Research in Motion has had better days — and years, for that matter — but it’s always had a loyal partner in AT&T, a company that’s cranked out BlackBerry products faithfully for the past twelve years. The tradition continues, as the GSM giant has announced its intentions to bring the 4G BlackBerry Torch 9810 (aka the Torch 2) to stores sometime this month, followed by the 4G BlackBerry Torch 9860 and 4G Bold 9900 “later this year.” No specific dates or prices were given on any of the devices.

The Torch 9810 comes with a 1.2GHz CPU, 3.2-inch touch display, a total of 8GB internal memory (with microSD expansion up to 32GB), and a 5 megapixel camera with 720p HD video capture. Oh, and about the “4G” in the title? An AT&T spokesperson confirmed to us that the moniker is simply referring to HSPA+, capping at 14.4Mbps. It’s definitely a step up from the original Torch 9800, at least, but our appetite for 4G of the LTE variety runs deep. Will this be too little too late for the Canadian manufacturer, or can this year’s fall lineup be enough to keep the company healthy until QNX rolls into town?

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Orange UK has a long-running tradition of coming up with quirky ways to recharge your phone while enjoying the Glastonbury Festival every year, and 2011 is proving no different. This time around, it’s a T-shirt that generates an electric charge from the sound around it — rendering it ideal for front-row crowd-surfing types — though the provided tech details go no further than to tell us that piezoelectrics and the absorption of vibration are involved. We find ourselves overcome by the suspicion that you’ll never be able to get much meaningful utility out of this rather unstylish garment, but then it does give you a plausible excuse for pushing your way nearer to the stage, and if anyone objects, you can consider it a great conversation starter. So whatever happens, you win, fashion loses.

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Last week, Facebook formally announced “Hackamonth,” an internal initiative that allows some engineers to leave their team to work on a side project of their choosing. The goal is to prevent burnout among the staff and should result in some cool new products.

In fact, it already has. Over the past year, Facebook tested out Hackamonth with 35 engineers who were encouraged to submit project ideas requiring about a month’s worth of work. Each participating engineer then voted to join the project they found the most interesting. The three most popular projects became the first pilot Hackamonths.

The results were impressive: Facebook’s new Deals feature was actually born out of one of the three pilot Hackamonth projects, Facebook spokesman Slater Tow told me this week. Deals started as a Hackamonth pilot led by Facebook engineer Brian Sa and was initially dubbed “Paid Deals.”

Starting this week, Hackamonths are now available to any Facebook engineer who has worked on the same project for more than a year. At the end of a Hackamonth, engineers can choose to either go back to the old project or stay on the new one. According to the company, Facebook hopes to have around 10 percent of its engineers working on a Hackamonth at any given time.

The Hackamonth idea is an extension of Facebook’s longtime tradition of engineering “hackathons,” overnight events complete with beer, food, and DJs. During hackathons, employees must follow just one rule: They can’t work on anything related to their day jobs.

“For engineers, hackathons are opportunities to dive into any other project they’ve had their eye on. It’s a chance to shake things up for a night,” Tow said. “Hackamonth is a way to perpetuate this hackathon mentality into a full month.”

The parallels to other institutionalized burnout prevention tactics, such as Google’s 20 percent time program, are clear. What’s interesting about Facebook’s Hackamonth is that retention initiatives aren’t usually associated with venture-backed companies; the potential for a cash-out from a sale or IPO is usually enough to keep employees around. At nearly seven years after its first round of venture capital investment, Facebook is at an interesting spot that stretches the definition of startup (for reference, Google held its IPO five years after its first venture funding round). The Hackamonth initiative further solidifies Facebook’s status as a more mature company — albeit in a state of protracted adolescence.

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