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Let me start off by saying that the BlackBerry Curve 8310 I had was not great. I had it for roughly 2.5 years and it was a company phone…I hated it, everything was slow about it from GPS operation to surfing the internet over Edge network and the browser sucked crap.

The processor in the Curve 8310 was a 32-bit Intel XScale PXA272 running at 312 MHz processor. The main reason why you got the hour glass all the time waiting for the Operating System to do something. So, when my company told me I was eligible for an upgrade I was excited and I thought to myself, the BlackBerry Torch 9800 should be way better. I then took a look at what other smartphones compete with the BlackBerry Torch 9800 and I soon realized that the BlackBerry Torch was severly underpowered compared to Android and iPhones.

The iPhone 4 has a 1 GHz Apple A4 processor and most high end Android phones out there that are the same price point as the Torch 9800 run Qualcomm Snapdragon QSD8650 1 GHz processor. So what does the RIM BlackBerry Torch 9800 have for the CPU processor? The answer is a 624 MHz processor which is 40% slower than its competitors and trust me you can tell the difference when you use it.

When you use the new BlackBerry OS6 to run apps and surf the web with the new WebKit browser you will more often than none get the “waiting…waiting dial” going round and round very annoying. I have used my friends Samsung Galaxy S and don’t experience slow performance like the RIM BlackBerry Torch 9800 and same goes for my co-workers iPhone 4 which runs quite snappy. Another peeve is that when can’t really multi-task when you are playing media, the audio or video would use up so much of the CPU cycles that switching between and using apps are extremely slow.

As for the new Webkit browser it’s better than the old web browser in previous BlackBerry OS versions but not great. It still doesn’t show flash sites or embedded flash media. To view YouTube you will have to use a YouTube app. Dis-satisfied with the built in browser I downloaded from the BlackBerry app store a browser called “BOLT” which is really good, it shows the web page like how it is supposed to look through your normal FireFox or
IE browser. Very satisfied with BOLT browser.

As for software and apps (applications) for BlackBerry…well there aren’t a whole lot compared to iPhone and Android, this is extremely frustrating cause if you need an app that does something you want your phone to do, you go search for it in the BlackBerry “App World” and they don’t have it or the app you find has really bad reviews, it is just dissappointing.

The multi-touch screen and full QWERTY keyboard is pretty much the only thing the BlackBerry Torch 9800 has going for it. Like many many reviews from reputable websites and technology reviewers have said “If you are not an office monkey that don’t have any other choice but BlackBerry smartphones, go for an Android or iPhone” and after using BlackBerry’s for as long as I can remember I would have to agree with that statement. A lot of my co-workers as well has expressed their dissatisfaction with the Torch 9800. RIM has fallen behind, even office users want more from their smartphones in todays world, because those same office users need to do things after work hours too you know

by Das Brain

Specifications for BlackBerry Torch 9800

General 2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 /800
Announced 2010, August
Status Available. Released 2010, August
Size Dimensions 111 x 62 x 14.6 mm
Weight 161 g
Display Type TFT capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
Size 360 x 480 pixels, 3.2 inches
- QWERTY keyboard
- Optical trackpad
- Multi-touch input method
- Proximity sensor for auto turn-off
Sound Alert types Vibration, MP3 ringtones
Speakerphone Yes
- 3.5 mm audio jack
Memory Phonebook Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall
Call records Yes
Internal 4 GB storage, 512 MB RAM, 512 MB ROM
Card slot microSD, up to 32GB, 4GB card included, buy memory
Data GPRS Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 – 48 kbps
EDGE Class 10, 236.8 kbps
3G HSDPA; HSUPA
WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, UMA (carrier-dependent)
Bluetooth Yes, v2.1 with A2DP
Infrared port No
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0
Camera Primary 5 MP, 2592?1944 pixels, autofocus, LED flash
Features Geo-tagging, continuous auto-focus, image stabilization
Video Yes, VGA@24fps
Secondary No
Features OS BlackBerry OS 6.0
CPU 624 MHz processor
Messaging SMS, MMS, Email, Push Email, IM
Browser HTML
Radio No
Games Yes + downloadable
Colors Black, White, Dark Orange
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support
Java Yes, MIDP 2.0
- Social feeds
- BlackBerry maps
- Document viewer (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
- Media player MP3/WMA/eAAC+/FlAC/OGG player
- Video player DivX/XviD/MP4/WMV/H.263/H.264
- Organizer
- Voice memo/dial
Battery Standard battery, Li-Ion 1300 mAh
Stand-by Up to 432 h (2G) / Up to 336 h (3G)
Talk time Up to 5 h 30 min (2G) / Up to 5 h 40 min (3G)
Music play Up to 30 h

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