BlackBerry Torch review

BlackBerry Torch review: When we began our review of the BlackBerry Torch (aka the Bold 9800), our hearts were all excited. The leak shots we'd been seeing of some kind of Palm Pre-esque RIM slider were different and honestly weird enough to cause a kind of low hum gadget lust. Also, although no one on the Engadget team was blown away by what the company had shown us in recent BlackBerry OS 6 demo videos, the promise of a considerably revamped UI and new, Webkit-powered browser certainly got us interested. Even if Research in Motion had been slipping on its once unquestionable smartphone game, there was a attitude among the team that the opportunity for a return to original, industry-driving design was wide open for the Canadian company. So when we got our very own Torch to play with, we were understandably excited. A new OS, a new form-factor (completely new for RIM), and from what we could tell, a new outlook from the company about where it wanted to target this product: namely, the average consumer. A great story in the making, no? But it's a violently aggressive market out there, with devices like the EVO 4G, iPhone 4, and Galaxy S line all vying for the hearts, minds, and pocketbooks of the buyer. Can the BlackBerry Torch pick up where extremely successful models like the Curve and Bold have left off? Or is the new phone too little and too late in an industry where technology advances not by tiny step but leap and bounds? Get the answer to that question -- and many, many more -- in the full Engadget review below!