Crackberry has posted pictures of the upcoming BlackBerry Thunder's touch keyboard. There has been some dispute on whether or not the Thunder even exists under the "Thunder" name, but there's no dispute that RIM is moving to release a device with a touch keyboard.

This keyboard looks a little boring, but hopefully someone will provide a new skin at the time of release. For additional pictures, see the source link below.

Crackberry's description of the Thunder's keyboard:

Tactile Response - when you press on the Thunder's screen, it pushes in "just" a little bit (the whole screen is sort of like a big button) and you get immediate "real" feedback - you hear an audible clickety sound, and can feel a buzz in your finger where you actually pressed on the display.

Full QWERTY and SureType entry - hold the phone in landscape mode and you can take advantage of a full-qwerty keypad. Use the phone in portrait mode and you can enter data on a SureType keyboard. You will be able to choose/change your screen/keyboard orientation at anytime.

Screen is made of glass and will feature multi-touch - the Thunder is said to be utilizing WebKit for it's browser engine (same as the iPhone), so hopefully that means a solid web browsing experience for the Thunder.