Slightly disappointing but I do wish they would hurry up with the Bold2

I figured it was coming pretty soon....

One year for a trackpad and wifi...

so not worth it.

So from the image above it claims the Tour 9630 + non camera. Does this mean that the camera version I just got last October will not be getting the axe?

Looks like only the non-camera version is ending.

Wow Verizon. At least you could wait to kill it until it's a year old! How about a trade-up program for Nexus One? :o)

Does this mean no more software updates after June?

My dad bought his Tour a few months ago (December 09), same time I did.
He bought it from Best Buy and also purchased extended warranty at that time. A month ago, (~March 2010) he went to get an exchange for it, as the trackball was acting up; Best Buy offered him a Bold 9700 instead, as the 9630's had been discontinued, and the store stock was at 0. Maybe it's just in Canada.. but this article is old news.

I'd like to think they'll do the same as they did with the Storm owners, but I'm doubting it. I couldn't have stayed with my Samsung u740 a little longer. Oh no. I just had to have a new phone. *sigh*

It says that the "non camera" ones are EOL. It says nothing about the ones with the camera. So it doesn't seem like the tour with the camera is EOL

I noticed that it says "Tour 9630 + non camera." does that actually mean both models (with or without camera) are discontinued?

Makes me glad I got the Tour, I don't really see the need to get the 9650, I love my Tour 9630.

The 9630 better continue to fuction properly or I'll be upset!!!!!!!!

Does this mean that the bold 9650 will be released before that, or at the same time as the tours EOL. I'm thinking we will see it in early May. Any thoughts bla1ze?

9630 and 9630 with out will be gone....

The + is saying that device is included.

So, will the tour still have updates or no?
I think that all current tour users should get the Essex.
its only fair :)

I can upgrade in August. I need more then a trackpad and wifi. I hope RIM have something up their sleeve at WES.

What about replacements? Do I get another refab or do I get updated to the 9650? It would be nice to get my 9630 replaced with the 9650.

highly unlikely will get a better phone.. Just wishful thinking... They usually have years of support.. Heck they still sell the pearl lol..

Ive had this 8130 pearl for over two years and now I can get the 9650 Bold.

So the nightmare is coming to an end. Good! I wouldn't want anybody else to experience the already well known frustrations that come w. owning a tour. I just hope support continues so I don't feel like a complete jackass for outright purchasing this phone at full retail price when it was first released. As for any future RIM announcements at WES I'll be tuned in but if they read these blogs I'd like to make an announcement of my own: Iphone OS4 is looking pretty damn good and so are the nexus one a handful of these other smartphones on the market. With the expanding popularity of twitter and apps that share sms/mms group messaging across platforms losing BBM is no longer that big of a deal. So in other words, Shape up, or watch the masses ship out.

So Verizon just recently gave the Tour 5.0, with PTT and backup assistant, and now they are gonna drop the phone. What about Storm 1. I am still waiting for my PTT and backup assistant.

In June my phone will be one year old. Does that mean I'm stuck with a EOL phone for a year before I can upgrade without buying back my contract??????????????????????????

I think this so funny, you tour owners are gonna be feeling like storm owners, left out in the cold, wait and see if I'm wrong. They dropped you the 5.0 update to pacify you, and that's it, no more updates cause the Tour 2, Bold 9650 as their calling it, well get all the attention. I'm so done with RIM, android based phones are looking better the more and more RIM keeps doing this to folks. HelloHTC Incredible here I come.

The track pad killed the Tour 9630 in my opinion! They didn't have to change the name though.

All Tours must eventually end.

Good thing I can live with my 9630 for the time being. My upgrade for VZW is in May, but will wait until my 9630 dies. The upgrade will wait until that day, and then RIM will probably have something even better out by then.

That Verizon seems to be the carrier with the trouble? First the storm, released in a poor state and replaced in about a year. Now the Tour (per the post above) released in a poor state and replaced in about a year... Hmm.

Sprint has listed the Tour for an EOL of May

if you already own a tour then who cares if it will be EOL? it isn't like the phone is going to implode into dust in your hands. What does it matter? Your phone isn't going to change.

