This slider phone uses an improved touchscreen, but is a faint reminder of the Palm Pre and, in many ways, the BlackBerry Storm 2 which shares the same bulky heft and 3.2-inch screen size.

Unfortunately, the Torch is not particularly suited to the BlackBerry diehards, because the QWERTY keyboard is a bit too small and the processor is too slow to keep up with the finger-clicking productivity apps that BlackBerry users depend on.

Despite being easier to use than the last version, the new BlackBerry 6 OS interface RIM merely borrows some ideas from HTC Sense instead of really overhauling the smartphone platform for a next-generation of business users.

source: techradar