The Blackberry Torch 9810 was released by Research in Motion

Research In Motion

Research In Motion Limited or RIM is a Canadian multinational telecommunications company headquartered in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada that designs, manufactures and markets wireless solutions for the worldwide mobile communications market...

, as the successor to the original BlackBerry Torch 9800

BlackBerry Torch 9800

The BlackBerry Torch 9800 is a 2010 model in the BlackBerry line of smartphones. It combines a physical QWERTY keyboard with a sliding multi-touch screen display and runs on BlackBerry OS 6...

. While physically very similar to the 9800, it includes a number of significant hardware upgrades and support for RIM's updated Blackberry OS

BlackBerry OS

BlackBerry OS is a proprietary mobile operating system, developed by Research In Motion for its BlackBerry line of smartphone handheld devices...

 7 operating system.

Processor and Memory

The specifications for this device include a 1.2 GHz processor chip as opposed to the 624 MHz processor of its predecessor. 768 MB internal RAM and 8GB built-in memory storage is also included in this new design (compared to 512 MB internal RAM and 4GB built-in memory storage from the original Torch 9800). The device has a microSD removable card slot to expand its memory capacity and faciltate external storage.

Networking

The BlackBerry Torch 9810 has been designed to work superbly in the latest 4G HSPA network since it possesses the tri-band HSPA 14.4Mbps data connection capabilities. Moreover, the device can still manage to make connections via the quad band GSM/ GPRS/ EDGE technologies. The BlackBerry Torch 9810 smartphone handset is also capable of accessing Wi-Fi network connections at 802.11n effectively. The phone can also be suitably connected by Bluetooth to other Bluetooth enabled devices through its Bluetooth 2.1 capability.
The new BlackBerry Torch 9810 is operated through the BlackBerry Operating System – OS 7, enabling it to feature the OpenGL ES support, together with new APIs for several other features. These features enable the BlackBerry Torch 9810 to focus on geolocation in several ways. Through these features, the device has a GPS navigation system installed to aid the user in their navigation and whereabouts details.

Display and Camera

The BlackBerry Torch 9810 Smartphone is powered through its 1300 mAh battery. The device has been installed with a 3.2-inch VGA 640x480 (or 480×640 to reflect how it is usually held) capacitive touch screen display which is accompanied by a vertical slider QWERTY keypad. This comes with a state-of-the-art Accelerometer

Accelerometer

An accelerometer is a device that measures proper acceleration, also called the four-acceleration. This is not necessarily the same as the coordinate acceleration , but is rather the type of acceleration associated with the phenomenon of weight experienced by a test mass that resides in the frame...

 and proximity sensor. A new sensor feature that has been installed, and not possessed by its predecessor, is the Magnetometer

Magnetometer

A magnetometer is a measuring instrument used to measure the strength or direction of a magnetic field either produced in the laboratory or existing in nature...

. Surprisingly, the BlackBerry Torch 9810 is 14.6mm thin and comes with a 5 megapixel camera with flash installed on its back. Further reviews of the new BlackBerry Torch 9810 including pictures and videos are available online.