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BlackBerry Tour 9630 Pops Up In Verizon's System

by Adam Zeis on 15 May 2009 11:35 AM
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BlackBerry Tour 9630 

PhoneArena.com snagged this image of the BlackBerry Tour 9630 listed in Verizon's internal system.  It doesn't give us much information, but it is definitely a step in the right direction for CDMA users and it's a solid piece of "visual evidence" that the 9630 will be called the Tour, in case you were still believing otherwise. It beats the 9630 SKU that showed up in the Telus system that's for sure.  No release date just yet, but hopefully it will still be out on or around the July 13th rumor we heard last week.

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Posted by bdb23 Friday, May 15, 2009 1104 days ago

This can't come soon enough.

 
 
Posted by VolleyBerry Friday, May 15, 2009 1104 days ago

Obviously with the storm 2 pics as featured post...this one got pushed down quick... I'm a little shocked more people haven't commented on this, it's already 15 minutes old!

As said, step in the right direction.

 
 
Posted by spenchey Friday, May 15, 2009 1104 days ago

Can't wait to get my hands on one of these!!!!!!

 
 
Posted by fan_of_fanboys Friday, May 15, 2009 1104 days ago

been in the system a couple weeks. pearl flip is there as well

 
 
Posted by Li McGee Friday, May 15, 2009 1104 days ago

The storm 2 and this to verizon?? Wow- I feel special!

 
 
Posted by funkybrother Friday, May 15, 2009 1104 days ago

that is not VZW... notice BELL Gift Card listed.....

 
 
Posted by archpopoy Friday, May 15, 2009 1104 days ago

good catch! YAY for Canada

 
 
Posted by xkbrosnihan Friday, May 15, 2009 1104 days ago

What proof is there that this IS VZW? I see no VZW indication on the screen... + Bell Gift Card.

 
 
Posted by Onyx04 Friday, May 15, 2009 1103 days ago

It's just a description to differentiate the cards, its a holiday gift card with a bell on it.

 
 
Posted by remipmc Monday, May 18, 2009 1100 days ago

i was in a meeting where they presented this device on their upcoming schedule.

 
 
Posted by remipmc Monday, May 18, 2009 1100 days ago

they were still calling it Niagra, but said the buzz around the office was the name would change since it sounded too much like viagra

 
 
Posted by brewno Friday, May 15, 2009 1104 days ago

Way to pick out the Bell Gift Card. It took me twice to see it, but its there......no verizon just yet.

 
 
Posted by archpopoy Friday, May 15, 2009 1104 days ago

I'm actually surprised that Bell doesn't get some preferential treatment being a fellow Canadian company. Even if it means only a few days/weeks earlier than VZWs launch.

On a side note though, Bell definitely did a better job than VZW on following up with the majorly-failed OS upgrades to Storm 1. What's VZW on now .75 1/2 and Bell's on .122?

 
 
Posted by CAsailor Friday, May 15, 2009 1104 days ago

Our corporate FY ends June 2009 and we need to replace our handhelds. Almost everyone wants this BB, but if we dont know anything by first week of june we have to buy about 500 crappy Palm centros on Sprint to get the PO in by the end of June. I wish I knew why VZ doesnt provide at least some information.

 
 
Posted by noaim Friday, May 15, 2009 1104 days ago

it has been pointed out that there is a bell gift card line item in the forums ---

is this actually a verizon or is this a bell screen

 
 
Posted by xplode Friday, May 15, 2009 1103 days ago

That is not the Verizon inventory. clearly shows "bell gift card"...

 
 
Posted by Lovin'_it Friday, May 15, 2009 1103 days ago

Does the "NC" on item ID indicate "No Camera"? That would be so frakkin' awesome. It would be the answer a whole bunch of us lookin' to move on from the 8703 and 8830 have been looking for. Since I can't have a camera, I have been stuck in "old" devices for a while, envious of all the complaints about OS updates. Look at the 8830 for example, just did get the official upgrade a short while back.
No Camera = Good News for lots of us government and corporate users!

 
 
Posted by dtubbs06 Friday, May 15, 2009 1103 days ago

Doesn't the DUM in front of the description mean it is a dummy phone?? When I was a VoiceStream (I know it's now TMo, but when I worked there it was still VStream), all of our Dummy phones had that coding either in the description or the part number

 
 
Posted by xplode Friday, May 15, 2009 1103 days ago

This will be in a Camera and non camera version. ;)

 
 
Posted by finjadave Friday, May 15, 2009 1103 days ago

The "Bell" is a holiday gift card with the picture of christmas bells on it

 
 
Posted by vandebe Friday, May 15, 2009 1103 days ago

the bell gift card is actually a gift card, that had bells on it.

its the VZW inventory system. I was lookin at it earlier for new moto phones.

 
 
Posted by xz06deuce Friday, May 15, 2009 1103 days ago

This will def. be my next phone. Storm 1 is getting put on the shelf..

 
 
Posted by Stang68 Friday, May 15, 2009 1103 days ago

The number of the phone shows "9630". The "30" means Verizon...always has always will. BELL would have a different number. Come on, guys. VZW employees are saying that the BELL GIFT CARD thing we are seeing is a literal Gift Card with Bells on it.

 
 
Posted by Anonymous1234234 Friday, May 15, 2009 1103 days ago

What about the 8330 or the 8830 or the 8130? Yeah these are all Alltel phones. FAIL

 
 
Posted by funkybrother Sunday, May 17, 2009 1101 days ago

30 is for all CDMA devices not only for VZW.

 
 
Posted by Anonymous500 Friday, May 15, 2009 1103 days ago

yeah the bell on the nineth line is a giftcard that verizon wireless sells. along with all the other accesories on that list.

 
 
Posted by xplode Friday, May 15, 2009 1103 days ago

well im glad to see that its VZW's

 
 
Posted by VZWRocka Friday, May 15, 2009 1103 days ago

GIMMIE! BWAHAHA!

 
 
Posted by Marko343 Saturday, May 16, 2009 1103 days ago

This looks like a great phone and hope VZW does in fact get it. I've realized with the Storm being my first touchscreen phone that I think after using my friend's curve's that a "traditional" BB would be better suited for me. Obviously gonna try it out first but Storm is gonna go on the Shelf cause I'm just tired of all the lagging.

 
 
Posted by ggonzalez105 Saturday, May 16, 2009 1103 days ago

It looks like the Tour is going to come in a camera and "non-camera" version. BB9630TR and BB9630TRNC (NC = no camera). Nice to know the 8830 will finally have a true successor for those customers that cannot have a camera attached to their BB.

 
 
Posted by ggonzalez105 Saturday, May 16, 2009 1103 days ago

The MOC sku is a mock up SKU, aka for the fake (dummy) versions. Those are mostly for kiosks or "high theft" locations as stores will put the real version on display. As for the "Bell" gift card, LoL, it really is an old holiday gift card that had bells on it. You guys are QUICK to jump on the little things, but sometimes, an easter egg is just that...an egg. Nothing more.

 
 
Posted by nitefly65ex Saturday, May 16, 2009 1102 days ago

Storm 9530.I would like to reset entire phone to the beginning defaults, but i dont know how