Torch – BlackBerry announced its first smartphone in slider form factor

         

The first smartphone from Research In Motion (RIM), executed in a slider form factor, is now officially announced, although its design – it is not the only feature of the new items, called the Torch.

Recall that the first information about the unusual phone BlackBerry first appeared in June this year, and an official announcement, many details about the BlackBerry were confirmed. For example, the fact that the device is running the new operating system BlackBerry 6. Among its features, in addition to an updated interface, you can select support Multi-Touch, a new web-based browser engine WebKit, recycled media player application Social Feeds for easy interaction with the most popular social networks.

The terminal is made in the format of the vertical slider and contains a hardware QWERTY-keyboard. In addition, there is a touch screen with a diagonal of 3.2 inches and a resolution of 480h360 points (the same resolution of the display in the BlackBerry Bold 9700), as well as optical trackpad.

BlackBerry Torch comes with 512 MB RAM, 512 MB flash memory, built-in 4-gigabyte hard drive and microSD card with the same capacity. As expected earlier, the resolution of the camera is 5 megapixels, it has an LED flash, autofocus and support geotegirovanie. It is worth noting the presence in the phone GPS-receiver, module Wi-Fi 802.11n, plus the ability to synchronize media content in the air by using Media Sync.

The device can operate in GSM and UMTS (HSPA). Dimensions of new items in the closed state are 111,8 h61h14, 5 mm, and open it in 36 mm higher. In the United States to distribute BlackBerry Torch will be mobile operator AT & T, starting from August 12 on a contract basis. Price devices in this case is $ 200. On the release date and cost smartphone outside the U.S. so far nothing is known.