The day has finally come and announcement made.

August 12th, 2010 is the date to mark in your calendars for the official launch of the first Blackberry touchscreen/QWERTY hybrid now named the Torch 9800 running the new Blackberry6 OS.

Pricing set at $199 on a 2 year agreement, while outright cost has not been mentioned, I’ll assume it’s going to be around the $599.99 range.

Still no word on an official Canadian launch date, but expect it in the coming months.

Official press release via Market Wire