The long-rumored, and much awaited BlackBerry Torch (aka 9800) just went live on AT&T’s site offering a chance to register for pre-ordering the device (a sort of pre pre-order). This new Phone is the first Device to ship with BlackBerry OS 6 out of the box, which promises to be a much better user experience than the previous iterations.

Major features include:

• a 5 megapixel cam with flash,
• full QWERTY on a portrait slide,
• 802.11n support, and
• BlackBerry 6 with an all-new browsing experience and a host of other features that should help position RIM within earshot of its less-stodgy rivals.
• You’ve also got 4GB of storage onboard paired with a 4GB microSD card in the box,
• 512MB each of ROM and RAM,
• a quadband 3G radio that’ll travel well around the globe,
• a 480 x 360 touchscreen display measuring 3.2 inches, the typical optical trackpad down below,
• and an interesting new Media Sync feature that’ll let you sync your media library right over WiFi — something various third parties have tried over the years, but has rarely been offered as an out-of-the-box capability.

Interested? It’ll hit AT&T and third-party retail locations and websites on August 12th for $199.99 on contract.

[via Engadget]