So at a Manhattan press conference, RIM announced its newest handset, the Blackberry Torch (9800). The phone is a thin portrait-sliding Blackberry with their oh so famous keyboard sliding out from the bottom of the phone. This is Blackberry’s first sliding qwerty phone and also their first physical keyboard WITH a touchscreen combo. Here are the specs (and besides the new slide out form factor and touchscreen, it’s all pretty standard Blackberry):
| 512mbs of ROM and 512mbs of RAM |
| 3.2 inch touchscreen with 480×360 resolution |
| Optical Trackpad |
| Slide out portrait qwerty keyboard |
| Media library sync over WiFi |
| 4gbs of internal storage and a 4gb microsd card included |
| Blackberry 6 Operating System |
The real big thing here is that along with the Torch comes Blackberry’s OS overhaul called Blackberry 6 (as opposed to Blackberry OS 6). Which is there attempt to slow their sliding market share due to Android and the iPhone. Here’s a video demo of the new OS below:
What do you guys think? Think the new OS will let Blackberry break some ground into the touchscreen market that they haven’t been able to have much luck in?
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