BlackBerry Torch 9850 and Torch 9860

A True All-Touch Multimedia Marvel!
 

BlackBerry Torch 9850 and 9860 (Monza), It is a quad-band GSM and tri-band UMTS world phone; it is the newly launched (upcoming) GSM Smartphone by BlackBerry. It has dimension of 120 x 62 x 11.5 mm and 135gm weight. It operates with BlackBerry OS 7 and has 1.2 GHz processor (CPU). It also supports NFC feature, NFC feature allows for simplified transactions, data exchange, and connections with a touch.

Let’s check the full Specifications of this attractive Smartphone.

Display : It has big 3.7 inches TFT capacitive touch screen with 16M colors, resolution 480 x 800, Optical trackpad, Multi-touch input method, Proximity sensor for auto turn-off and Accelerometer sensor for auto-rotate.

Camera : It has 5 Mega Pixel camera with the resolution of 2592х1944 pixels and has such features like autofocus, Geo-tagging, continuous auto-focus, image stabilization and face detection. It is also capable to capture videos @720p.

Sounds : 3.5mm Jack, Loudspeaker, MP3 player, video player, MP3 ringtones.

Connectivity : GPRS, EDGE, Wi-Fi, microUSB v2.0, Bluetooth v2.1 with A2DP, 3G, GPS with BlackBerry maps. In 3G it is capable to access up to 14.4Mbps (HSDPA) and 5.76Mbps (HSUPA).

Space : Phone comes with 4GB internal memory, 768 MB RAM and users can upgrade memory up to 32GB with microSD memory card.

Apps : Handset supports Java apps and it is also equipped with many social apps which keeps always connected with family and friends such features are Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Picasa, Gtalk etc.

Battery : with Li-Ion 1230 MAH standard battery it is capable to give talk time up to 4.40 hours, 330 hours standby time and can play 44 hours music continuously.

Unlocked BlackBerry Torch 9860 comes with plenty of features such as Digital compass, Document viewer (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), Organizer, Voice memo/dial, Games, SMS, MMS, Email, Push Email, IM, BBM 6, HTML Web Browser etc.

RIM's history of all-touch-screen devices hasn't exactly been stellar. The BlackBerry Storm 1 and 2 had their fair share of problems, from sluggishness to buggy software to clunky hardware, so I was both a bit weary and anxious to check out the new BlackBerry Torch 9860 and after spending some brief time with it, let's just say I'm cautiously optimistic.
The Torch 9860 (and its Sprint counterpart, the Torch 9850) features a 3.7-inch touch screen, which is the largest display yet for a BlackBerry. It's a very clear and bright screen that again, isn't the sharpest on the block, but still, is a very good-looking screen. I watched a couple of video clips, and the images looked smooth and colors were bright. That said, the onscreen keyboard felt pretty cramped, especially in portrait mode. It was hard to type messages at a pretty quick rate without making mistakes.

On the bright side, I have to say that these are some of the fastest BlackBerrys I've ever used. The combination of the 1.2GHz processor and BlackBerry OS 7's Liquid Graphics technology allowed me to easily swipe through the various menus, and apps launched quickly. RIM also touts the fact that OS 7's Web performance is 40 percent faster than BlackBerry OS 6 and 100 percent faster than BlackBerry OS 5. Personally, I didn't experience this, but there were network connectivity issues at the event. I did notice pages were loading slightly faster than what I've seen on BlackBerrys before, but this is something we'll really have to test once we get a review unit.