BlackBerry 9500 aka Thunder aka Storm aka Apple Killer now has face.
Boy Genius posted a “Live Shot” of BlackBerry 9500 aka Thunder. Picture shows phone layout. RIM phones known for good, hardware keyboard, so it’s going to be interesting to see what OS keyboard will be feature on this phone, it’s clear that it’s going to be a touchscreen. Touchscreen keyboard can kill or make the phone. Interesting fact, it has pause button on the top, so their headphones won’t be as good as Apple’s :) It’s clear that it will be exclusively from Verizon. BoyGeniusReport
BlackBerry 9000 reviewed by Crackberry, for $828
While this phone is not yet available, and won’t be until July of this year, guys at Blackberry fan site Crankberry have already reviewed it, because they got it on eBay for $828. Buyer is really amazed and surprised with this phone, especially about the fact that it has 3G. Software is almost the same as previous Blackberry’s, but it mich be updated, there is long way until official release of the phone.
iPhone killer comes, beware Apple!
Blackberry 9000? Promised to come this May, this phone should play a big role for the R.I.M. because since the iPhone their sales have fallen down, plus iPhone is going enterprise - which R.I.M. can’t afford to happen, today’s most “enterprise friendly” phones are Blackberrys.
It’s not going to be a touchscreen as it seems, because R.I.M.’s CEO Mike Lazaridis says:
“It’s hard to type on a piece of glass.”
To me it sounds like:
“It’s hard to type on a piece of shit.”
And you know why? Because Apple is getting a big creamy piece of their pie now, Sad R.I.M., R.I.M. not happy! Here is smartphone sales chart: 
Awaited spects are a little better than the iPhone’s, but basically. So let’s wait for it.
P.S. Here is an interesting quote from recent NYT article:
Two independent developers writing software for coming R.I.M. devices say that a touch-screen BlackBerry is in the works, and that R.I.M. engineers privately refer to it as the A.K. — for “Apple Killer.”
P.P.S. Where is Android?