AT&T’s BlackBerry Torch (9800 slider) with BlackBerry OS 6 gets official
8/03/2010 11:54:00 PM
kenmouse
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Research In Motion has finally unveiled the BlackBerry Torch (aka BlackBerry 9800) – its first smartphone to feature a sliding QWERTY keyboard, and the first to run the all new BlackBerry OS 6 that we’ve been hearing so much about lately.
The Torch appears both on RIM’s and AT&T’s websites and, as expected, it will be available via the second-largest US carrier later this month.
Here’s what the new BlackBerry has to offer (official photos included after the specs list):
- Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE (850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900MHz)
- Quad-band UMTS (2100 / 1900 / 850 / 800MHz)
- 3.2 inch, 480 x 360 pixels touchscreen display
- Full QWERTY keyboard
- Wi-Fi 802.11b/g/n
- GPS
- Bluetooth 2.1
- 3.5 mm headset jack
- Full HTML tabbed browser (based on WebKit) with pinch-to-zoom capability
- BlackBerry Enterprise Service and BlackBerry Internet Service
- Social networking integration (Facebook, Twitter, MySpace)
- 5MP camera with flash
- 512MB RAM
- 4GB onboard memory
- 4GB memory card included
- 1300 mAh battery. Talk time: up to 5.5 hours; stand-by time: up to 13 days (on 3G)
- 111 x 62 x 14.6 mm
- 161.1 grams
According to RIM, the BlackBerry Torch 9800 will be available via AT&T starting August 12, for $199 on contract. You can check out the new smartphone here at AT&T, or here at RIM.
BlackBerry Torch first hands-on!
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