle in and start to sound natural to me. BlackBerry Pearl, BlackBerry Curve, and even the yet to be released BlackBerry Bold and BlackBerry KickStart just kind of role off the tongue after you say them a few times. BlackBerry Thunder, on the other hand, just isn’t working for me.

This is just one man’s opinion so take it with a grain of salt, however, BlackBerry Thunder is about as ridiculous a name for a mobile phone that I’ve heard. It sounds more like power tool or something.

“The Black & Decker Thunder… The most powerful electric leaf blower money can buy…”

I certainly hope that BlackBerry Thunder is just the code name and that RIM will come up with something a bit more eloquent. Like they named the 8100 the Pearl after the trackball introduced on the BlackBerry Pearl, the BlackBerry 9500 should be named after the touch screen it will introduce.

Written by Robb Dunewood on May 29th, 2008 with 19 comments.
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The BlackBerry KickStart Flip Experience

 
Crackberry.com got its hands on slides detailing the upcoming BlackBerry KickStart’s “Filp Experience” which highlights how the new BlackBerry will work as a flip phone. The BlackBerry KickStart functions pretty much like any other flip phone when it comes to incoming calls. Messaging, on the other hand is where RIM put some real though into how a BlackBerry flip phone should operate.

Messaging - Matching BlackBerry “Holster” Experience

• Extends to Email, IM, SMS, MMS,
• Opening the flip auto-opens an incoming message
• The external LCD lets the user know WHO messaged them and provides a brief preview of the content (if enabled) - allows the user to decide if the wish to open the flip to deal with the message
• Opening the flip allows the user to deal with the message - just like retrieving a Candy-Bar BlackBerry from its holster
• BlackBerry Address Book provides Sender Picture, Name, etc… if available
• Closing flip will be extended to also close/mark read any open messages (same as the BlackBerry when holstered)

To make a long story short, if someone sends you some type of message their picture shows up on the caller ID screen followed by brief snippet of the message. If you open the phone you go right to that message.

I’ve always been a fan of flip phones because of their compact size and I’ve never used a holster with any BlackBerry that I’ve ever owned. I know that the BlackBerry KickStart is first coming out on T-Mobile, but, I will go ahead and ask the question now just to get it out of the way. How long before something like this comes out on Verizon?

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Written by Robb Dunewood on May 29th, 2008 with 8 comments.
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