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BlackBerry Torch 9800 – first impressions video

Check out our first impressions of the BlackBerry Torch 9800 - RIM's first BB slider

The BlackBerry Torch 9800 could very well be the phone emailing Crackberry addicts have been waiting for. Not only is it the first BB slider – combining a non-clickable touchscreen with its famous QWERTY keyboard – but it’s also RIM’s first handset to show off the refreshed BlackBerry 6 OS.

The new OS, RIMS’s attempt to shake off its business oriented identity and appeal to a wider audience, is full of compelling new features that are significantly different to the old version, such as social network and RSS feeds, a new Webkit browser and a 5MP camera.

Intrigued? Check out what we made of it in our first impressions video.

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Dan is Editor-in-chief of Stuff, working across the magazine and the Stuff.tv website.  Our Editor-in-Chief is a regular at tech shows such as CES in Las Vegas, IFA in Berlin and Mobile World Congress in Barcelona as well as at other launches and events. He has been a CES Innovation Awards judge. Dan is completely platform agnostic and very at home using and writing about Windows, macOS, Android and iOS/iPadOS plus lots and lots of gadgets including audio and smart home gear, laptops and smartphones. He's also been interviewed and quoted in a wide variety of places including The Sun, BBC World Service, BBC News Online, BBC Radio 5Live, BBC Radio 4, Sky News Radio and BBC Local Radio.

Areas of expertise

Computing, mobile, audio, smart home