Touchscreen BlackBerry Thunder Coming to Verizon Wireless?
May 16th, 2008 by Todd Haselton
The Wall Street Journal this morning reported that Verizon Wireless and Vodafone could be the sole proprietors of a new BlackBerry Thunder touchscreen device from RIM.
The Boy Genius Report, which the WSJ authors cite, has been reporting speculations on a touchscreen device from RIM since October 2007 and announced the news on May 13th. Since then, BGR learned that the device will have a full touchscreen display on the front with only 4 physical keys including the long-lived Berry Button, Back button, and Send/End buttons.
It’s hard to imagine what a BlackBerry without a keypad would be like, especially considering that most people turn to RIM for their near-perfect full QWERTY keyboards. If RIM managed to get its hands on a touchscreen version of the crystal-clear display found on the BlackBerry Bold, then color me interested. I’m just hoping RIM doesn’t take the same plastic touchscreen haptic feedback approach that LG and Samsung have chosen for their touch devices.