RIM’s infamous BlackBerry Thunder, or as they call it internally “Apple Killer”, is rumored to have a top-notch unbelievable keyboard. CrackBerry managed to get some shots of the device, which in itself is rare, and shots of the keyboard in action, also rare. The keyboard will apparently have haptic (vibrating) feedback when you touch the keys the screen will push in a tiny bit (so the whole screen is like a button) to make it more realistic. When the device is in landscape mode, a full QWERTY keyboard is used, but BlackBerry’s SureType keyboard (like on the Pearl) is used in portrait mode. Also, the UI apparently is very similar to current BlackBerry’s in that it relies heavily on the BlackBerry key to bring up menus and such. Hit read more for another picture.

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