Review By: Latha Jayaprakash Review Date: 18 Apr 2011
BlackBerry Torch 9800 is a compact and stylishly designed Smartphone with touch screen, that comes with a slide opening casing. The BlackBerry Torch 9800 comes with a powerful processor with a Blackberry 6 operating system. The main features of the Blackberry mobile has user friendly input methods like a slide out QWERTY keyboard and its touch screen, a usable pinch to zoom touch screen controls, a fun Internet experience with multiple Web page browsing plus for entertainment, you have loads of music which can be downloaded from the net.
The casing for the Blackberry Torch 9800 comes in a grey coloured casing with silver colored accents around the edges. When you consider the features are for the Smartphone the dimensions are small and compact measuring about 11.1cm x 6.2cm x 1.46cm when the slide part is closed and get extended to 1.48cm tall when the slide is opened.
BlackBerry Torch 9800 weighs 161.1 grams along with its battery which makes it a heavier one when compared to the others. This wight gives you a high quality feel. The phone also gives you an intuitive touch screen display along with an impressive 3.2" providing a sixteen million colour display There is a high quality music player plus a beautifully clear album art display for the ease of use ad can enjoy about 32 hours of non stop music. There is a 5 mp camera supports both still and the video pictures. You can enjoy up to six hours of playback time from a fully recharged battery.
Call features on the include easy to access contact details in the phone book, vibration alert feature, a hands free speaker call experience & easy to reach call keys. There is a variety of messaging services in which you can choose the one you like namely sms, mms, push mail, e mails, etc You can also try out online instant messaging.
The Blackberry Torch has a 3G HSDPA technology which means it will work over 3G networks as well as GSM networks, providing the fast connections as you need. Up to 5.5 hours of talk time can be gained from a fully charged battery if you are using in the GSM mode and 5.8 hours of talk time can be gained over 3G HSDPA mode. You can get connected to the nearest wifi terminal at a wifi hub, wifi hotspot as well as through the Bluetooth wireless technology & USB connectivity to share your files and pictures with other compatible phones.
You can also access the GPS Navigation feature while you are travelling from place to place which will give you step by step instructions on how to reach your desired location..
There is 512 megabytes of internal memory plus a memory card option which can hold up to 32 GB of external memory. The Blackberry handset comes with a 4 gigabytes memory card to get you started on these features.
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Good: its powerful Blackberry 6 operating system
Bad: nothing I feel
Recommend: Yes
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