RIM unveiled BlackBerry Torch today, the first BlackBerry Smartphone geared with BlackBerry 6 OS. Blackberry 6 OS was in the discussion from quite few months as everybody was guessing that what new is going to come in this new BlackBerry OS. BlackBerry 6 OS will be powering some other handsets too in near future like BlackBerry Bold 9700, BlackBerry 9650 and BlackBerry Pearl 3G in the form a simple OS update. The most attractive and striking feature of this new OS is its system-wide multitouch. BlackBerry 6 OS also supports touchscreen commands. Beside this there are other features too which are making BlackBerry Torch 9800 a complete handset. Let’s check out its other features and launch price.
BlackBerry Torch 9800 Features & Price
- Touchscreen: 3.2″ High Resolution 480×360 pixel color display with slide-out QWERTY keyboard and optical trackpad.
- Web Browser: Full HTML tabbed browser for “PC-like” Web browsing with tabbed browsing for access to multiple web pages at the same time and pinch-to-zoom capability
- Email and IM: BlackBerry Enterprise Servicer for corporate email, BlackBerry Internet Service for personal email, and Mobile Instant Messaging
- Messaging: Next-generation messaging including group messaging for up to 10 people and locations
- Social Networking: One view of all your favorite sites such as Facebook®, Twitter™, and MySpace®
- Operating System: BlackBerry 6 OS with integrated search and new UI
- BLUETOOTH® 2.1: with A2DP Stereo
- Wi-Fi: 802.11b/g/n and AT&T Hot Spots for Wi-Fi access at over 20,000 locations
- 3G: Broadband data speeds on the nation’s fastest 3G network
- Camera: 5 MP autofocus flash camera with video and scenes
- Music and Video: AT&T Music, AT&T Video Share, PrimeTime2Go video-on-demand application, YouTube podcast, video capture, playback and streaming, 3.5 mm headset jack
- Media Synch: iTunes, Windows Media® Player DRM-Free music, photos and videos on the go from your computer to your BlackBerry. Sync from your home computer music library to your BlackBerry wirelessly over Wi-Fi
- Wireless Technology: UMTS: 2100/1900/850/800 MHz (Bands 1,2,5/6) GSM/GPRS/EDGE: 850/900/1800/1900MHz
- Memory: 512 MB RAM + 512 MB Flash + 4 GB Flash + 4 GB MicroSD
- Dimensions Weight: 161.1 g. (H X W X D) 111 x 62 x 14.6 mm
- Battery: 1300 mAHr Lithium cell
- Talk Time: GSM: 5.5 hrs UMTS: 5.8 hrs
- Standby talk time: GSM: 17 days UMTS: 13 days
BlackBerry Torch is coming with some preloaded apps like CNN, ESPN, Fandango, Bloomberg, YPmobile, Slacker Radio Plus, The Weather Channel and Web Video Search. As of now BlackBerry Torch 9800 will be available only to AT&T customers.
Those who are planning to buy Torch have to pay $199.99 which will include a 2 year service agreement on a qualifying rate plan in AT&T company retail stores, Wal-Mart, Best Buy and RadioShack stores. Those who are looking for online availability have to get it from www.att.com/blackberrytorch. BlackBerry Torch will hit stores on August 12. For further details please visit the website of AT&T.
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This will be the best Blackberry ever. I wasn’t a big supporter of Blackberrys until now, but this will be a big step for them.