BlackBerry 9800 (Torch) sample video
Two QWERTY sliders hard at work — one portrait with a small 3.2″ screen running BlackBerry 6, one landscape with a large 3.7″ screen running Android 2.2 — and both quite multimedia savvy. Two 5 MP autofocus cameras ready to play — one with a single LED flash and VGA video recording, one with a dual LED flash and 480p video recording — and both with a two-stage shutter button. Can the BlackBerry 9800 (Torch) and Motorola Droid 2 mix business with pleasure? Find out after the break… Of fruit The Torch is the first BlackBerry with a 5 MP camera, and based on past experience — from the older Curve (2 MP fixed-focus), to the newer Tour (3 MP autofocus) — I was expecting pretty decent results. Unfortunately, that is not the case. Exposure is mostly accurate, except in some situations. White balance is generally poor, lending shots a yellow/green-ish tint. Pictures taken in low light are rather noisy, especially when compared to past BlackBerry phones. But the biggest problem is that the Torch often refuses to focus close up properly, even when manually forcing macro mode. Video recording is limited to VGA (640×480 pixels) at 24 fps. While this is adequate in most cases, it’s rather disappointing for a flagship device, considering many high-end phones now support HD (720p). Surprisingly, the camera allows continuous autofocus (!) during video capture, an extremely rare yet highly useful feature. The camera interface on the Torch is related to that of the Storm, with some …
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