When we began our review of the Blackberry Torch (aka the Bold 9800), our hearts were all aflutter. The leaked shots we'd been seeing of some kind of Palm Pre-sequel RIM slider were different and frankly weird enough to cause a kind of low hum gadget lust. Furthermore, 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 substantially revamped UI and new, Webkit-powered browser certainly got us interested.
Even if Research in Motion had been slipping on its once-unassailable smart phone game, there was a sentiment amongst the team that the opportunity for a return to innovative, industry-driving design was wide open for the Canadian company.
The Apple iPhone is a long time associated with reviewing mobile phones possesses all of us encountered the phone that has been so controversial. We've actually been individually mistreated through reviewers that disagreed with our views.
