HD Media Players

The at the initiation BlackBerry smartphone to feature the vastly anticipated BlackBerry 6 OS, the BlackBerry Torch offers a unique design that features a hi-resolution touchscreen show, slide-down full QWERTY upright, and optical trackpad. Packed with business tools as well as socially connected apps, the Torch also provides a desktop-like browsing experience via its 3.2-inch touchscreen, which enables you to navigate quickly through full-page views, multitask with tabbed browsing, and see the details with Pinch to Zoom.

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The intuitive new BlackBerry 6 OS includes a rich graphical interface and new touch menus for quick access to your next action or needed application (learn more below). It includes a set of pre-loaded apps to get you started, including Bloomberg, ESPN, The Ride out Channel, and Slacker Radio content in addition to Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, and more. It also includes Universal Quest, group messaging for collaboration, and AT&T's Web Video Quest--a unique new app that searches video content from over 70 major Internet video Web sites.

Enabled for use on AT&T's lightning quick HSPDA 3G network, you'll be able to easily access the Internet as well as quickly download video, music, and more. Additionally, with AT&T's 3G network, you can make a call while simultaneously getting picture/text messages and email, or viewing Web pages. This GPS-enabled phone can access the AT&T Navigator service for turn-by-turn directions. See more details on optional AT&T services below.

And with its built-in Wireless-N Wi-Fi networking (802.11 b/g/n), you'll be able to access home and business networks, as well as delight in seamless connectivity at over 20,000 AT&T Wi-Fi hotspots, for no additional cost (with qualifying AT&T smartphone plot).

In addition to its advanced messaging capabilities and access to business and productivity applications, the BlackBerry Torch also includes a 5-megapixel camera/camcorder with continuous auto focus and image stabilization. It comes with 4 GB of internal storage space plus an included 4 GB microSD memory card for 8 GB of storage space right out of the box. Other features contain Bluetooth for hands-free devices and stereo music streaming, media sync capabilities with iTunes and Windows Media Player desktop software, and up to 5.8 hours of talk time.

The BlackBerry Torch features the new BlackBerry 6 OS, large touchscreen, slide-down QWERTY upright, next-generation messaging, and much more.

Key Features

• Tri-band 3G connectivity via AT&T's HSDPA/UMTS network (850/1900/2100 MHz bands; 3.6/7.2 Mbps speeds with network availability) and quad-band EDGE support for the option of voice service in more than 220 countries; data service in more than 195 countries and 3G connectivity in more than 125 countries--including Japan and South Korea.
• Wireless-N Wi-Fi networking (802.11b/g/n) for accessing home and corporate networks as well as hotspots while on the go. Connect for free using one of over 20,000 AT&T Wi-Fi hotspots nationwide (requires qualifying AT&T smartphone plot).
• GPS navigation capabilities via AT&T Navigator service contain audible turn-by-turn directions, real-time traffic updates, and re-routing options.
• 3.2-inch touch-enabled show with 360 x 480-pixel resolution, 65K color depth, light sensor, proximity detection, and accelerometer
• 35-key full QWERTY backlit slide-out upright designed to feel optimally balanced when open for typing.
• Optical trackpad makes navigation quick and smooth
• BlackBerry 6 OS retains the familiar BlackBerry features while adding original, powerful new tools to your mobile exchanges collection.
• Support for BlackBerry App World featuring a broad and on the rise catalog of third-party mobile applications developed specifically for BlackBerry smartphones. Categories contain travel, productivity, entertainment, games, social networking and sharing, news and ride out, and more.
• Powerful 624 Mhz processor
• 5-megapixel camera with flash, continuous auto focus, image stabilization, scene modes, geo-tagging, and zoom
• Video capture capabilities at up to 640 x 480-pixel resolution
• Multi-format digital media player compatible with Windows Media DRM 10 for music and video plus MP3, AAC/AAC+/eAAC+, FLAC, MPEG4, and H.264.
• Wi-Fi Music Sync allows you to view your entire iTunes or Windows Media Player music libraries, initiation and edit playlists, and select music for download. When connected to the home Wi-Fi network (or via USB), the changes are synced with iTunes or Windows Media Player and the songs are automatically downloaded to the smartphone.
• Bluetooth connectivity (version 2.1) includes profiles for communication receiver, hands-free car kits, and the A2DP Bluetooth profile--enabling you to wirelessly stream your music to a pair of compatible Bluetooth stereo headphones or speaker dock.
• 4 GB internal storage space
• Memory expansion via microSD card slot with support for optional cards up to 32 GB.
• Integrated access to the BlackBerry Messenger (BBM), Facebook, Twitter, and MySpace
• Text and multimedia messaging includes group messaging with "answer all" functionality for up to 10 contacts plus new Locations feature.
• Rich WebKit-based browser renders HTML web pages (as well as HTML email) quickly and features tabs for accessing multiple sites simultaneously. You can also double-tap to zoom, intelligently wrapping text in a column while maintaining the placement of key elements.
• Voice activated dialing
• 3.5mm stereo receiver jack

Vital Statistics

The BlackBerry Torch weighs 5.68 ounces and measures 4.37 x 2.44 x 0.57 inches when closed (5.8 x 2.44 x 0.57 inches when open). Its 1300 mAh lithium-ion array is rated at up to 5.8 hours of talk time, and up to 432 hours (18 days) of standby time. It runs on the 850/900/1800/1900 MHz GSM/GPRS/EDGE frequencies as well as AT&T's dual-band 3G network (850/1900 MHz; HSDPA/UMTS) plus 2100 MHz overseas 3G networks.

