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BlackBerry Thunder to pack Verizon’s visual voicemail
Verizon’s been gearing up to launch visual voicemail (a la PhoneTag), and it looks like the upcoming touchscreen BlackBerry, the Thunder, is on the launch list. The visual voicemail service is said to be launching in late July to early August, meaning the Thunder would have to be out if it is in fact one of the “affected devices of the initial launch”. This would back up the earlier rumours of a Q3 launch, as well as give us a heads up on some of the services Verizon customers can look forward to on the new BlackBerry.
(via Engadget)
Posted by Simon Sage in News, Rumors
Comments [4 Responses]
July 13th, 2008 at 4:40 pm
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July 15th, 2008 at 8:26 am
[...] Can’t wait to get your hands on the touchscreen BlackBerry? Well, it may be here sooner than you think, since Expansys is now offering the BlackBerry 9500 on preorder. No word on pricing, but we do get a feature list. Any surprises? For one, miniUSB, not the microUSB that the BlackBerry Javelin seems to be carrying. The format may just be a one-off in order to save room, rather than a new standard for all BlackBerrys. Also, it looks like Wi-Fi is only available in 802.11g, no a or b, so older flavours will be left in the dark. The rest of the info is pretty much old hat: it’ll be launching with OS 4.7, quad-band GSM plus 3G of the HSDPA variety and Bluetooth 2.0. Bottom line is if this is up for preorder now, it seems likely that the launch date will be before the end of August, as told by Verizon’s visual voicemail roadmap. [...]
August 4th, 2008 at 6:24 am
i am having a hard time understandeing a one thing. With the BOLD 9000 to be released after the THUNDER 9500, how come we can see reviews of the BOLD 9000 on youtube? I can’t much find info on http://www.MyBlackBerryThunder.com neither
August 4th, 2008 at 8:47 am
abcyesn:
Quite simple: we jumped the gun on speculation as to when the Thunder is coming out. The most recent guesses seem to point to something in the November timeframe, long after the Bold has come out.
