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The U.S. and Canada aren’t the only ones getting RIM’s latest little bundle of techno-joy. The BlackBerry Torch 9800 is coming to Vodafone UK sometime soon, and boasts a feature we hadn’t heard much about elsewhere: a “zero shutter” camera. That apparently means there’s no lag between hitting the key and taking a picture, which is huge for when you’re taking spur-of-the-moment shots. The 5 megapixel camera is also RIM’s first to reach that high; I’m looking forward to see if the quality matches the pixel count.
As for the other specs, we’ve seen ‘em all: 624 MHz processor, 512 MB of RAM, 4 GB of on-board storage, the lovely new BlackBerry 6 operating system, 3.2″ HVGA touchscreen, Wi-Fi b/g/n with wireless music sync, GPS with new APIs for reverse geocoding and Wi-Fi geolocation, and 3G on bands compatible with AT&T and service providers worldwide.
Vodafone’s not saying much about price point or release dates, but you can sign on for e-mail updates over here. The BlackBerry 9800 is a big deal for RIM – check out out pre-announcement analysis to see why.
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Simon Sage
Simon Sage’s education largely surrounded writing, technology and online community, leading him to begin his blogging career at www.BlackBerryCool.com and to quickly discover a vibrant and active community surrounding BlackBerry and mobile technology. In exploring RIM’s platform, he has learned what enterprises are looking for in mobility as well as what makes the innocuous BlackBerry so appealing to them. Recently Simon’s been covering RIM’s gradual move into an already-crowded consumer market, and the impact of burgeoning challengers, such as the iPhone, as well as long-time leaders, like Nokia, on BlackBerry’s advancement. With plenty of content under his belt, Simon will be branching off a bit to see what other smartphone manufacturers are working on while still using BlackBerry as a barometer. At IntoMobile, you can count on his posts being even-handed, well-informed and thought-out.
