Comments on: BlackBerry Tour dummy units begin arriving at Bell stores; release imminent

By: JihadJack

JihadJack — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 14:07:27 +0000

“On Jun 29, 2009 @ 11:31 pm, Jeremiah Said:

Why do people, who have probably never used Blackberry OS, always deride the OS for looking aged? Granted, the UI could look more decent, but that’s only moreso in the settings. Obviously, it’s been a proven formula, so why mess with it? Not everyone is ADHD and needs screen transitions and wiggling icons.”

Well said.
BB is a very efficient OS.
A lot of the complaining nobodies here can’t earn a real living and need eye candy to keep them occupied while peddling RAM or making my latte.
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On Jun 30, 2009 @ 12:10 am, Lorinser Said:

RIM is a joke, all they do is release a new case every few months and people get all jacked up about it.

“HEY RIM, how about making a GOOD WEB BROWSER?!!! Your OS is SOOOOOOO FRIGGIN dated its not even funny. YEAH YEAH you do TEXT email really swell, but everything elese SUCKS ass.

RIM is like General Motors… hey lets make 80 versions of the same shitty car/phone and people will buy it just because we say its great!!”

RIM like GM haha funny.

You really have no idea what your talking about.

The technologies that Rim develops far surpass that of the consumer products of the likes of Apple.

Rim is a business phone that is breaking into the consumer market and kicking a$$ while doing it.

I have total confidence that rim will develop a more modern OS that will compete if not blow away the competition next year.

Maybe RIM will ask the guys at PI for some help.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perimeter_Institute_for_Theoretical_Physics

So come out of the basement and feed your Grandma breakfast while the rest of us go to work.

By: MooseWolfgansky

MooseWolfgansky — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 03:26:18 +0000

Same sh*t different toilet!! And I’m sending this from my 8330 on VERIZON so believe it when I say: BORING!!! WHAT’S REALLY GOOD ?? I need more info on the st’ st’ st’ STORM2; what the hell is going on at RIM???

By: toursux

toursux — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 04:27:34 +0000

tuh tuh tuh tour sux azz!!!!

By: Danger

Danger — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 16:37:16 +0000

It seems that berry users are so bored with what they have that anything remotely new excites them.

@Grr: I hate you

By: Danger

Danger — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 16:33:34 +0000

I hate you

By: Len

Len — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:06:21 +0000

I think you will see a lot of ppl upgrading from their old Curves to the Tour. Instead of offering a completely revamped form factor (which many of the haters are complaining about), RIM has done something practical and made a device that current CDMA Curve owners will feel very comfortable upgrading to. Just like the Curve 8900 was a good upgrade from the old Curves on GSM networks.

If so many people were so eager to upgrade from an Iphone 3G to an Iphone 3GS (crazy eh?) Then I would think the Tour will be even more successful as it is a far more substantial upgrade from the Curve 83xx than 3GS was from 3G.

By: JihadJack

JihadJack — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:09:31 +0000

At least the phone is more original than your Sienfeld joke ripoff.

By: CarBob

CarBob — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 06:53:09 +0000

This is great news! Having been saying mid JULY all along.

Looking forward to getting the BlackBerry TOUR from BELL Mobility.

- CB

By: leetneo

leetneo — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 06:51:04 +0000

Its comming out the 15th. Good job bell.

By: Patrick

Patrick — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 05:23:10 +0000

wow looks like every other blackberry just without wi-fi

Storm 2>>>

By: J.P. Michaels

J.P. Michaels — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 05:05:01 +0000

the exitement is down the drain when you hear it is 500$ on a 3 year term!

By: Fulbert

Fulbert — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 04:56:37 +0000

Great call on GM analogy. But RIM has to satisfy the POS carriers that offer dog crap selections. The Tour is a great looking piece. Price at Telus is rape with out penetration.

