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Monday, November 1, 2010

The RIM BlackBerry Torch Full Review


The RIM BlackBerry Torch

(+) : The RIM BlackBerry Torch combines both a touch screen and full QWERTY keyboard. BlackBerry OS 6 brings such improvements as a better user interface, universal search, and an improved browser and multimedia experience.
(-) : The smartphone can be sluggish. The Torch has a lower-resolution screen. Applications can be saved only to the phone's main memory. Camera shoots only VGA video.

Review
The BlackBerry Torch 9800 smartphone is remarkably easy to use when you've got the right tools to help with setup and using all the new features.
Battery Life
1300 mAHr removable/rechargeable lithium-ion battery
Talk time: Up to 5.5 hours
Standby time: : Up to 17 days/408 hours (GSM), up to 13 days/312 hours (UMTS)
Music playback: Up to 27 hours
Video playback: Up to 5.7 hours
Graphical Menus
More intuitive, the newly created BlackBerry 6 icons and graphics are designed to work the way you do.

size and weight
BlackBerry Torch

Display
3.2" HVGA+ 480x360 pixel colour display
3.18" (measured diagonally)
Light-sensing, proximity-detecting screen
User-selectable font size
Memory
512 MB onboard memory
4 GB eMMC + 4 GB media card included
Expandable memory with support for microSD card up to 32 GB

Ringtone & notification

Polyphonic/MIDI ringtones
MP3 ringtones
Vibrate mode
On-screen
LED indicator
User configurable
Typing & navigation
Trackpad
Touch screen with on-screen keyboard: portrait SureType®, QWERTY and multi-tap, landscape QWERTY, portrait QWERTY
Slide-out QWERTY
Network
Tri-band 3G HSDPA networks: 2100MHz/1900MHz/850MHz
UMTS networks: 2100/1900/850/800/900 MHz
Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE networks: 850/900/1800/1900MHz
Bluetooth
Bluetooth® v2.1 +EDR
Mono/stereo headset
Hands-free operation
Phone book access profile (PBAP)
Serial port profile
SIM access profile
Stereo audio (A2DP/AVCRP)
Dial-up networking (DUN)
Audio & voice
3.5mm stereo headset jack
Built-in speakerphone
M3/T3 (open position) rating for hearing aids
Wifi
802.11 b/g/n
WPA / WPA2 Personal and Enterprise
Cisco CCX certified
Wi-Fi® access to BlackBerry® Enterprise Server
Wi-Fi access to BlackBerry® Internet Bundle
Support for UMA (carrier-dependent)
Security
Password protection with keyboard lock
Sleep mode
AES or Triple DES encryption with BlackBerry® Enterprise Server (BES)
Optional support for S/MIME
FIPS validation
Media Player
Video formats: MPEG4, H.263, MPEG4 Part 2 Simple Profile, H.264, WMV
Audio formats: MP3, AAC-LC, AAC+, eAAC+, WMA, AMR-NB, MIDI, Flac, Ogg Vorbis

source: cnet