BlackBerry Torch Announced

Today, RIM held an event in New York City to announce their newest smartphone, the BlackBerry Torch. We've heard rumors and seen leaked shots of this phone, and we finally get its specs today. First, the phone will be available on AT&T for $200 with a 2yr. contract, which is inline with most of their other smartphones. The phone itself is a slider phone, a first for RIM, with a 3.2" touchscreen (We'll have to see if it has the same touchscreen as the Storm line. The phone has the same trademark BB keyboard that we know and love. It has your typical BB buttons, including the new optical trackpad, in favor of the older trackball. The Torch has a 5-megapixel camera, finally moving away from RIM's 3.2 megapixel obsession, with a flash. The phone is running the newest version of BlackBerry's OS, OS 6, with WiFi and Quadband 3G, which will work internationally as well as here in the states. The Torch has 512MB of RAM, a nice feature, considering most of RIM's other phones have 256. The phone ships with 4GB of internal storage, and a 4GB microSD card. The Torch has a new feature called Media Sync, which lets your wirelessly sync your phone to your computer over WiFi, something us iPhone owners have been wanting for a while. 

The phone will be available through AT&T starting in December for $199 with a 2yr. contracts, and if you don't already have an account with AT&T, you'll only have the option of 250MB of data, or 2GB. I hope you've enjoyed my rundown of all the new and exciting features in the new BlackBerry Torch.

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