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hi everyone I'm Chung win from pocketnow.com and in this video we're going to go ahead and continue our coverage at the blackberry torch 9800 smartphone from AT&T this research in motion smartphone features a large capacitive touchscreen on the front which is similar to the blackberry storm and storm2 on verizon wireless however the torch employs a sliding mechanism which reviews a full qwerty keyboard which places it in the class of smartphones similar to the blackberry bold and the blackberry tour in the first video Adam went ahead and did an unboxing of the blackberry torch in this video we're going to go ahead and take a look at the hardware features closely and compare the device to other popular smartphones that utilizes the sliding qrd form factor in the third video Adam will go ahead and return so if you stay tuned with us you're going to go ahead and see the blackberry 6 operating system in action along with some of the apps and programs that are pre-loaded on the blackberry torch let's go ahead and take a look at the features the device features a 3.2 inch capacitive touchscreen which unlike the short press touch screen on the blackberry storm and storm2 you don't actually have to push in to click on the screen all you have to do is similar to the iphone and android screens tap on the button or feature that you want and it will launch that application widget without having to manually click in on this screen like on a track pad on the back book the torch supports multi-touch gestures such as pinch and zoom double tap to zoom in and zoom out along with kinetic scrolling at the top of the device you do have the earpiece speaker for phone calls and also an LED notification like to alert you of any messages or emails or appointments that you have coming up that require your attention the device also has a light sensor to adjust the screens brightness depending on the ambient lighting level around you along with a proximity sensor so that you can make phone calls and the screen will automatically turn off so you don't accidentally hit on any of these screen buttons while you're holding the phone up to your face so the screen will automatically dim when you hold hold up the phone to your cheek also on the blackberry torch on the bottom you do have four buttons which are grouped together in pairs the first pair here is the cost end and the blackberry menu button the blackberry menu is contact sensitive which means that it will change options and features depending on what screen you're on and which application you have launched so these menu items will change dynamically along with the apps that you're in the second pair of buttons is the back button and the call center or they call end button which will also toggle to turn the device off if you're in the middle of the flight and need to turn off your electronic devices and equipment in the center here you have a five-way optical trackpad which you can scroll up and down left and right and you can push in to select the blackberry torch features a slim form factor which is not much thicker or bigger than the blackberry bold ND blackberry tour that precedes this device the device here is similar in thickness and also in width compared to the blackberry tour that I have here on sprint's now network the keyboard on the blackberry torch utilizes a contiguous key layout with a raised and also beveled keys to assist and typing which is similar to those found on the blackberry tour and on the blackberry bold like the tour which has a red keys for the numbers this one is all white keys and this keyboard is backlit as well unlike the tour and the traditional bold keyboard where the keys are a little bit more raised so when you push in on the key or pass in on the key there's a little bit more travel to the key these keys are a little bit more flat on because of the sliding form factor so they don't travel in as far the key the keyboard is very comfortable to type on and depending on your personal preference whether you prefer the softer more quiet keyboard of the blackberry tour or the slightly louder and more clicky keyboard of the blackberry torch 9800 is a matter of personal taste and preference on the left hand side of the device here you do have a clean form factor except for a micro USB charging port the front of the device has this chrome border that wraps around to the bottom and also wraps around to the backside which is reminiscent of the design found on the blackberry bold 9700 found on AT&T and t-mobile in the USA the device also has on the back and on the lower half of the slides this soft touch rubberized feel to the device so it is Matt and won't attract as much fingerprint as the screen or even the glossy chrome strip that wraps around the device the bottom of the device has a lot of chrome here and shows the AT&T logo on the right hand side of the device unlike the blackberry tour which offers metallic buttons these buttons are sort of encased in their own membrane and our rubberized and has a map feel to them they are for the volumes up and down control as well as a right convenience key like the tour and the bold the torch does not have a left side convenience key to quickly program