BlackBerry Thunder caught on video, with a ninja
By Thomas Ricker 
posted Sep 10th 2008 1:52AM
posted Sep 10th 2008 1:52AM
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posted Sep 10th 2008 1:52AM
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oh boy this is gona be good
the pro is teh same size as the mogul i dont know why ppl are craving for it
BB not a big fan as i havent used it the ones i have played around with are ok
long live PALM only if they developed the new OS a lil faster
Anyone know the exact screen size (not the resolution) of this thing? This spec seems to be a state secret.
FYI, Here is the THUNDER ONLY portion of the video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwwNmNVqzQg
Thunder, very ugly, i prefer the BOLD
I disagree with ninja's review of the thunder. I used the keyboard to type in a few mails and found the
'screen as a button' trick to bring the user's typing experience close to what you'd expect with all the blackberry devices. without this trick typing on a thunder would be the same as on any other full touch screen devices such as the iphone, instinct etc. when you press the screen you know the key has been typed because of the click and you don't have to confirm that the character is printed on the screen.... saves a few milliseconds which when you type hundreds of emails a week adds up. also, this is much much better than the tactile feedback only option on other devices... frankly i find the tactile feedback to be annoying.
my only concern would be with the durability of the screen when it is pressed as a button hundreds of thousands of times.
hasn't anyone noticed that the BLackberry Storm's design looks A LOT like the Samsung's I730 without the antenna? and looks to be a little wider? http://farm1.static.flickr.com/47/132708222_4cdf21ad2d.jpg
So the only grief i have, is with the call quality, the rounded bottom makes it hard for the receiving caller to hear you. Ive have the i730 for a few years now and ive almost have to be screaming for some people to hear me on it.
I am looking forward to ggetting the storm though. just showing the similarities in the design.
Is that you BREW NINJA? http://www.linkedin.com/in/leealmodovar
It sounds like the localized haptic feedback that was rumored to be on this phone is really one big depressible screen. I would prefer adding localized haptic feedback to an iPhone-like keyboard. Sort of like the feedback received with the buttons on the front of a razr cell phone.
they deleted this from youtube for violatiung the rules what rules could this video have possibly broken
do you think this idiot got rumbled by yahoo? The videos have been removed from you tube, his blog page is down, and his twitter stream deleted. Maybe he is a ninja after all pulling off this kind of a disappearing act.
Don't like it. The interface appears EXTREMELY laggy. The scrolling thing looks like it would get quite old quite fast. I'll stick with my iPhone (luckily email isn't a top priority, otherwise I'd stick with a Pearl or Curve).
just admit it, touchscreen phones will always suck.
blackberry thunder for sprint pcs soon 2009