BlackBerry Tour 9630 to launch on Verizon the week of July 13th?
Next in line to get scooped on this fine Thursday afternoon? How about a little BlackBerry Tour 9630 love for all you RIM addicts out there? Over the past few weeks we’ve been getting some pretty consistant feedback from various ninjas putting the highly anticipated BlackBerry Tour 9630 on the streets either Wednesday July 15th or Friday July 17th. We’ve been waiting for some more confirmation before running a post but now, thanks to a few email tips, we see that insider kevin byrne from HoFo has placed the launch date on Monday July 13th. Byrne has a good track record and at the very least, he’s always in the right ball park. Judging by our intel at this point we’re leaning more towards the 17th but it’s now a pretty safe bet that one of these three dates is the winner. Sure it’s not as early as BlackBerry-addicted Verizon customers would have liked, but at least now you can gear up for what will definitely be a hot Summer week in July.
The pictured phone is the BlackBerry Curve 8900.
@Mike F,
No … it is not. That CLEARLY is NOT the 8900. The Tour looks like the Storm with an 8800 style keyboard. The 8900 has a COMPLETELY different keyboard, like the other curves. Take a look at the keyboard. That is NOT a curve keyboard. This is obviously a picture of the Tour.
I always found it kinda funny that blackberry devices have the “.” over the “M” key on the keyboard. (going all the way back to original BB950’s)
Guess they think that the “$” is more often used than the period.
The phone they have in the picture is a unlocked 9630. This phone will not be on AT&T anytime soon.
Yes, it is a CDMA and GSM phone.
The 9630 they have is unlocked. It’s a CDMA and GSM phone.
No time soon but, you can unlock this phone for use on AT&T. It is a GSM and CDMA phone.
Mike F
look at date and time on the bottom of screen instead of on top of it so that is blackberry tour. that is how you can tell. all BB devices use time and date on top of screen but not tour.
Screw Sprint!!!
Screw Verizon!!! And over charging, and crappy service! Oh wait, Sprint uses you guys for their roaming, bwa ha ha hah a
All I know is this better be true, I gotta get rid of this POS Storm, about to be a storm of anger if not and throw this device at the wall like the brick that it is.
You sure need you’re mouth washed out with bleach!!!
I am curious if the release of this phone will be as “big” as the release of the Storm. Meaning, will there be lines at Verizon only to find very little inventory, or continual backorders on their website?
will the phone give me a rim job?
U readii verizon ppl wit the blackberrys IM READII im anxious takin 2 long come ON come ON!!!! im gonna throw my curve when the tour comes out i love it but it gotta GO
“Screw Verizon!!! And over charging, and crappy service! Oh wait, Sprint uses you guys for their roaming, bwa ha ha hah a”
You sound like a fucking nerd.
ya thats bcuz on blackberrys, if u hit the space button twice, it will give you a period and then a space
I was at the Go Wireless store today and the sales person said that the Tour will be released July 13…the insider was right! Can’t wait!