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Comments on: Blackberry Thunder touch screen photos

Even this new Blackberry seems unlikely to challenge the iPhone.

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by geolemon July 9, 2008 5:50 AM PDT

I'm VERY surprised to even see a BB that looks like this - BB CEO stated up, down, forward and backward that having a real, QWERTY keyboard was one of their core competitive advantages, and that their customer studies confirmed that.
I believe [in response to the inevitable iPhone comparison question in the interview] that he even directly criticized the lack of tactile feedback from a touch screen.
Is this really real? It's not April 1st...

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by Tinman52 September 28, 2008 10:25 PM PDT: I don't know if that's the case. I think the Dare's virtual keyboard works great.; Like this


by breedin_hips September 7, 2008 12:42 PM PDT: Very excited to finally see Blackberry stepping outside their comfort zone!; Like this Reply to this comment


by Precifijo September 12, 2008 10:55 PM PDT: It would have been soooo Nice if the BlackBerry Bold's screen had touch capability. Picture that.. a full qwerty keyboard, a trackball and a touch screen... wouldn't that have been nice??; Like this Reply to this comment


by September 14, 2008 7:16 AM PDT: I have an ipod touch for multimedia specifically so I could keep my Blackberry as my communication device and the primary reason was the full QWERTY keyboard. Typing on a touchscreen is far less accurate and efficient. Hopefully this is a positioning thing for one model only.; Like this Reply to this comment

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