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BlackBerry Thunder touchscreen input pictures emerge
Proving that bloggers aren’t willing to take the weekend off, CrackBerry has produced two new screenshots of the BlackBerry Thunder (or possibly the BlackBerry Storm). If the images tell us one thing, it’s that RIM is dedicating a lot of the Thunder’s screen real estate for text input, likely in an effort to assuage fears of the ‘keypad or nothing’ crowd. Here’s a recap of what’s known about the BlackBerry Thunder’s touchscreen:
Haptic Response - Featuring haptic feedback, the Thunder’s screen pushes in and creates an audible clickety sound and vibration upon input.
Full QWERTY and SureType Entry - As the images show, full QWERTY in landscape mode and SureType entry in portrait mode. Screen/keyboard orientation can be changed at any time.
Multi-touch Glass Screen - Similar to the iPhone, the BlackBerry Thunder will utilize WebKit for it’s browser engine and a glass screen.
OS 4.7 - A little one-upmanship to the BlackBerry Bold’s OS 4.6, likely for the inclusion of touchscreen support.
(via CrackBerry)
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Posted by Douglas Soltys in Rumors
Comments [4 Responses]
July 13th, 2008 at 5:00 pm
I’m still not convinced that there will be audible and tactile clickyness…
July 15th, 2008 at 9:51 am
I have been a bb user for a long time now. One thing for sure is however many apps are released and however many functionalities are released by RIM, unless they increase the memory on the BB’s or allow for applications to be installed on the expansion memory, there is now way to compete.
It is so frustrating sometimes, with all the apps out there, you are so handicapped or restricted to install just a few of them, or else you will always end up seeing, 0 BYTES free.
What do others have to say about this?
July 30th, 2008 at 9:02 am
[...] This has been the long-standing angle RIM has taken when it comes to Apple, and it’s either stupid or admirable that they continue to shrug off the iPhone as not a big deal, especially when they’re making a full-blown wannabe. [...]
