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Of all the remarkable phones released in 2010 (and there were many), one does seem to stand out above all others. This is not due to the fact that it is better than the others (although many would argue that it is) and not because it is far more beautiful than its rivals; it is because the phone was such a massive departure from the phones that its manufacturers had made in the past. That is quite a big clue and I’m sure most of you will have guessed that the phone I’m writing about is the Blackberry Torch. Released by Research in Motion in the Autumn of 2010, the Blackberry Torch went to battle with giants like the iPhone 4, the Samsung Galaxy S and many others, and performed admirably. This is in no small part due to the fact that the Torch was part of a large remodel by RIM as they attempted to attract the attention of consumers rather than their usual business minded customers. Read the rest of this entry »

The company’s first  touchscreen/keyboard handset, the RESEARCH in MOTION’S BlackBerry Torch 9800, sports the new BlackBerry 6 OS.

A little thicker than some other top phones out now, the Torch measures 4.4 by 2.4 by 0.6 inches and weighs a manageable 5.68 ounces.

The 3.2inch, 360by480 capacitive touchscreen is fine for browsing the Web, but the colors, text, and detail look slightly flat.

The hardware keyboard slides smoothly and easily.  The Torch also has a software keyboard, but in both portrait and landscape modes it feels cramped. Test shows that the Web browser is slow to load, especially at mediaheavy sites. The handset’s 624mHz processor just can’t seem to handle the new WebKitbased browser technology.

The Torch’s 5 megapixel camera has autofocus, a 2X zoom, and an LED flash and the image quality was better from older BlackBerrys.