The BlackBerry Torch

Tuesday was BlackBerry’s big day. Anticipation had been building for it since WES 2010 in April when the company first teased BlackBerry 6, and BlackBerry enthusiasts have been waiting for it throughout 2010 as iPhone and Android amped up their smartphones and made BlackBerry look increasing outdated.

What AT&T and RIM executives proceeded to show off on Tuesday was the new BlackBerry Torch 9800 (right), which is the first smartphone to run BlackBerry 6, has a revamped multitouch interface, and features the traditional BlackBerry keyboard in a slide-down form factor.

AT&T CEO Ralph de la Vega opened Tuesday’s launch event for the Torch 9800 by saying, “Today, AT&T and RIM are introducing the best BlackBerry ever.” That was a pretty high bar to hit and we’ll be debating in the coming weeks about whether the Torch really clears it. However, the initial reactions from tech journalists and analysts have been lukewarm.

BlackBerry Torch key features:
- 3.2 inch, 480 x 360 pixels touchscreen display
- Full QWERTY keyboard
- 624MHz CPU
- 5MP camera with flash
- Wi-Fi, GPS, 3.5 mm headset jack
- Full HTML tabbed browser
- 512MB RAM, 512 MB flash
- 4GB flash onboard memory, 4GB memory card included
- BlackBerry OS 6

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