BlackBerry Torch 9800

BlackBerry Torch 9800 Review

While Blackberry has an unrivalled cabinet of QWERTY smartphones, it's had a hard time shaking off its businessy rep. The Storm and Storm 2 were its first attempts at providing an alternative to the iPhone, but still felt like a CEO awkwardly wearing a party hat and schmoozing with the company...

The Torch is RIM's latest attempt at producing a touch screen BlackBerry, after the ill-fated Storm devices. Does the touch/Qwerty combo or work, or is the BlackBerry still best experienced in its classic form? Find out in our review.

RIM struggled earlier to make a good start to the touchscreen market with the BlackBerry Storm and Storm 2. Both had an awful clicky screen that was nowhere near as responsive as a capacitive screen and typing was a chore, although this did improve with the Storm 2.