There's been a name fight going on between Boy Genius Report and Gizmodo. BGR says it's Thunder, while Giz says it's Storm. Crackberry's informers agree on the Thunder name as well.

From what we are hearing, the BlackBerry Thunder might just in the early prototype stages, as some of its most interesting features have become its weakness, that is, on the leaked world:

The Thunder has a localised haptic multitouch touchscreen, which means that it's like a button, and when you click on a certain are of the display, it feels like a key. Unfortunately, BGR says that the screen "ripples" at the slight touch, which means that it should still be going under testing for perfection. Another concern is the accelerometer, what we know as the motion sensor. As soon as you tilt the screen, the device goes "bonkers". A software issue is the lag of the respose, but apparently, the Thunder is in its final software build, which is somehow hard to believe.

Going back to the advantages, the display can be used as a keyboard in landscape mode, and 360x480 pixels or resolution. The Blackberry Thunder should release on Verizon on November, and that's four whole months to fix up the damages.

Picture: BlackBerry Sync via Cellaz

Source: CrackBerry, Boy Genius Report

BlackBerry has been consistently leaking prototype images, everything from this week's 9100 kickstart clamshell to the BlackBerry 9000 Bold. They surely need attention due to the recent releases by Apple (iPhone 3G), Nokia (E71), and HTC (Touch Diamond).

I'm not a BlackBerry lover, but if you are one, tell us what you think of it! Besides the pictures, there is a video.

Oh, and according to the source, it should be released by mid-2009, that's Q2 or Q3 of 2009, still far away...

Source: Engadget Mobile

There are no specifications available for Blackberry's first clamshell device, but there are quite a lot of pictures available on this phone.

The only part that looks good in this phone is the back part, or the phone when it is closed. In these live pictures of the 9100 Kickstart, the inside part looks really ugly, hopefully the press images will prove us wrong.

Source: CrackBerry via IntoMobile