Blackberry THUNDERS into the iphone clone fray!

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Source: videos4blackberry.info

Now while the rest of the world is still clammoring over the launch of the iPhone 3G, the BlackBerry community is still a buzz about the BlackBerry Thunder, which from the looks of the pics released over CrackBerry today, seems to be shaping up quite nicely, now although the pics look kinda bland in terms of eyecandy, they do show that the device is well under development and RIM is coming serious to this one.

To have a look at what we know about the device so far, CrackBerry reports the following.
Tactile Response - when you press on the Thunder's screen, it pushes in "just" a little bit (the whole screen is sort of like a big button) and you get immediate "real" feedback - you hear an audible clickety sound, and can feel a buzz in your finger where you actually pressed on the display.
Full QWERTY and SureType entry - hold the phone in landscape mode and you can take advantage of a full-qwerty keypad. Use the phone in portrait mode and you can enter data on a SureType keyboard. You will be able to choose/change your screen/keyboard orientation at anytime.
Screen is made of glass and will feature multi-touch - the Thunder is said to be utilizing WebKit for it's browser engine (same as the iPhone), so hopefully that means a solid web browsing experience for the Thunder.