Comments on: BlackBerry Tour hits Bell, kind of

By: Bob Smith

Bob Smith — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 06:47:57 +0000

Its a WORLD phone!

By: Dylan Corriveau

Dylan Corriveau — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 14:42:31 +0000

Am i the Only one finding that the tour website is not there?

By: Crunch

Crunch — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 13:33:09 +0000

It’ll be hard to beat the Bold. Love the 8900’s looks, it’s super light, but once again, no 3G is a no-go. HSPA @ 7.2Mbps will be interesting.

The Magnum will be the one for me.

By: Andreas

Andreas — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 11:02:59 +0000

My contract with Bell is up and now with so many new phones available from the diff carriers.

what to do what to do……..the tour looks really good though.

By: duhh

duhh — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 04:14:37 +0000

They can put up the site on an address which I’m quite sure they own eg http://www.blackberry.com/Tour AT ANY TIME THEY WISH just because there is nothing there yet doesn’t mean there won’t be.

By: JoeTour

JoeTour — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 03:36:27 +0000

Is it just me, or did anybody notice @ the bottom “for a full list of features visit http://www.blackberry.com/Tour. Its odd that on “internal material” which is basically memo’s for the employees, would reffer you to a none-existent site. Isn’t it? I mean this is’nt “promo” literature for the potential consumer.

By: Mathieu

Mathieu — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 01:32:50 +0000

Well do your homeworks. It’s a quad band phone so it can you CDMA in North America and a SIM card for other countries (GSM)

By: Patch

Patch — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 20:22:50 +0000

It kills me about all you crybaby’s and your WiFi. Why must you cry and complain bout not being able to get an unsecure and free web service? Cheapskates. People that desire WiFi are nothing but freeloaders in my opinion. VZW has a mandatory data package for a reason…love it, leave it or die

By: insider

insider — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 17:50:01 +0000

Bell is actually going to be launching a gsm network. This is why the specs show the gsm info.

By: Rono

Rono — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 16:59:27 +0000

Trackball – if it’s a store phone, seriously, who knows what has been done to it by customers, and heck it might not even be a fully functional phone to begin with since the Tour still isn’t “really” out. Not one other person who has gotten a unit has mentioned a problem like this, so other than trolling, whats your point?

By: celz

celz — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 16:38:58 +0000

@ trackball equal failure- i can assure you the release version wont have that problem.. rim knows how to make track balls..

By: kaz

kaz — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 14:59:07 +0000

I just called a bell store..they said mid june or end of june for blackberry tour

By: TRACKBALL = FAILURE

TRACKBALL = FAILURE — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 14:44:25 +0000

just played with a telus tour mule, the trackball is IMPOSSIBLE to click as it is no longer recessed – apparently to give chicks with long nails a better chance to click as they couldn’t with a recessed trackball. ATTENTION – this device is clearly targetted by RIM at CHICKS! If you have a guy’s thumb, pressing the trackball simply buries it into your thumb instead of actually clicking!

By: gokmengs

gokmengs — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 13:36:27 +0000

@joetour
Wasn’t saying one is better than other, I know Vzw has better coverege here in in NY or probably most of US, but tour doesn’t have wifi and that’s big in my opinion.

By: GetOverIt

GetOverIt — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 13:26:46 +0000

Glansburgh…

Why is it anytime there is a hint of Verizon you feel the need to come in and post ONCE and each one mentions something about Verizon “crippling” their phones? Everyone knows you don’t like Verizon and how you feel about their phones. Keep hatin

By: RileyFreeman

RileyFreeman — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 12:48:25 +0000

U know its annoying when people BITCH about wifi and curse out carriers ESPECIALLY canadian ones. last time I checked RIM made the phone NOT carriers. so if u wanna bitch go contact rim

By: bob

bob — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 12:32:36 +0000

It has both dummy…. the specs are right.