What's in the Box

BlackBerry Torch handset, rechargeable array, charger, 4 GB microSD memory card, wired stereo hands-free receiver, USB cable, polishing cloth, quick initiation guide, BlackBerry User Tools CD-ROM

Experience rich media like never before with the improved Multimedia Player and 8 GB of total included memory.

BlackBerry 6 OS

The BlackBerry 6 OS features a redesigned interface that seamlessly works with both touchscreen and trackpad, includes expanded messaging capabilities with intuitive features to simplify the management of social networking and RSS feeds (Social Feeds), and provides integrated access to the BlackBerry Messenger (BBM), Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, and a variety of second messaging applications. And its enhanced multimedia experience includes a dedicated YouTube app and Podcasts app.

Advanced Messaging

Messaging has always been a core element of the BlackBerry smartphone experience. With BlackBerry's push email technology, your email will find you without having to initiate a connection. And with the new Text Messages application on the BlackBerry Torch, with support for AT&T's next-generation messaging experience, you'll delight in group messaging with "answer all" functionality for up to 10 contacts and AT&T's Locations feature.

Locations lets you easily quest for points of interest, businesses, and even the your own location, and insert this information directly into a message--all without leave-taking the messaging application. Using group messaging and locations together, you can arrange to meet a group of friends easily by sending one message to all of them, discussing together where to meet and then sending a map in one threaded exchange.

Pages load quick and there's tabbed browsing so you can have multiple web pages open at once.

Rich PC-like Web Browsing

Delight in a full-fidelity, desktop-like browsing experience with the revamped BlackBerry Web browser, which includes intuitive motions like pinching and zooming, and tabs that let you swap between multiple Web pages.

Universal Quest

Looking for something? The new universal quest feature scans your folders, apps, Internet, email, music, videos, and more all in one quest and doesn't stop until it finds what you're looking for.

Multitasking Made Simple

Multitasking is just another one of persons things BlackBerry has been doing right from the beginning. Now Research In Motion (RIM) has gone a step above with multi-connectivity, meaning your apps stay connected whether you're using them or not. Regardless of what you're doing, emails, messages, updates, and notifications keep coming through.

All Media, All The Time

With BlackBerry 6, the multimedia experience has been absolutely overhauled, enabling you to carry, mind and share your videos, pictures, files, and more. With Remote Media Sync you can now access your home music library right from your BlackBerry smartphone. Scrolling through your music is as simple as swiping through album art, and you can mind and subscribe to podcasts that are pushed to you as soon as they become available.

Corporate Connections

For corporate users, this BlackBerry device delivers all the enterprise email and messaging capabilities you've come to expect. It's supported on the BlackBerry Internet Service, giving you access to up to 10 work or personal email accounts (including most well loved ISP email accounts), as well as BlackBerry Enterprise Server, enabling advanced security and IT administration within IBM Lotus Domino, Microsoft Exchange, and Novell GroupWise environments.

AT&T Services

High-speed data connectivity via AT&T's 3G mobile broadband data network: The dual-band 850/1900 MHz 3G network provides up to 3.6/7.2 Mbps of download speed, making it possible to delight in a variety of feature-rich wireless multimedia services, and it gives you the advantage of offering simultaneous voice and data services. Additionally, this phone is compatible with 2100 MHz 3G networks found in international territories. (For use outside the United States, an AT&T international data plot is recommended.) When traveling outside the U.S., you can delight in wireless voice coverage in more than 215 countries, and wireless data coverage in more than 185 countries, as well as access ultra-quick 3G mobile broadband services in more than 100 countries. In areas where the 3G network is not available, you'll continue to receive service on the AT&T EDGE network, which offers availability in more than 13,000 US cities and by the side of some 40,000 miles of major highways. Providing average data speeds between 75-135Kbps, it's quick enough to support a wide range of advanced data services, including full picture and video messaging, high-speed color Internet access, and email on the go.

The full-featured, premium AT&T Navigator GPS navigation application includes audible turn-by-turn directions, real-time traffic updates and re-routing options, and 3D moving maps (additional charges applicable). AT&T Navigator offers several other features to make your commute more enjoyable and dependable, including mobile access to Yellowpages.com. Additionally, AT&T Navigator is the only mobile phone-based GPS service that provides integrated speech recognition for address entry and points of interest quest.

AT&T movable Music enables you to buy tracks while on the go, access the Napster and eMusic subscription music services, stream music video, learn what's playing with Music ID song-recognition software, and find out what's hot with The Buzz music news portal.

AT&T's Video Share service enables you to send a live, one-way video stream to another compatible phone during a standard voice call. The service also allows you to switch the direction of the video stream during the same phone call. (Customers must be in an area served by the company's 3G network and have a Video Share-enabled phone.) While using Video Share with family and friends is a fun way to communicate, it's also very useful for business. For example, a majority of users in the architecture, engineering, and construction industries rated the ability to share live video through Video Share vastly, according to research commissioned by AT&T. Video Share lets you see progress on a job site or review the day's work without having to guide from an office or other site to do so.