*sigh* the problem with RIM isn't the phones or the company---it is their (mostly) stupid fan base. What is so wrong with RIM/BB? what do other smartphones do that most other BB's can't?

I have a tour. I haven't had any problems with it. Easily the best phone I've ever owned. The 5.0 update only made is better.

And why were tour owners ripped off? if you bought it, then you KNEW THAT IT WOULD'T HAVE WIFI OR A TRACK PAD SO WHY THE HELL ARE YOU BITCHING ABOUT NOT HAVING IT? Jesus christ. WiFi isn't even that important. Without a doubt that most people who have wifi phones never even frickin use it. I've owned a wifi phone in the past used the wifi maybe twice the entire life of the phone. whatever. I'm done with this site; I can't take all the fucking bitching.

Only had to return one Tour for the trackball, and that was at 30 days. I still feel its a great device. I'm sure this means no more updates unless some other carrier is still interested in updating. I'm pretty much addicted to messing with my OS wheter it be official, leaked, or hybrid. I don't wanna be stuck running the .419 radio forever, so I'll likely upgrade to the new Bold just so I can keep getting my fix. Now here's hoping we get some kind of deal, whether it be an early upgrade or whatever.

I'm on my 9th Tour since July and I am completely SICK of constantly reinstalling everything. That POS should have been kill after the first month.

I haven't had any of the major problems commonly associated with the Tour (my battery cover is a little loose, but who cares). Running .484 (.419?? who knows) official from whomever released it and it's been running like a dream.

The trackball sticks maybe once a month, but I just blow on it and it's fixed.

Do I wish RIM waited a couple of months so they could have released the 9630 with a trackpad & wifi? Sure. But my Tour is doing everything I need it to do.

By the time my upgrade is here (Aug 2011) I'm hoping the LTE iphone is release on VZW. I'd at least feel better about the flagship device having an EOL in 1 year if it was happening to everyone (all the same phone).

cant believe a year has gone by and theres still no measurable improvement from RIM. oh wait we have BBM barcodes...

For those who have never experienced any issues with their Tours, lucky you. Between me and the wife, we've gone through a total of seven (7) devices in six months not as a result of abuse or third party application overload. Believe me it could have easily been nine Tours but we surrendered. We got tired of committing time and energy returning to Verizon and or reinstalling data on replacement phones. Rather than kill a device only a year into its release to make way for the next best thing (wifi and a track pad otherwise the same phone....seriously?) I'd like to see RIM reward and value their existing customers stuck with flawed devices by immediately addressing heavily reported issues and spending more time testing devices prior to their release.

So glad I got rid of my crapberry for my droid. Rim is stuck in the mud.

When april 29 comes I'm dumping my tour for the htc incredible...yeah I'm paying full retail for it but it will be worth it. My email account is with gmail so email won't be an issue for me. I only have 15 bbm contacts but I have all their numbers. The android market place has more apps anyway so I think this move will be the best for me. Not to mention the browser being better. Good luck whenever webkit comes out...

I've always wanted to know this, when a phone does reach its death, sale death that is, does it stop getting software updates from the carrier?

So the device goes EOL prior to the 1 year warranty even being up. Thats odd, i wonder if they give early upgrade discounts to the new bold?

y mot mw

The only things I would change is the trackball to trackpad, and add Wi-Fi. With the new software update, my tour is working great. I'll miss it (Eventually, when I upgrade in Nov.)

I love my Tour. I've had it since September, and had zero problems with it. 7 different people I know all got Tours after me, and none of them have had a single problem with theirs either (half vzw, half sprint). Unless you were part of the early adopters (with the trackball issues), those that claim to have had to return 5, 7, 9 times.... I really wonder how many times they have returned other phones.

I wanted the pad when I first heard about it, but all my friends with other BBs with it, miss the ball, so I figure I'm not missing out on much. And the wifi, I think I would find useful for the FB app which is slow as molasses, but other than that, I'd probably never think to turn it on.

I'll hold out for when they release a touch screen with physical keyboard.

So will Verizon offer any smartphones without cameras after this? That was the main reason my wife and I got the 9630.

at least one