Blackberry Torch 9860 Released in the UK
Announcement posted by Phones Limited 06 Sep 2011
Blackberry's New Torch Pre-Orders Now Available on O2, Orange & Vodafone
The first, all touch screen torch model from Blackberry has now gone on sale in the UK, the Blackberry Torch 9860 can now be ordered on Vodafone, Orange and O2 contract deals as well as a SIM free phone.
The BlackBerry Torch 9860 sports a 3.7 inch touch screen. To date, this is the biggest display on any RIM smartphone. Why is this handset outfitted with a larger screen? This phone offers a purely touch screen interface. This is a totally different approach when it comes to design. In the past, RIM's smartphones normally came equipped with a physical QWERTY keyboard. An example of this is the Blackberry Bold 9780.
You may be thinking that this new mobile phone will make it harder for you to type. However, this is hardly the case. It comes with a refined virtual keyboard that will allow you to type just like on QWERTY keyboards on past designs.
This new smartphone comes pre-installed with the BB 7 OS. Thanks to this latest software upgrade, the phone will allow you to enjoy from an enhanced virtual keyboard. It offers a complete selection of characters, letters, numbers, and symbols. This offers the same typing experience compared to the usual QWERTY keyboard.
This is ideal for composing and responding to emails. You can easily type in the entire story to get the message through. You can reply in the quickest time possible to respond to a friend's email. This works the same way with business emails. Since work emails require a quick response, you will have no problems getting the message through to take care of business.
With the BB 7 OS, the BlackBerry Torch 9860's browser is 40 percent faster compared to the browser on the BB 6 OS. A much faster browser couple with efficient typing will allow you to do things such as entering queries, social media network updates, and even tweets. The phone will allow you to enjoy more from the World Wide Web on the go.
Aside from emails, SMS, micro-blogging, social network updates, and search entries, the virtual keyboard on the BlackBerry Torch 9860 will allow you to enjoy more from the most popular mobile instant messaging service in the industry. This is the BBM. With this mobile IM coupled with the phone's efficient virtual input options, you will enjoy more from chatting with individual friends or group chats. This offers a whole new approach to enjoying more from the RIM's popular instant messaging service.
With a virtual input method on this new smartphone, you will get to enjoy a complete set of characters, letters, numbers, and symbols. This will allow you to enjoy more from typing ease on the BlackBerry Torch 9860.
The new 9860 is also set to be joined by an updated version of the original Torch model called the Blackberry Torch 9810 which features both a full touch screen as well as a slide out qwerty keypad.