I would take the following with adequate grains of salt. The website Fudzilla, is reporting that Research in Motion (Nasdaq:RIM) has confirmed a tentative launch date of October 8th for their answer to an “iPhone killer”, the Blackberry Thunder.
The report states that the device will be equipped with a 480×320 touch-screen, a 3.2 MP camera, microSD expansion and OTA MP3 downloads via Rhapsody. Lets face it, for their to be any chance of an “iPhone Killer” to exist, there needs to be some sort of iTunes competition in place. While Rhapsody provides some sort of a solution to this problem, will it really be as versatile in the long run? I wouldn’t count on it.
The Thunder is also reported to sport four physical buttons, including Call, Menu, Back, and End as well as having a landscape mode similar to the iPhone.
While the alleged launch date is not set for another two months, we are still getting a better sense for when consumers can expect to see it on shelves. Verizon, who had originally passed on iPhone exclusivity, is reported to be the sole carrier of the Blackberry Thunder.
I’ll bet those Verizon execs hide an iPhone under their pillow and play with it when everyone else falls asleep.
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