Surprise for those who thought that Verizon would announce the BlackBerry Tour first. Sprint has just announced that they'll offer the Tour 9630 "later this summer" for $199 with a 2 year contract.
The Tour has EVDO Rev.A and runs on Sprint's network. It also has a quad band GSM radio and 3G HSDPA on the 2100MHz band for International roaming on GSM networks.
Like the Bold and Curve 8900, it has a 480 x 360 color display, trackball, full QWERTY keyboard and a camera. The Tour has a 3.2MP camera, GPS and a 3.5mm stereo headset jack.
It comes pre-loaded with the Sprint Music Store, Sprint TV, Sprint NFL Mobile Live and NASCAR Sprint Cup Mobile.
You can sign up for notifications about the Tour on Sprint here: www.sprint.com/tour
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-------------------- Lisa Gade Editor in Chief, MobileTechReview
The BlackBerry Tour features a chic black finish with chrome highlights surrounding its sleek design (112mm x 62mm x 14.2mm and 130g). It includes a large, highly tactile, full-QWERTY keyboard with chrome frets and finely sculpted keys for fast and precise typing. In addition, the large (2.44"), bright display (480 x 360 resolution at 245 ppi) delivers the highest resolution available on a BlackBerry smartphone, presenting pictures, web pages and videos with incredible clarity.
Other key features of the BlackBerry Tour smartphone include:
* 3.2 MP camera with flash, variable zoom, image stabilization, autofocus and video recording * Full HTML web browser, including support for streaming audio and video (RTSP) * Advanced media player for videos, pictures and music, a 3.5 mm stereo headset jack and support for the Bluetooth Stereo Audio Profile (A2DP/AVCRP) * 256MB Flash memory * Expandable memory via hot swappable microSD/SDHC memory card slot, supporting cards of up to 16 GB today and expected to support next generation 32GB cards when available * Built-in GPS with support for geotagging, BlackBerry Maps and other location based applications and services * BlackBerry Media Sync allows customers to quickly and easily synch music from iTunes? and Windows Media Player with the smartphone * Premium phone features including voice activated dialing, enhanced background noise cancellation, a low-distortion speakerphone, and Bluetooth (2.0) support for hands-free use with headsets, car kits, stereo headsets and other Bluetooth peripherals * Preloaded DataViz Documents to Go, allowing users to edit Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint files directly on the handset * Easy mobile access to Facebook, MySpace and Flickr, as well as popular instant messaging services including BlackBerry Messenger, Yahoo! IM, AIM, Google Talk and Windows Live Messenger * Support for BlackBerry App World, featuring a broad and growing catalog of third-party mobile applications developed specifically for BlackBerry smartphones. Categories include travel, productivity, entertainment, games, social networking & sharing, news & weather, and more * BlackBerry Internet Service allows access to up to 10 supported personal and corporate email accounts, including most popular ISP email accounts * BlackBerry Enterprise Server provides advanced security and IT administration features within IBM Lotus Domino, Microsoft Exchange and Novell GroupWise environments * Removable and rechargeable 1400 mAhr battery for 5 hours of talk time and 14 days of standby time
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