Blackberry "Thunder" Hands-On Video

[WRXWagon2112]

I know some folks here are anxiously awaiting the Blackberry Thunder/Storm (or whatever they're calling it this week). Here's a hands-on video of the phone - after some quick impressions of two other phones coming out.

BREW Ninja, who readily (and oddly, for a ninja) admits that he's a mobile QA engineer over at Yahoo! Mobile, just scooped 3x phones in this quickie 4 and half minute video. The HTC Coke -- a variant of the HTC Touch Pro -- and tiny LG Lotus with full QWERTY for Sprint (AKA, LX600) are both interesting, but it's the hands-on video of RIM's touchscreen Thunder that blows our doors. At about 2:50 in, he reveals the BlackBerry Thunder for Verizon (AKA, Storm 8350) saying, "I don't like it, it's, it's an ok phone." His biggest concern seems to be the touchscreen (something we've heard before) which acts like a button -- you have to actual push the screen, hard, unlike most capacitive touchpanel devices. See for yourself after the break.

[Via Crackberry]

--Alan

[Libra Monkee]

Now there are press photos.

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[Mr Kleen]

the Thunder has a landscape QWERTY, that scores points right away.
I have until March to make a decision between the Thunder, G1 and iPhone.