Verizon Wireless CEO confirms BlackBerry Tour is coming soon
Speaking at a recent Barclays Capital conference in NYC, Verizon Wireless president and CEO Lowell McAdam discussed Verizon’s upcoming handset portfolio, again. Without revealing any release dates and sticking to his “six month” time frame, McAdam said:
You will see devices like the Palm Pre and the Cousin on our network from Palm. You will see a second-generation Storm. You will see a new device we call the Tour from BlackBerry as well. That is an upscale of any other QWERTY-based devices that we have from BlackBerry today. You’ll see Motorola back into our portfolio. We feel very good about the progress that the Motorola team has made. And, yes, you’re going to see Android devices as well.
Most of this is the same old information that McAdams has been spouting about Verizon’s upcoming handsets for the last month. We already knew about the Palm Pre rumor which Verizon and Sprint have been batting about like a badminton shuttlecock. The Storm 2 has been mentioned both by RIM and Verizon, and Android has gotten a mention or two as well. The Motorola lineup is presumably initiated by the Rival which hit Verizon just after this conference. Last but not least, we have the official public acknowledgment of the Tour by a Verizon executive. Now if we can just get him to slip a release date or two — especially one that starts with tuh, tuh, T-O-U-R and ends with July…
exactly what i wanted to hear. tuh tuh tuh TOUR!?!
Adams, Sir…a release date for the Tour wont hurt man
***McAdams, sir… a release date for the Tour wont hurt man.***
kelly, nice ending!
Well, I am gonna guess that Kelly is thinking July, as well, because of the nice little photoshop on the Tour in the photo
tuh-tuh- TOUR! gonna get that phone! had an omnia (no qwery keyboard), so which to bb 8830. now i want that tuh-tuh- TOUR!!! really like bb os. give us a release date already- stop with the teasing! :p
Are you Tour fanboys happy now? I know VZW has a less than stellar phone selection,but you Tour people act as if this thing is the second coming of Christ.
July 17th is the tennative release date as of now. Could be a few days sooner or later but 110 percent can count on that. And wait a month to try and flame me on it.;)
Not to Gynx, but if the Tour gets delayed like the Bold and a August release date seems probable which i highly doubt, i will breakdown..lol… playing this waiting game for the TOUR is not easy.
@ Swagger
LOl, Sir you must be an AT&T/iPhone Fan boy
Wait, what’s the Palm Cousin?!
WOW….The Tour looks like a curve..hum just another BB in the same form factor BIG DEAL..All you fanboyz can now jizz in your pants WHOO HOO
yeahhh…another round of crippled devices from VZW
Well they need to hurry and release the damn thing.
i still don’t see what’s so special about this blackberry they all look the same to me
The Tour is the new Bold. Best BB so far. Not everyone wants an iPhone.
You will see whatever we want you to see, do you see?
Will we see a nice Android phone like the HTC Magic or will it be a small clunky Motorola phone with a keyboard and a small screen?
@Storm2Richie
I do have a ATT but I do not own an iphone. The 3GS was a major letdown so I am hoing the touch pro2 (fortress) is nice. If that bombs then I might wait until iphone v4 comes to big red with new hardware and software.
HAHAHA,typo. I meant to say hoPing.
The Palm cousin is probably the Eos. It will also be available on ATT & Sprint this fall. Looks like a Treo Pro but as thin as an iPhone and a stretched screen.
is the tour better than the bold.. i want to like bbs but they diss cdma.. rushed the storm to vzw just to compete with the iphone.. its like hello u are a north american company cdma is kinda relavent over here.. they dont care about cdma customers.. htc does a much better job.. im perffctly happy with my touch pro running wm6.5 and the new touch flo…
tuh-tuh-tuh-tuh-tuh-tuh-tuh-tuh-TOUR!!!!
I go to this site for its insider info (ninjas, leaking employee contacts) but to hear about a menton by the VZW brass…
BORING….Give us news that everyone else DOES NOT have. I can read about this in the WSJ…
And what about a VZW Iphone, that would be at least interesting…we all know the pre is coming to VZW, its CDMA, who else is going to get it, HUH???