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Spend the day looking for an apartment, miss out on some wild news. Kevin got his hands on some tantalizing screenshots of the currently not so good BlackBerry Thunder keyboard. It looks like everything we were promised. While holding the device horizontally, it features a full keyboard, with the same keyboard layout as the normal BlackBerry — though there appears to be no symbol indication on the corresponding keys. Gotta hit the “…123″ button to reveal them. Hold it vertically, and you have SureType integration. Pics after the jump.

There’s your landscape view.

And there’s your SureType view.

It wasn’t a week ago that we heard of a number of problems with the BlackBerry Thunder, including the fact that it isn’t quite production-ready. That’s all fine and good for a device a few months out, though. However, this has been misinterpreted all around the Internets, causing The Boy Genius to share a few choice words. So, to recap:

• The Thunder is still very promising.
• As it currently stands, there are probably a number of bugs with the phone’s operation.
• This is not uncommon in July for a phone slated for a November release.
• There are no delays as of now.
• As with any device, RIM could certainly disappoint with this model, given the high expectations.

Clearly, this will be our No. 1 topic of discussion over the next few months, though the release of the Bold will certainly garner its share of attention.

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