Smartphone shootout: BlackBerry Torch 9800 versus iPhone 4

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BlackBerry maker Study In Motion (RIM) unveiled its newest smartphone earlier this week – BlackBerry Torch 9800 – and billed it as the “especially ideal Blackberry device ever.”

The Torch 9800 is no doubt RIM’s most helpful-searching device to date.

And not like most other BlackBerry devices, the Torch 9800 comes pre-loaded with the BlackBerry app retailer, App Globe.

RIM goes a step further by boosting the device with the company’s most recent proprietary OS – BlackBerry 6.

The plus points of the device, the analysts stated, are the overhauled user interface, a physical keyboard, multi-touch functions, a a lot alot more potent camera (the Torch 9800′s 5-megapixel camera is a initial amongst BlackBerry devices) secure emailing environment and social networking support.

But is Torch 9800 absolutely RIM’s winning lottery ticket and significantly additional importantly, can it challenge the iPhone?

According to the analysts, the restricted achievement of touchscreen-only device could have this time prompted RIM to take the safer path by launching a device that incorporates RIM’s core strength – a physical Qwerty keyboard – as nicely as compelling multi-touch attributes.

RIM, Canalys stated, controlled 32 percent of the smartphone marketplace in the most present quarter although Android-based smartphones claimed 34 percent market share.

“Up till this point, BlackBerry users had to choose out in among acquiring a touchscreen device by way of BlackBerry, like the Storm, or discovering a regular Qwerty device, like the Tour,” Kellogg stated.

The Torch 9800′s new OS – BlackBerry 6 – will also aid preserve prospects pleased, analysts stated, as the device’s net browser, multi-tasking capabilities and multimedia functions are at par with iPhone and Android devices.