Blackberry Phones Have New Leader With Torch

| Wednesday, April 20, 2011
By Jason Hicks


In August Research in Motion (RIM) released the Blackberry Torch on the AT&T network. This phone has many upgrades over the past Blackberry phones and is the new top of the line model for them. The Torch offers all of the past strong features of Blackberry but has been updated with several new or improved features as well.

Top email integration and keyboard are two Blackberry phone strong points. Those things have helped keep Blackberry at the top of the smartphone market share for many years. There is now quite a bit of competition in that market with iPhone and various Android devices. The Blackberry Torch has RIM believing that it can keep many of the Blackberry users with the phone line but also sway some non-Blackberry users over as well.

The biggest area of opportunity that RIM has had was their web browser. That has always been considered a facet lacking on a Blackberry. With the acquisition of Torch Mobile last year there was hope that this would be much improved since that is what Torch specialized in. When they combined forces and installed the WebKit browser on the Blackberry Torch the internet surfing issues appear to be laid to rest. The browser is now very responsive and offers many upgrades over the previous one. A user can now browse the web faster, use tabbed browsing, add webpage shortcuts to the home screen, and use pinch zoom or text auto zoom.

Blackberry Operating System 6 was released with the Blackberry Torch. This operating system drastically improved the user interface on the phone and allows for many modern updates. Some of the updates include new Social Feed applications, Universal Search, improved touchscreen performance, and updated graphics for a modern look.

This phone is unique to Blackberry as it has a sliding keyboard that slides into portrait mode. Blackberry keyboards are always well spaced and responsive and this keyboard is no different. This has always been a key factor for many people choosing this phone line and it will not disappoint.

The updated 5 megapixel camera on the Blackberry Torch is the first they have put on one of their phones. This camera takes very good pictures overall and has several upgraded features. Some of the main features to be updated include face detection, geotagging, and continuous autofocus.

With the many updates to the Blackberry Torch this is a top choice for those looking at Blackberry phones. The web browser has been an issue in the past but is now much improved. Also the nice camera, responsive sliding keyboard, and new operating system are all key upgrades.




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