By: Lorinser

Lorinser — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 04:10:37 +0000

RIM is a joke, all they do is release a new case every few months and people get all jacked up about it.

HEY RIM, how about making a GOOD WEB BROWSER?!!! Your OS is SOOOOOOO FRIGGIN dated its not even funny. YEAH YEAH you do TEXT email really swell, but everything elese SUCKS ass.

RIM is like General Motors… hey lets make 80 versions of the same shitty car/phone and people will buy it just because we say its great!!

By: carbs

carbs — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 03:51:32 +0000

date is going to be July 17th, and pricing is going to be $699 no contract, with the usual contract discounts of $200 on 3-year, $150 on 2-year, and $50 on 1-year and then the extra data LTO only available on 3-year which will probably bring it down to $249 (same price the storm launched at), unless they feel generous and drop it to $149 which the storm is at right now.

By: toursux

toursux — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 03:39:05 +0000

looks just as good as that new motorola q11 but lot more expensive.

By: StevenGlansburg

StevenGlansburg — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 03:36:36 +0000

I must admit that I feel bad for Verizon people… their phone selection sucks major balls. I guess I sort of see where these Tour Trolls are coming from.

By: Swagger

Swagger — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 03:32:58 +0000

Remember the Zack Morris phone?

By: Jeremiah

Jeremiah — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 03:31:48 +0000

By: noooo

noooo — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 03:19:43 +0000

Tour is nice, but still not as sexy as the Magnum!! The Magnum is…..nevermind!

By: Terry

Terry — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 03:16:11 +0000

Yawn.

The bastard child of the Bold and the Curve has people excited?

2000 called, they want their phone OS back.

By: 3 Phones Jugglin

3 Phones Jugglin — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 03:02:24 +0000

Well a Rep at a Sprint store today told me that they will be getting some Tour units in stock in the next couple weeks, he wasnt certain the specific day but said that Sprint will definitely get them In July.

By: SLVR6

SLVR6 — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 02:56:36 +0000

Att will be getting the Onyx (or the Bold 9020 as it likely will be called). Upgraded camera, RAM, optical trackpad. Should be nice….

By: SuperWhy

SuperWhy — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 02:55:27 +0000

Seems like RIM is turning into Apple with minor updates on a phone but making it seem like a whole new device!

At least RIM changes the shape a bit I guess.

By: grrr

grrr — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 02:48:45 +0000

@gokmengs exactly. i had high hopes for the storm, but the wobbly screen annoys the shit out of me.

By: Conrad Hernandez

Conrad Hernandez — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 02:44:29 +0000

Yep. I remember my vzw days. Always had clunker berries not to mention no iPhone. So, yeah, I definitely understand the excitement. Now I can’t wait to see what AT&T gets to up the ante. Whatever it is, there I’ll be.

@ phel. It’s called humor, or a try at it.

Thank-you for your cooperation,

Conrad Hernandez

By: gokmengs

gokmengs — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 02:42:29 +0000

@jeremiah
Well said. I was pretty excited for the bold also, though it wouldn’t compare with grrr;) I think VZW peeps just want a decent BB, since storm is not very well liked. Just my 2 cents

By: grrr

grrr — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 02:41:48 +0000

@swagGRRR its not, but i’m stuck with vzw and its the best phone they have. so i’m buying a TOUR.

By: Jeremiah

Jeremiah — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 02:35:02 +0000

Only for the people that want an updated Blackberry on their ridiculous CDMA networks that isn’t the failure that was the Storm–or at least is in the traditional blackberry QWERTY candybar formation. Other than that, it really is just an amalgamation of the Bold and Curve 8900, which isn’t necessarily a bad thing.

By: Dave

Dave — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 02:30:53 +0000

Who cares. Mobile carriers in Canada are ripping us Canadians off every month.

By: Swagger

Swagger — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 02:30:35 +0000

grrr,

PLEASE explain to us why this thing is the holy grail of phones. Seriously,I want to know.