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After a lot of shuffling with dates, the BlackBerry Torch 9800 is now available on Rogers for $199 on a three-year contract, with Telus and Bell not too far behind. It seems like the Torch is only in the online store, and that the brick-and-mortar locations will still get it on September 30 as planned.
The BlackBerry Torch is RIM’s top-of-the-line device, being their first slider, first with a 5 megapixel camera, and first to run their new version 6 operating system. Specs-wise, the Torch is good for a BlackBerry: 3.2″ HVGA capacitive touchscreen, 5 megapixel camera with autofocus and flash, 512 MB of app memory, 624 MHz processor, and a full QWERTY keyboard. OS 6 is pretty nice, what with the visual updates, universal search, and WebKit browser, but if you’ve recently bought a newer-model BlackBerry, odds are good that a software upgrade is in your future.
Hit up Rogers to get shopping, or take a looksee over our BlackBerry Torch 9800 review if you’re on the fence.
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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.
