Comments on: Live Pics Of The Verizon BlackBerry Thunder

By: VZW user

VZW user — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 04:19:26 +0000

If you realized 1)how pissed the VZW users are about VZW’s horribly slow release of the Curve and all other BB devices; and 2) how many businesses are VZW exculsive, you would realize that this is do or die for VZW.

By: Robb Dunewood

Robb Dunewood — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 18:19:11 +0000

Here are a few BlackBerry Thunder Pictures of the new media player.

By: me here

me here — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 04:30:44 +0000

Well - the iphone was proposed exclusively to vzw FIRST! But since apple had to put a million conditions on it (wont go into details), vzw turn ‘em down! BB’s got some conditions on it as well (such as a quota - if not met then they’ll open it to other carriers), but nowhere near as many as apple did.

Oh, and talking about ‘how many companies vzw has to buy in order to stay on top’ — well, didn’t ATT buy cingular to get on top — oh, and cingular merged/bought about a dozen companies to reach as big as they became!

I for one am dying to get my hands on the thunder … can’t be released quick enough!!!

By: Freakwncy

Freakwncy — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 04:30:00 +0000

I agree with the others. For RIM to release it just for vzw is totally stupid. I think T-Mobile sells more BB than vzw. And the overall service is outstanding. How many companies does vzw have to buy in order to stay on top on the game.

By: I want One

I want One — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 15:05:15 +0000

If this only comes out on Verizon won’t RIM be in the same boat as Apple is with the iPhone?

Back to the 3G iPhone…

By: johnnyheff

johnnyheff — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 14:45:31 +0000

…not suprising that the thunder will be exclusive to vzw given that LTE is on the way and the altell merger (putting vzw back on top as king of the hill).

By: Robb Dunewood

Robb Dunewood — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 14:01:48 +0000

REV, I have a hunch that we are going to hear something, unofficial of course, very soon. This is a huge opportunity for RIM to get folks salivating over something new.

I Want One, the rumors floating around say that the BlackBerry Thunder will be exclusive to Verizon.

By: REV

REV — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 13:51:39 +0000

I, too, was guessing that RIM would release something before WWDC.

I would have liked to have seen a release date, too. It would be much easier to resist the iPhone 2.0’s siren call if I knew the Thunder had an release date more specific than 3Q ‘08.

By: I want One

I want One — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 13:49:12 +0000

I was thinking about getting the BlackBerry Bold because my 8700 is getting a bit long in the tooth. I might just hold for this though. Any idea when it is coming out on AT&T?

By: Robb Dunewood

Robb Dunewood — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 13:43:11 +0000

I don’t think that it is a coincidence at all. Hype surrounding the iPhone will be huge today and with the BlackBerry being the market leader a lot of comparisons between the BlackBerry and the iPhone will be made.

With big time sites like Gizmodo and Engadget reporting on the BlackBerry Thunder pictures traditional news outlets will undoubtedly compare the BlackBerry most like the iPhone to the iPhone.

I say that this leak is perfect timing for RIM and I won’t be surprised if we see more pictures and maybe even here some news about the BlackBerry Thunder before weeks end.