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The BlackBerry Torch 9800 is the first handset to ship running the BlackBerry 6 OS, its also the first slider phone out of the RIM stable, combining a QWERTY keypad and a touchscreen into a solid,(fairly) compact chassis. The new OS brings with it some much-needed revamps including a better browser, polished interface and improved multimedia features.The Torch is a mishmash of the Blackberry Storm & Bold and more often than not, manages to stay a notch above both its brethrens.

The front of the device is mostly taken up by the 3.2-inch capacitive touchscreen (480 x 360), below which is the familiar BlackBerry call, menu, back,end buttons and optical trackpad . Along the right side of the phone is a 3.5mm headphone jack, volume rockers, and user-assignable convenience key, while the left side houses the Micro USB jack.

The Torch is RIM's attempt at vanquishing what has been its Achille's heel. The Torch hopes to change all that with a new simpler and quicker Blackberry OS 6. It supports a host of new features including tabbed browsing, pinch-to-zoom support,text reflow and enhanced URL sharing. Another major inclusion is the support for HTML5 & CSS3.

The Torch features a 5-megapixel camera with auto focus, 2X zoom, and an LED flash, Where the camera truly shines is the inclusion of the right tools for taking pictures indoors, additional scene modes, face detection and a generally simplified camera interface. The new camera options, and most of the scene modes do their job fairly well, especially the Party Mode & Sports Mode . It can also record videos at VGA resolutions.

The Torch also comes with an improved Universal Search option which can dig up a search term from mails, messages,library, contacts & pretty much any location on your mobile. It also comes with an improved social networking tool which allows you to aggregate RSS feeds and services like Twitter or Facebook into a single view.

The RIM BlackBerry Torch 9800 is a quad-band world phone featuring 3G support, Bluetooth 2.1, Wi-Fi, and GPS. Other phone features include speakerphone, voice-activated dialing, smart dialing, conference calling, speed dial, visual voice mail, and text and multimedia messaging. The mobile also syncs with Microsoft Exchange & IBM Lotus Domino, to offer full-fledged Push Mail support.

With BlackBerry Internet Service, you can access up to 10 personal/business POP3 or IMAP4 e-mail accounts, with both separate and combined in-boxes. The mobile comes preloaded with Facebook, MySpace, and Twitter clients , alongside a new Social Feeds app, which aggregates updates from these sites, as well as instant-messaging clients, into one continous feed. The mobile comes preloaded with a number of useful apps including the DataViz Documents To Go Standard Edition, a memopad and a few games. You can always download more from the BlackBerry App World 2.0.

The previous BlackBerry OS had received its share of flak for a rather uninspiring multimedia UI, it all changes with the Torch, the new BB OS 6 sports a sleek Cover Flow-like interface where you can browse through your library with easy swipe gestures. The video player also renders more playback options, ranging from actual size to full screen.

The mobile supports MP3, AAC, AAC+, eAAC+, WMA, FLAC, and OGG audio formats files and MPEG4, H.263, H.264, and WMV video codecs. The best part is you can use the mobile as a mass-storage device and simply drag and drop media files into it.

Specifications of BlackBerry Torch 9800 (Black)

GENERAL
General Form: Touch & Slide

SIZE
Dimensions: 111 x 62 x 14.6 mm
Weight: 161 g

DISPLAY
Type: TFT capacitive to
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Resolution: 360 x 480 pixels
Color: 16M colors
Size: 3.2 inches

CAMERA
Primary Camera: 5 MP,autofocus, LED flash
Video Recording: Yes, VGA@24fps
Video Player: Yes , plays DivX/XviD/MP4/WMV/H.263/H.264 formats

BATTERY
Type: Standard battery, Li-Ion 1300 mAh
Talk Time: Up to 5 h 30 min (2G) / Up to 5 h 40 min (3G) (Maximum)
StandBy Time: Up to 432 h (2G) / Up to 336 h (3G) (Maximum)

MUSIC & SOUND
Music Player: Media player MP3/WMA/AAC+ 3.5 mm audio jack Ringtone Formats: Vibration, MP3 ringtones
Speaker: Yes

DATA & CONNECTIVITY
GPRS: Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 - 48 kbps
EDGE: Class 10, 236.8 kbps
3G: HSDPA, 3.6 Mbps
Wlan: Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, UMA (carrier-dependent)
Bluetooth: Yes, v2.1 with A2DP
USB: Yes, microUSB v2.0
WAP: Yes

INPUT
Keyboard Type: Full QWERTY keyboard & Touch Screen
Touch Screen: capacitive touchscreen

PLATFORM
OS: BlackBerry OS 6.0
CPU: 624 MHz processor
Operating Frequency: 2G: GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 , 3G: HSDPA 850 / 1900
Java: Yes, MIDP 2.0
GSM/CDMA/Dual Sim/Triple Sim: gsm

MEMORY
Internal Memory: 4 GB storage, 512 MB RAM, 512 MB ROM
Cards Slot: microSD, up to 16GB,
Phone Book: Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall
Call Records: Yes

OTHER FEATURES
Games: Yes + downloadable
GPS: Yes, with A-GPS support
Browser: HTML
Messaging: SMS, MMS, Email, Instant Messaging
Miscellaneous: Voice memo/dial
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