New Blackberry Torch Unveiled in Hong Kong

Check out this new Blackberry Torch 9800 Smartphone. It is the first Blackberry device to combine a BlackBerry keyboard with a full touch screen experience.

The Blackberry Torch 9800 Smartphone is also the first to feature the new BlackBerry 6 operating system and Chinese handwriting software.

The new BlackBerry Torch features an optical trackpad and a backlit slide-out BlackBerry keyboard, support for high-speed 3G (UMTS/HSDPA) networks around the world, the latest generation in Wi-Fi® (b/g/n) connectivity, built-in GPS for location-based applications and geo-tagging, a 5 MP camera, 8 GB of media storage out-of-the-box and a microSD/SDHD memory card slot that can bring the total storage memory to 36 GB.

Meanwhile the BlackBerry 6 operating system includes expanded messaging capabilities and integrated access to BBM™ (BlackBerry® Messenger), Facebook®, Twitter™ and MySpace™ as well as a dedicated YouTube app.

The new Blackberry Torch 9800 Smartphone will be available at the end of this month in Hong Kong; priced at HKD 5, 988, it comes with a rechargeable battery, 4GB memory card, travel charger, stereo headset and USB cable.

Visit www.blackberry.com for more details.