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BlackBerry Torch 9850 / 9860 Review: what comes after a Storm?

The BlackBerry Torch 9860 recently hit Sprint shelves , and we’ve been playing with one for about a week prior to release. The new Torch is part of a trio of devices spearheading RIM’s shift to the wonderful world of 1.2. GHz processors, and the 9850 / 9860 is the one with the biggest screen on a BlackBerry to date. Not only does the 3.7-inch display stand up to the 4-inch sizes becoming more and more commonplace on smartphones, the 800 x 480 resolution is respectable too.

Almost three years ago , RIM went out on a limb and made their first touchscreen BlackBerry. The Storm was a pretty big deal for them, since BlackBerry typically stuck to the QWERTY candybar form factor with little differentiation. The the Pearl 8100′s initial push into the consumer space was made by adopting a radically new shape and a T9-esque typing scheme that more closely resembled a classic cell phone, so it made sense that RIM provided something similar to address the incoming flood of touchscreen slates at the time. That same adventurousness led them to include a clicking touchscreen on the BlackBerry Storm, called SurePress. On paper, the idea made sense: you could hover over UI elements and get some reaction confirming what you had selected, and pressing on the screen would click it. Unfortunately for RIM, most folks weren’t overly enamoured with the mechanism . RIM tried refining SurePress with the Storm2 , but that also failed to capture the interest of consumers, who had become accustomed to standard capacative touchscreens.

Here we are two years after the Storm2 launched, and RIM is having another go at the touchscreen slate form factor. They’ve ditched SurePress and the Storm name, hopefully with all the bad mojo surrounding it. BlackBerry devices are already facing an uphill battle – can a phone without RIM’s legendary physical keyboard keep up the pace with its more traditional cousins, let alone competition from other manufacturers? Let’s find out.

Leaked: BlackBerry Desktop Manager 7 Beta - No keycode required ...

A new beta version of BlackBerry Desktop Manager appeared in the BlackBerry Beta Zone a while ago, and while it required a keycode in order to make use of it -- some folks didn't really feel as though the application should be restricted. As such, OpenSourceBB members have gone ahead and released version with the keycode requirement stripped out of the app. Now, everyone who wishes to try out the BlackBerry Desktop Manager 7 Beta can do so. Remeber that beta tag though folks, expect some bugs.

Discuss in the CrackBerry Forums The way it works:

The initial .exe that asks you for your installer is really just there for that purpose alone. After that, it launches the real .exe which has been leaked here

Very easily done and users that find ways to circumvent this are not to blame here. RIM, being known for their security, could really find a better way to apply their key code process.

FACT:I hate my iMac. Keyboard broke, mouse fell off the table and disconnects at times pluss eats through batteries but the worse thing is when I just want to resize a window I have to go all the way to the bottom right to resize, If you're at the top left in the menu on a big screen with a slow mouse curser its a pain. On these larger screens you don't need the separate menu from the window and becomes counter productive. In short using a Mac makes you do more when you could do less (keystrokes) Yeah I've used computers since win 3.11. I don't like windows all that much but Mac isn't better RANT over! :)

I didn't think DM had anything to do with online calendars and contacts. Are you saying that I could potentially link my online calendar and address book through DM? I am trying to find a nice calendar solution for my family so whenever my wife or I make an appointment for the family, kids, her, me, etc both our blackberry's at the same time.

Use Outlook (I use 2007) and do a meeting request in the Calendar. An e-mail will be sent out to all the contacts you wish. That will arrive on their BlackBerry e-mail and automatically into their calendars for the appropriate time and day.

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