The latest phone to be released in India by one of the leading handheld device manufacturer, Blackberry is the Blackberry Thunder mobile phone. We provide an in-depth review, features and specifications of the phone here, in this article.

 

The Blackberry Thunder looks absolutely gorgeous and has a LCD display touch-sensitive screen that has an extra-large 2.5” TFT screen. It also sports a camera and various other multimedia capabilities like an mp3 player, microSD card slot for memory expansion and easy access to email and internet through the high-speed EDGE and GPRS.

 

The Blackberry Thunder looks good; there are no second opinions about that. The screen of the Thunder is where the real fun starts. It measures an amazing 2.5" in size and has a resolution of 360x480 pixels which makes the display crisp and clear.

 

It is a touch-centric phone, which means it does not have a hardware keyboard or a keypad, much like its competitor the Apple iPhone. But that does not mean that it will be a tough task to handle the day to day applications on the phone. The phone feels sturdy and built to a purpose. The battery life of the phone is about 350 hours in stand-by mode while it provides about 5 hours of talk-time.

 

The new Blackberry Thunder which is also known as the Blackberry 9500 runs the latest operating system from Blackberry. It is also a fully touch sensitive phone and has a huge 2.5” touch-screen TFT display that has an amazing resolution of 360x480 pixels. The Thunder is also a hybrid device, which essentially means that it works on both GSM and EV-DO networks.

 

The Blackberry Thunder connects to the internet through the high-speed EDGE/ HSDPA technology and also sports an inbuilt GPS for easy tracking. The internet browsing capability of the Thunder has been improved significantly over the other Blackberry models. It now has a much more advanced web browser that can give stiff competition to even the superb Safari browser of the iPhone. Not only this, the Thunder also ships with 3G support.

 

The Blackberry Thunder runs on a 624MHz processor that is also used in the recently released cell phone of Blackberry, the Bold. This processor is powerful enough to handle the multitude of multimedia applications as well as the day to day functions. To complement the fast processor, the battery life of the phone has also been significantly improved.

 

All in all we can safely say that the new Blackberry Thunder is for those who want something unique and different. It is loaded to the gills with technology and looks absolutely mouth-watering as well. Blackberry sure has a winner in their hands, with the Thunder