June 16th, 2009
RIM officially announces Tour; Coming to Sprint and Verizon Wireless
RIM on Tuesday announced that BlackBerry Tour, a new 3G BlackBerry that will be available initially on Sprint and Verizon Wireless.
The Tour (statement) is a hybrid between the Curve and the Bold. Sprint and Verizon Wireless have both launched Tour preview pages. Verizon Wireless chief Lowell McAdam also gave the Tour a plug at a recent investor conference.
Among the specs:
- The Tour is black and chrome and measures 112mm x 62mm x 14.2mm and 130g.
- 2.44″ display;
- 3.2 MP camera;
- Full HTML browser;
- 256MB flash memory;
- 5 hours of talk time and 14 days of standby time.
- The Tour (model 9630) is expected this summer.
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