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We learned from Kevin yesterday that the BlackBerry Thunder — or 9500, whatever — will feature Haptic technology for its touchscreen keyboard. Ronen reminds us that this means that when you touch the screen, you get feedback in the form of a gentle vibration. Kevin adds that you’ll also hear a “clickety sound,” though I’m sure that can be turned off. While this sounds fine and good — it even sounds awesome, in my opinion — not all is dandy with the first touchscreen BlackBerry.

Over the past few months, we’ve consistently gone to The Boy Genius Report for our share of BlackBerry rumors. Turns out that they have one regarding the Thunder today. You’re not going to like this, so I’ll put it into blockquotes, just so you know it’s coming from their source, not mine:

“Thunder is in no way shape or form market-ready. If Bold was any indication, Thunder won’t be ready for at least another 4-5 months.”

Ouch, man. Ouch. The report goes on to say that the keyboard essentially sucks, and that there are a number of glitches with it that preclude it from entering production. So while RIM seems to be on the right technological path, the implementation is going to take quite some time.

So maybe we’ll see a holiday release from this, or maybe RIM bit off a bit more than they could chew, and we might have to wait a bit longer. The longer the wait, though, the more they have to deliver. If this doesn’t completely topple the iPhone, it’s going to be a major disappointment, and I know none of us want to see that from RIM. Have faith that they’ll pull this one out.

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