Long-awaited start of sales of BlackBerry Thunder are expeted to be on October 8 Internet resource Fudzilla reports. The first smartphone from Research in Motion with touch screens will appear in stores of American cellular operator Verizon (reportedly, he will get exclusive rights to sell smartphone in the U.S.).
Also under the partnership agreement signed with the music service Real Rhapsody, according to which, in BlackBerry Thunder will be possible to download music without connecting to WiFi-channel.
According to the same source BlackBerry Thunder, also known as the BlackBerry 9500, will receive 480×320 – resolution display, 3.2 – megapixel camera which also records video!!!
, and a slot for memory cards microSD. Touch screen interface new items very much remind us those ones used in iPhone 3G.

The American version of BlackBerry Thunder will work in 3G-CDMA networks using data transmission protocol EV-DO. Also it is supposed that it will support the GSM-networks (using a protocol HSPA).