By: Nan Palmero

Nan Palmero — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 12:07:13 +0000

Thank you for posting this. It continues to provide me hope that this will be released in the near future. I hope VZW doesn’t get some silly exclusivity deal preventing Sprint in getting it quickly. I always appreciate these posts.

Cheers!

By: Rob

Rob — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 11:45:03 +0000

mb00… similar but has bold style keyboard instead of curve style that the 8900 has.

By: Your Mom

Your Mom — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 10:21:05 +0000

Lame…Looks just like Everyother BB. Can’t Wait For Pre or TP2.

By: CarBob

CarBob — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 09:16:22 +0000

BG,

How reliable are your “Bell ninjas”? WHEN will you know the release date for the BlackBerry Tour 9630? Are you inplying that it will be in June and NOT in JULY?

Please clarify. Thanks.

- CB

By: Beeve

Beeve — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 06:56:51 +0000

Am up for a VZW upgrade this month.A lot of nice stuff coming out this month. What to do? Tour sounds nice. I might like the new Storm too, but a bit os a wait. I have been limping my 8830 along long enough. I’m “technically” not supposed to have a camera phone at work, but that handcuff may have to be left behind. Good lck finding anything without a camera anymore. What else is coming out on Big Red this month in the smartphone category?

By: Nelly

Nelly — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 06:05:45 +0000

It has the same specs as the storm. The storm has quad band gsm as well as the European 3G band. Makes total sense. Oh btw the current chips that BlackBerry uses for cdma phones are from qualcom and they cannot currently support wifi on cdma devices.

By: TeachMeToBB

TeachMeToBB — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 05:21:53 +0000

Know how you all LOVE the reps and salesfolks, but please don’t flame – the rep I talked to today and the one at BB have a difference of opinion or information as to the 9630 intro – VZ is hoping for a present next Thursday night but really doesn’t know and they are intentionally being kept in dark – would not take a reservation. BB says next week they get about all their new phones from everyone, just be patient for another week. Now the dates appear to overlap, & how much is hope is unknown. I’ve been waiting since Nov, and if I can get a handle on what the real date is when I walk into both places this weekend – I will let you know. Meanwhile, if it is delayed until July, any rec.’s for a VZ phone that I can play with for my 30 day window before I turn the phone in for the Tour? Maybe a 8330? I need the whole shebang – email, txt, web, TV, nav, & if the stars align wi-fi. So far it seems that there is no wi-fi VZ out of the box. Please correct me if there is, I’d rather not pay extra fees, buy unlocked, etc. BG, thanks for keeping the cheer & info coming- some days you must feel stomped on. I appreciate your dedication.

By: K PRIV

K PRIV — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 04:44:02 +0000

Wassup with sprint i need the tour…well i want the tour bad…ima stick out with the underdogs but i need that new bb asap someone help me!!! lol

By: JoeTour

JoeTour — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 04:40:40 +0000

@ richie.
I hope we are indeed proven wrong, and in the end we are getting the storm 2 with a slider keyboard. Then we all hopp on that bandwagon. And leaving the Tour!

By: JoeTour

JoeTour — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 04:36:12 +0000

@ gokmengs
Well its the CDMA veriant of the bold. But, it has many features of the Storm too so in essence its a mix of all, thus giving us in the end a much improved BLACKBERRY over the bold. (Except WIFI) don’t take my word for it. Take the rock himself. BG, in his review thinks its (quote-) “the best” Blackberry experience EVER!!!!

By: mb00

mb00 — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 04:35:28 +0000

Is it just me or does it look exactly like the 8900?

By: JoeTour

JoeTour — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 04:29:42 +0000

The Tour is the Verizon wireless (possibly sprint too) blackberry. The device you are reffering to is the “driftwood” that is coming to Tmobile, at this stage its a rumor only. The Tour however is produced already, waiting to be picked up by one of the ninjas to show it off. Ohh, wait. BGR has it already. We need the review part 2!!

By: Dan

Dan — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 04:24:39 +0000

What’s the latest intel on the Atlas with Wi-Fi? When will it drop, if at all?