BlackBerry Torch 9800 smartphone has been available in the US and European market. This phone is the first handset that uses BlackBerry 6.0 operating systems. As you can see in the picture below, it is a slide out mobile phone with QWERTY backlit keyboard and 3.2 inch touchscreen display, plus there is an optical trackpad in the middle, so it has complete facilities for navigation and accessibility. In addition to the new intuitive OS, to enrich your mobile experience BlackBerry 9800 Torch also includes business / productivity tools, social networking applications (Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, IM and etc), universal search, and other pre-loaded apps such as YouTube, App World 2.0, Bloomberg, ESPN, The Weather Channel, and Slacker Radio content. All you need for communications, entertainment and social are packed in this phone.
The new BlackBerry 9800 Torch is powered with a smart 624Mhz processor which enables you to perform multitasking or opening apps smoothly. With its 3.2 inch display with touch screen capabilities it gives you plenty to look and provides easy navigation for web surfing. You can enjoy PC-like browsing like switch to full-page views, see the details with Pinch to Zoom and multitask with tabbed browsing. This phone has a 5 megapixel rear camera/camcoder for capturing still image and recording video (640 x 480-px resolution). The camera is also equipped with flash, image stabilization, auto-focus, scene modes, geo-tagging, and zoom. To store your videos, music, photos and other files BlackBerry Torch 9800 cell phone offers 4 GB internal memory, plus microSD card expansion slot that supports up to 32 GB optional card.
For connectivity, BlackBerry Torch is a 3G enabled smartphone and also supports GSM/GPRS/EDGE (850/900/1800/1900MHz) quad band frequencies. It also comes with an ultra-fast Wireless Draft N (802.11b/g/n) to enable you to connect to home or corporate networks and hotspots, Bluetooth 2.1 A2DP to connect the phone with hands free devices and GPS capabilities.
Blackberry 9800 dimensions measures 4.37 x 2.44 x 0.57 inches (when closed) and 5.8 x 2.44 x 0.57 inches (when open), and weighs 5.68 ounces. Its 1300 mAh lithium-ion battery provides fairly long battery life, which is up to 5.8 hours of talk time, and up to 432 hours (18 days) of standby time. Other features include Multi-format digital media player (compatible with Windows Media DRM 10 for music and video plus MP3, AAC/AAC+/eAAC+, FLAC, MPEG4, and H.264), Wi-Fi Music Sync, Rich WebKit-based browser, 3.5mm stereo headset jack and more.
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