IT DOESN’T have to be a straight choice between play or work when choosing a new smartphone, you know.
The BlackBerry has long been the preserve of pin-stripe wearing business-types, mostly because of their unequalled reputation for emailing stability and digital security.
Even the iPhone and its many Android-driven rivals, are not fully-optimised for office work. They may be the businessman’s favourite toy but they’re still not quite the mobile secretary that the BlackBerry has become.
That’s all about to change.
Take a bow the BlackBerry Torch. It’s as much fun as it is serious business contender. Like a briefcase with a sense of humour and the buttons to take you beyond the workplace.
The BlackBerry Torch is a new breed of BlackBerry. This is a businessman who takes his leisure time seriously. So the Torch covers all bases. Want to access Facebook, Twitter, download some fun applications but still rely heavily on instant email delivery, the stability of a seven-foot-doorman and the security of an isolation cell? It’s all built in.
The BlackBerry Torch boasts both a touch screen and the physical QWERTY keyboard that has come to characterise top-of-the-range RIM phones.
Could the BlackBerry Torch become the ultimate phone for the office and the home? Well, yes. Actually. It really could.
Possibly even the phone that puts BlackBerry back in the smartphone premiership alongside reigning champs Apple and new contenders HTC.
The BlackBerry Torch really does give BlackBerry owners more of everything they already love – and then gives them a bit more on top.
Want to stay on top of all your social networks in one place? Social Feeds brings all your social networks together into one single inbox, just like your email. Cool? Oh yes.
Stay up to speed with current affairs, or just check in on what’s going on around the globe with the new enhanced web browser that brings desktop-like internet to your hand. Improved? Oh yes.
There’s also a rather sexy 3.2" touch sensitive screen to make browsing the internet or watching a movie easy and intuitive. All this on top of the by now legendary BlackBerry services you’ve come to love and expect - BlackBerry Messenger and its legendary email.
So, what else?
Well, it has an oversized handset (not everyone’s cup of tea but certainly not out of place in today’s super-sized smartphone market) to include that gorgeous big screen.
It has the best operating system of any BlackBerry – the BlackBerry 6 OS is an absolute delight to use. It has been completely revamped with pinching and zooming, and includes tabs that let you swap between web pages.
It comes equipped with a 5 mega-pixel camera with flash, auto focus, video capability, image stabilisation and new scene modes. So you don’t need a separate digital camera.
It even has iPhone-like universal search which will scan all your folders, apps, Internet, email and more, all in one search.
And its battery life is hugely impressive – easily matching the iPhone 4 and HTC Desire spec.
Want more?
Of course you do. How about GPS, Wi-Fi, 3G and 4 GB straight out of the box? You can add more memory - up to 32 GB – if you want all memory bases covered.
I loved it. It is the first BlackBerry I’ve tested that hasn’t had a ‘it is great but if it only had…….’ afterthought attached.
I didn’t put it down all weekend. If it was a woman I’d be rightly accused of having an affair.
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