Blackberry 9800 specs - the 'Torch' is RIM's new touchscreen slider
RIM, who have recently been embroiled in a privacy battle with United Arab Emirates are in the midst of a smartphone launch which could see it earn back some users after market share was lost to Apple and Google Android's OS recently.
The tech specs/pictures are below:


Touchscreen
3.2" High Resolution 480x360 pixel color display with slide-out QWERTY keyboard and optical trackpad
Web Browser
Full HTML tabbed browser for "PC-like" Web browsing with tabbed browsing for access to multiple web pages at the same time and pinch-to-zoom capability
Email and IM
BlackBerry Enterprise Servicer for corporate email, BlackBerry Internet Service for personal email, and Mobile Instant Messaging
Messaging
Next-generation messaging including group messaging for up to 10 people and locations
Social Networking
One view of all your favorite sites such as Facebook®, Twitter<sup>TM, and MySpace®
Operating System
BlackBerry 6 OS with integrated search and new UI
BLUETOOTH® 2.1
with A2DP Stereo
Wi-Fi
802.11b/g/n and AT&T Hot Spots for Wi-Fi access at over 20,000 locations
3G
Broadband data speeds on the nation's fastest 3G network
Camera
5 MP autofocus flash camera with video and scenes
Music and Video
AT&T Music, AT&T Video Share, PrimeTime2Go video-on-demand application, YouTube podcast, video capture, playback and streaming, 3.5 mm headset jack
Media Synch
iTunes, Windows Media® Player DRM-Free music, photos and videos on the go from your computer to your BlackBerry. Sync from your home computer music library to your BlackBerry wirelessly over Wi-Fi
Wireless Technology
UMTS: 2100/1900/850/800 MHz (Bands 1,2,5/6) GSM/GPRS/EDGE: 850/900/1800/1900MHz
Memory
512 MB RAM + 512 MB Flash + 4 GB Flash + 4 GB MicroSD
Dimensions Weight
161.1 g. (H X W X D) 111 x 62 x 14.6 mm
Battery
1300 mAHr Lithium cell
Talk Time
GSM: 5.5 hrs UMTS: 5.8 hrs
Standby talk time
GSM: 17 days UMTS: 13 days

Blackberry Torch Apps:
The Weather Channel®
- Current weather conditions, 36-hour and 10-day forecast
- Location map with radar, ability to save multiple locations
- Current airport information and severe weather alerts
CNN
- Breaking news and video
- Browsable stories for multiple categories of: Latest, US, World, CNN/Money, Entertainment, Sports (Sports Illustrated), Weather, Tech, Travel, Living, Justice, Specials, and Politics
- Site updates in real-time
Fandango
- Show times for theaters, searchable by ZIP Code or findable via LBS
- Movie details and reviews
- Credit card ticket purchases
- Listings sortable by proximity, top box office, opening this week, coming soon
- Movie trailers
Bloomberg
- Personalized stock quotes, including portfolio metrics (shares purchased, purchase price, etc.)
- Financial news, plus categorized (commodities, energy, health care, etc.) and country-specific (China, Japan, UK, etc.) news
- Market quotes for indices, currencies, commodities, bonds, futures, etc
Web Video Search
- Single destination for all video content sources; Internet, subscription partners, content partners, mobile content providers
ESPN
- News, scores, schedules, analysis, features, and stats for teams in all major U.S. sports
- Video clips
YPmobile
- Local search, maps, directions. distance-based local search
- Hotspot Carousel and Browse categories
- Maps and directions
- Save favorites
- History view
- Read full reviews
Slacker Radio Plus
- Personalized, interactive radio with a catalog of millions of licensed songs
- Over 100 genre stations, over 10,000 artists, unlimited number of custom stations
- Photos, bios and song lyrics
- Complete lyrics
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