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BlackBerry Torch 9800

Posted on 16. Aug, 2010 by admin.

The Torch smartphone successfully delivers a design that is both innovative and familiar to BlackBerry users

RIM has stepped up its smartphone game by introducing the BlackBerry Torch 9800  ($200 with a two-year contract from AT&T), the company’s very first touchscreen/physical-keyboard phone sporting the brand-new BlackBerry 6 OS. But can the Torch (and future BlackBerry 6 OS devices) compete with the ever-growing Android army?
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Mobile Deathmatch: RIM BlackBerry Torch 9800 vs. Apple IPhone 4

Posted on 12. Aug, 2010 by admin.

Think of it as the un-iPhone. The new BlackBerry Torch 9800 from Research in Motion is a retro smartphone, a classic BlackBerry that happens to have a touchscreen. Not that you need to use that touchscreen — the Torch works very well without it, thanks to its slideout physical keyboard and trackball. The Torch works even better with the touchscreen, though, allowing BlackBerry users who aren’t so sure about all this gesture stuff to ease into the new mobile world. The key word is “ease.” The Torch is not a full-on gesture-based smartphone like the Apple iPhone, the Palm Pre, or a Google Android OS-based device; it still relies very much on the traditional physical command buttons that were essential to completing many actions in previous BlackBerry models.

In other words, if you like how a BlackBerry Bold 9700 works,you can use the Torch in exactly the same way, enjoying the larger screen in the process. And if you like the BlackBerry platform but want a more modern look and feel, the Torch offers a better user experience than previous models, thanks to its touch capabilities, larger screen, and trackball (no longer an actual ball but a motion-sensing micropad, what RIM calls a sensorpad). But if you use a BlackBerry and look longingly at a colleague’s iPhone or Droid, the BlackBerry Torch will be an unsatisfying tease.There’s more to a smartphone than the UI, of course, but the UI is what distinguishes them the most. The BlackBerry retains its previous strengths and weaknesses when it comes to functionality, strengths such as its higher security capabilities when used with a BlackBerry Enterprise Server (BES)  and weaknesses such as a limited selection of mainly poorly designed apps. What the Torch does not do is bring significant new capabilities to the BlackBerry line, beyond the BlackBerry OS 6.0’s newfound ability to separately manage corporate and personal information and assets on the device when used with the latest edition of BES, and its inclusion of a modern, HTML5-capable browser.
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New BlackBerry Torch announced

Posted on 03. Aug, 2010 by admin.

RIM smart phone will have both a touchscreen and slide-out keyboard

A new BlackBerry called the Torch, with both a touchscreen and slide-out QWERTY keyboard, was unveiled Tuesday by Research In Motion, which hopes to stop which the bleeding of customers migrating to the iPhone and phones using the Android operating system.
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Blackberry 6 and Bold 9800 May Debut Next Week

Posted on 28. Jul, 2010 by admin.

Next week may see the debut of the Blackberry 6 operating system  running on a brand new slider phone, suggested by an upcoming press announcement. Many sites and blogs are getting excited about invitations from Research In Motion and AT&T for an event in New York City on August 3. The event invitation doesn’t say much, but its timing lines up with previous rumors that the Blackberry Bold 9800 would debut this summer.

Blackberry Bold 9800

The oft-rumored Blackbery Bold 9800, also known as the Torch 9800, is believed to be the first device that will run Blackberry 6. The 9800 is expected to have the same look and feel of most Blackberry handsets, except that the face will slide up to reveal a physical keyboard similar to the Palm Pre. The 9800 would also have a touchscreen, but the handset may not come with SurePress technology, according to Chinese-language blog BlackBerry Time. SurePress is the oft-maligned tactile feedback touchscreen that debuted in the Blackberry Storm.   Other rumors peg the 9800 as having 4GB of internal storage and a 5 megapixel camera.

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BlackBerry OS 6 and Protect Are on the Horizon

Posted on 13. Jul, 2010 by admin.

Research in Motion plans to release two new products later this summer. The release dates are unknown for the BlackBerry OS 6 operating system and BlackBerry Protect, a free data backup and protection utility, as are some key details about how the products will work.

BlackBerry users are hoping that the new products will be backward-compatible, so that those with older BlackBerry models also can enjoy the new benefits. That said, RIM has videos with teasers for upcoming features that look promising and even fun.
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