Developed and designed by Canadian company Research In Motion (RIM), BlackBerry is creating a buzz in the telecommunications market by creating a new trend with its extensive line of BlackBerry Torch smartphone. Battling it out against iOS and Android handsets, RIM has introduced BlackBerry Torch 9810, an advancement of the fashionable BlackBerry Torch 9800 smartphone.
What is it?
BlackBerry Torch 9810 is an all-in-one design smartphone having a brushed aluminum look. It has a fluid all-touch display, including a slide-out QWERTY keyboard. The phone offers its users unbelievable multimedia experience, as well as well-organized typing feature with the standard BlackBerry keyboard. BlackBerry Torch 9810 weighs more or less 161 gram.
Key features
The smartphone features a 3.2 inch touch screen with a VGA (600×480 resolution) at 246 DPI. It is powered by 1.2 GHz processor and has a 5 mega pixel camera with HD video recording, featuring face detection and image stabilization; a digital compass, along with HSPA+ network support. The phone is outfitted with an 8 GB of memory, which is expandable up to 32 GB with a microSD card.
BlackBerry Torch 9810 runs on the brand new BlackBerry 7 OS, thus gives users the benefits of new and enhanced BlackBerry browser, hardware accelerated Liquid Graphics, optimized touch screen UI (user interface), BBM 6 and support for new applications.Other internal features include, Bluetooth, GPS, Wi-Fi, Wi-Fi HotSpot/NFC.
What’s innovative?
BlackBerry Torch 9810 operates as a ‘genie’ following users every voice command. The smartphone is equipped with a cool innovative feature, which is the Voice Activated Universal Search. This enables users to make speech-to-text translation, through which consumers can look out for files, contacts, music, email, and a lot more as well as browse the web, without having to type a single word.
Moreover, BlackBerry’s strength has always been its strong email integration; it’s no different with BlackBerry Torch 9810 as it syncs with BlackBerry Enterprise Server, along with Microsoft Exchange, IBM Lotus Domino and Novell GroupWise for all its users corporate email needs.
Price and availability
In India BlackBerry Torch 9810 is fairly priced approximately $600, which is to some extent lesser than the Bold 9900. In the US, the smartphone is easily available from AT&T, Bell, Telus and Rogers stores.
Accessories
Accessories come as a part and package with any mobile phone. It is also acts as a necessity. So the accessories to go with the BlackBerry Torch 9810 comprise the following:
1. BlackBerry Music Gateway: It lets users play wireless music through their home stereo, car stereo or portable stereo system.
2. BlackBerry Premium Stereo Headset: It provides users with eminence audio and sound isolation when listening to music or conversing on the phone.
3. BlackBerry Swivel Holster: It is available in a variety of colors and equipped with a swivel clip to adjust the holster for great wearing comfort. Additionally, the case contains an insightful technology that helps conserve battery power, at the same time recognizing user’s in-holster notification settings and preferences.
The up side
BlackBerry Torch 9810 is a flexible device for consumers seeking both form and function from their smart phone. It is compatible for 3-D games, watching videos and browsing the web at a super fast speed. This smart phones screen is also versatile for viewing Microsoft PowerPoint and Microsoft Word documents with the free package Premium version of Docs to Go.
The down side
Apart from its exceptional upgraded features, BlackBerry Torch 9810 has nothing new to offer in its appearance. It looks identical to its predecessor, namely BlackBerry Torch 9800, and is thick, as well as heavy in form. In addition, the OS 7 is not too unusual from OS 6 in terms of the user interface.
The bottomline
If its appearance aspect is ignored, BlackBerry Torch 9810 has a lot more improvements to offer, comprising a faster 1.2GHz processor; a sharp, colorful, and responsive display, 720p HD video recording, upgraded applications and BlackBerry’s new OS 7. The BlackBerry Torch 9810 is a clear disappointment for BlackBerry Torch 9800 users as apart from its upgradation, the phone has nothing more to offer. If you are not a user of BlackBerry phones, then go for The BlackBerry Torch 9810, though it may not be presentable as a winner to newcomers with its exhausted old design; however its inexpensive price and much-improved specifications will definitely attract BlackBerry fans. All of its upgraded features are fairly priced when compared to its predecessor and it’s an absolute bargain for BlackBerry enthusiasts.
