BlackBerry Thunder: Could RIM be striking gold?

Many phone buyers may have their eyes on the WWDC 2008 today, but before they go out and buy the 3G iPhone they should take a look at the BlackBerry Thunder live photo above as RIM could be striking gold with this phone.

This is a real live shot of the forthcoming BlackBerry Thunder touchscreen phone from research In Motion and it could put a halt on some buyer’s 3G iPhone dreams today. While we do not have much information to go on, it does look good and the photo above shows you the phone will be loaded with buttons.

From the photo you can see the buttons will include a play / pause, lock, volume, dual convenience keys, menu, back, end and send. The BlackBerry Thunder will be heading to Verizon Wireless and RIM has a massive following of both business and personal users, can this phone take some of the iPhone market share. As we reported earlier today, its most likely that both the 3G iPhone and the BlackBerry Thunder will do massively well in 2008 and that’s thanks to them both having their place in the market.

If RIM has made the UI a spin-off of the one seen on the BlackBerry Bold, then we could be seeing something special with this smartphone. Are you more of a BlackBerry or iPhone person and do you make a decision based on the brand or phones features?

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