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First spotted in May of 2008, the BlackBerry Tour 9630 (codenamed "Niagara") is an upcoming entrant in the popular BlackBerry line of smartphones. With a physical design reminiscent of a blend between the BlackBerry Curve 8900 and the BlackBerry Bold 9000, the 9630 is a global CDMA/GSM World Edition device featuring both EDGE/UMTS and EV-DO Rev. A data speeds, GPS, 480 x 360 resolution LCD display, full QWERTY keyboard, and a 3.2-megapixel camera but notably, no Wi-Fi support.
Both Verizon and Sprint have confirmed they'll be offering the Tour; Verizon will start selling it on July 12, and Sprint has now confirmed a July 12 sell date as well. On both carriers the Tour will be $199.99 on 2-year contract and after rebate.
Sprint has also announced a version of the Tour with Wi-Fi is expected to be released in 2010.
[Pics courtesy of CrackBerry.com and Boy Genius Report]
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- Manufacturer
- Research In Motion
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- Product Family
- RIM BlackBerry
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- Feature Class
- Smartphone
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- Physical Class
- Wide candy bar
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- Carrier(s)
- Verizon Wireless, Sprint
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- Phone OS
- BlackBerry OS
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- Talk Time
- 5 hours
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- Camera Megapixels
- 3.2
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- Internal Storage
- 256 MB
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- Memory Card Format
- MicroSD
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- Bluetooth
- Bluetooth, A2DP
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- Wi-Fi
- None
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- GPS
- GPS
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- MSRP
- $199.99 after $100 rebate and two-year contract
