The BlackBerry Torch 9810 will be the one carrying on RIM’s capacitive touch-screen QWERTY slider this year, though some refer to it as the BlackBerry Torch 2,.  Any way you slice it, this new phone dangles a carrot of performance enhancements that should make its user experience for more enjoyable. This year, RIM doubled the processor speed to a 1.2GHz clocker, boosted the RAM to 768MB, and gave BlackBerry 7 OS the center stage. There’s also double the built-in memory (8GB), a higher resolution capacitive VGA touchscreen, and the addition of NFC technology, which places the BlackBerry Torch 2 within the Nexus S neighborhood. Based on specs alone, the BlackBerry Torch 2 seems to support more varieties of the HTML ilk, and the phone is granted 720p HD video to accommodate the 5-megapixel camera. Dimensions and weight remain the same, but it appears as though performance is RIM’s main target in this archery contest.

Processor	624MHz	1200MHz
Operating System	BlackBerry OS (6.0.x)	BlackBerry OS (7)
RAM	512MB	768MB
Memory	4GB built-in, MicroSD/SDHC card slot capacity of 32GB	8GB built-in, MicroSD/SDHC card slot capacity of 32GB
Display Size	3.2-inch capacitive	3.2-inch capacitive
Display Resolution	360 x 480 pixels	480 x 640 pixels (VGA)
Battery	1300mAh	1300mAh
Camera	5-megapixel, LED Flash, 640 x 480 (VGA) video resolution	5-megapixel, LED Flash, 1280 x 720p HD video resolution
Camera Features	Auto focus, image stabilization, geo tagging	Auto focus, image stabilization, geo tagging
WiFi	802.11b, 802.11g, 802.11n	802.11b, 802.11g, 802.11n
Bluetooth	2.1	2.1
NFC	No	Yes
A-GPS	Yes	Yes
Dimensions	4.37 x 2.44 x 0.57 inches	4.37 x 2.44 x 0.57 inches
Weight	5.68 oz.	5.68 oz.
Network	GSM 850, 900, 1800, 1900	GSM 850, 900, 1800, 1900
Data Network	HSDPA 3.6 Mbit/s	HSDPA 14.4 Mbit/s
Full QWERTY Keyboard	Yes	Yes
Internet Browsing	HTML	HTML, HTML5, XHTML, WAP 2.0
3.5mm Headphone Jack	Yes	Yes