and map to launch your favorite application or function the right convenience key is preset to launch the camera button it is a dual press key which means that you can press and once to focus and press and harder to capture the image on the camera this key can be remapped to any app or function that you want on the top of the device you do have two buttons one is for the screen lock which if you press on any button the screen will turn on but I won't be activated so you don't inadvertently dial or send someone a message that you didn't mean to there's also a button here on the right-hand side for the mute button to meet your voice on to have a private conversation with a nearby party when you're in the middle of a phone call if you need to at the top of the device towards the back here you do have in little slit here which reviews the loudspeaker to playback movies or to have speaker phone calls if you want to have private calls or listen to music and private there is a three-and-a-half millimeter headphone jack here at the top right edge of the device on the backhand side you do have a five megapixel camera with autofocus and LED flash and the blackberry logo on the ribbed rubberized blackberry back battery cover to remove the back battery cover all you have to do is press in and slide the battery cover down to reveal a 1270 milliamp hour battery you do need to remove the battery to access access the sim cards tray here the device comes with four gigabytes of built-in memory but you can augment that with a micro sdhc memory card so 80 and Research In Motion gives you a four gigabyte card here but you can add cards up to 32 gigabytes I to access the memory card all you have to do is slide it out you don't need to remove the battery to access the SIM card or the memory card which is a nice feature the device also has Wi-Fi Bluetooth GPS and an accelerometer to automatically rotate the screen between portrait and landscape mode here you can see that we're connected to a Wi-Fi network and the Wi-Fi reception bar is shown here the device also supports quad-band gsm edge as well as quad band 3g it does support HSDPA and HSUPA for high speed download and upload speeds on a TNT's network when you don't have the keyboard or the screen slit up in the sliding form factor you do have on-screen keyboards in portrait and landscape mode which is a nice feature so you can utilize the device much like the blackberry storm and use it as a touchscreen only device if you like the new non sure pass touch screen and don't need access for the physical keyboard here with these screen slider out with the device lid out the device is comfortable to hold it doesn't feel top heavy as it may look with the screen open so the device feels really balanced and the screen sliding mechanism is very solid without any creaks and it does lock into place both in upward position and downward position compared to the blackberry tour here the devices are roughly about the same size and roughly about the same weight although this the tour does feel a little bit lighter than the torch compared to other popular sliders on the market such as the palm pre which runs webOS the blackberry torch is a little bit taller and a little bit wider than the palm pre which is slightly more narrow the keyboards are a little bit different as well the palm pre does offer individual key or island style chiclet keys however these keys feel a little bit more membrane II compared to the more rigid and harder keys on the blackberry torch which offers a contiguous key layout the keys or or also a little bit more narrow and scrunched in on the blackberry or on the palm pre but not by that much compared to the Microsoft Windows Phone the Kin one on verizon wireless the torch is quite a bit longer but a little bit more narrow than the Kim one when the Kin one slides open into place it's about the same size as the blackberry torch in height when the torch is closed when its open the Kim one reviews are more comfortable and spacious keyboard layout arrangement with keys that are individual island style keys and does offer a nice tactile feel although the keyboard on the blackberry torch is quite nice as well if you prefer the island style or the contiguous key again that's a matter of personal preference and taste the blackberry torch offers the best of both world you have the large capacitive touchscreen in half vga resolution on the front of the device along with the comfortable traditional blackberry keyboard so you do get the best of both world Wi-Fi bluetooth gps accelerometer proximity sensor light sensor and an LED notification light or some of the main features on the device the device also supports Wi-Fi networks be g and n so you do have faster Wi-Fi support as well in a long to mobile broadband access here I'm Chung win stay tuned in the next video and Adam will go ahead and run through some of the features of the blackberry 6 operating system along with some of the web browser and some of the apps that are pre-loaded on the blackberry torch thanks for watching my Hardware tour of the blackberry torch 9800 on AT&T if you tune into pocketnow.com you'll find more content about the blackberry torch and other smartphones that we're covering thanks for watching