Research In Motion (RIM) has introduced the BlackBerry Torch 9800 Gadget with touch screen plus a sliding Qwerty keyboard is expected to Android could make the BlackBerry follows. Torch was announced at an event in New York. By holding AT & T, the exclusive iPhone carrier in the United States, want not Torch will be comparisons with the iPhone. This is a review of the specifications of the BlackBerry Torch 9800 Torch uses an iPhone-style touch screen and a lot of phones Android. In addition, there is a sliding Qwerty keyboard that would already familiar in the many BlackBerry users. Torch has a height of 11.1 cm when closed. If sliding Qwerty keyboard is opened, the high reached 14.8 cm. Whereas from the wide side, this device has a width of 6.2 cm. Thickness is quite sizable at 1.46 cm. Torch it feels thick enough in the clutch, especially if you want compared with the iPhone 4 (0.9 cm) or even the iPhone 3G (1.2 cm).

But it was reasonable in view of the keyboard sliding behind the scenes. In fact, the Torch is arguably not too thick for a BlackBerry. When compared with the BlackBerry Bold 9700 (Onyx), Torch have the same relative thickness (Onyx: 14.1 cm, the Torch: 14.6 cm). Width Torch is also not much different from Onyx - only 0.2 cm wider - So users will not be too foreign Onyx while holding the Torch 9800. Arguably, the Torch is the Onyx 'sliced' and fitted touch screen in front of him.

Navigation, Processors and Batteries

The screen used is HVGA Torch 3.2 "with resolution 480 × 360. Presumably this will be different screen technology with the BlackBerry Storm uses SurePress technology, which is sometimes dubbed as 'Rocking the screen'. Besides directly on the touch screen, navigation can be done well Torch through the existing trackpad on the front. In addition, there is a sliding Qwerty keyboard that must have been familiar to many users BlackBerry. Qwerty keyboard hidden behind a form buttons such as Onyx. Memory is provided for the Torch is 512 MB SDRAM, 4GB eMMC and can add up to 32 GB microSD. While the processor has 624 MHz clock - again, equivalent to that used in Onyx. If the battery side, Torch using Lithium Ion 1300 mAh, more 'Thin' from the Onyx at 1500 mAh. That, plus the screen Torch which is larger, reducing the ability of theoretical battery to 5.5 hours talktime than 6 hours in Onyx.

Other Specifications:

* 5 Megapixel camera (flash, 2x digital zoom, video recording VGA 640 × 480)
* GPS and BlackBerry Maps
* Bluetooth v2.1
* Wi-Fi 802.11 b / g / n
* 3G UMTS Network (2100/1900/850/800 MHz) and GSM / GPRS / EDGE
(850/900/1800/1900 MHz)

* BlackBerry Torch 9800 *

BlackBerry Torch 9800 is currently priced at around 4 million. Ever before the phone is on sale at Amazon.com. At that time the price drops 85% to U.S. $ 99 or just 891 thousand dollars. How can this be happen? Drastic price reduction is due to the application Torch is almost the same as its predecessor versions.