With the BlackBerry Tour set to launch on Verizon and Sprint this Sunday and Canadian carriers next week, we're starting to see reviews of the BlackBerry Tour (especially the Verizon model) roll in across the web. In case you missed CrackBerry.com's pre-release BlackBerry Tour reviews, be sure to check out our BlackBerry Tour Review Part I and BlackBerry Tour Review Part II. Over the next couple of weeks we'll be following up with more Tour reviews as the official units hit and we get some running time with each of them on their native networks (Verizon, Sprint, Telus & Bell to start). But if you're an existing BlackBerry 8830 or Curve 8330 user thinking about upgrading, the Tour is an absolute no-brainer - it really is better in every single aspect. If you want a smartphone with a full physical keyboard that isn't touchscreen, you can't go wrong with the Tour (if it only had WiFi!!).Â
Win a Free BlackBerry Tour: If you haven't entered our Win a BlackBerry Tour contest yet, Click Here and leave a comment for your chance to win!!
Verizon BlackBerry Tour Reviews: If you're looking for some more hands-on impressions of the Tour from the perspective of tech blogger or journalist, you can follow the links below to learn more. We'll do another review roundup as more reviews (from all carriers) surface. And be sure to jump into our BlackBerry Tour forum for even more user perspectives.
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Sunday needs to come faster.
Yes the count down is close...Verizon people you are sooo lucky you have a pre order option...damn you sprint
Should we wait a little longer just in case RIM decide to put wifi on the tour?
It is all ready in production, there is no way they can add wifi now
No need for wifi imo, you're already paying the 30 bucks, on vzw at least, it's just as fast as wifi and not nearly as taxing on the battery
...when you are in low-coverage areas. My apartment has almost no signal at all for T-Mobile or Sprint. I can get away with it because of UMA on my T-Mobile BlackBerry 8900. My wife gets dropped calls poor data coverage with Sprint.
The tour will be a great phone and will give a helping hand to those storm users
I don't know if I can give up my Pre...
I wonder what the odds of winning are?? So many people visit this site i can only imagine its gotta be 1 in 33 trillion.....
Lets win a Tour!
I would like to win a phone :)
I wanna win :)
Having a tour de jour would be incredible...
Just hopin I win I want 1 lol!!!
Just hopin I win I want 1 lol!!!
Just hopin I win I want 1 lol!!!
Just hopin I win I want 1 lol!!!
tour me up scotty!!!
gimmie gimmie gimmie...i need, i need, i need.
Tour contest is here -> http://crackberry.com/contest-win-blackberry-tour-9630-crackberry-com
isn't it?
Commenting on the reviews, does it bother anyone that there have been a couple bugs pointed out?
I am pretty confident that if there are bugs that RIM will fix them and from what we're reading they're definitely nothing like the amount of bugs in the Storm. That said, I am a little worried that if there are in fact bugs that need fixing,Verizon will be as slow to release the OS containign the fix as they are with every other Blackberry OS update.
The one bug imparticular regarding the phone not being able to read the memory card, freezing and then needing a reboot would definitely be bothersome. I could see a lot of original Storm owners getting this phone and then not hesitating to return it at the first sign of a problem or even a little lag in basic useage.
I love Blackberry and really wouldn't want to go any other route but I may be inclined to return it as well if there is a bug that needs fixing that is blatently obvious (ie. not being able to read the sd card)knowing that it'll be up to Verizon to OK the release of an OS with a fix.
Anyone else feelign the same way or am I just worrying too much?
Free BB Tour...sweet! Please send it over.
looks neat, hopefully will get to try it!
Nice phone.
Tour looks sweet!! MUCH better than the Storm...can't wait
Who knows, it could happen
Love my curve 8330 but am at the point where every time I update my professional reference program, I have to delete something to free the required space. Too early in my contract for upgrade. Need my info; love my 8330, but........ NEED THE 256.
I hope I win.
I think its just cool this website does a ton of stuff like free tours for its members. This is def a great site.
Can you pick me? please!
the link for the contest thread is here:
http://www.crackberry.com/contest-win-blackberry-tour-9630-crackberry-co...
It helps to read.
peace, b.
Want to try a BB with a real keyboard since Storm (my first BB) is underwealming.
Can't wait until this phone is released!!
blackberry tour please!
Please, please, pick me for the win! Ooo - Lay!
The Tour will be a godsend. I have been struggling with my Storm from day one. Dont know if anyone has had constant resets while in the media player, but I hope the problem is fixed with the Tour
Having been a previous owner of smart phones, the Palm line up to be precise, I was never really interested in the Blackberry until the Storm. I had gotten so frustrated with the Palm Treo and its bugs that I just gave up on smart phones for a while. When it was suggested that the Blackberry given a try, and me being the gadget guru around my pod, I decided to take the Storm for a ride. I wasn't blown away. It’s a touch screen Treo! But wait! It’s a Blackberry, and surely they will know how to fix it. Nope, still buggy. I admit that I am hooked on all the blackberry does, so maybe it’s the carrier, Verizon, whom likes to tinker with every bit of soul a phone comes with, squeezing out all the dough they can. I am now making deals to switch to the Tour. Cross my fingers, a real keyboard? Please Verizon, leave this one alone. Let it be born naturally, not all drug induced and snipped like your other offerings. I need a smart phone that’s smart! Please...
thinking this would be a great replacement for my 8830 as an existing Verizon customer a pre-order of the tour i am told is out of the question so I would like to win one. just cant afford one with the economy the way it is right now, so please pick me.
please?
I want it give it to me. I want my NEW blackberry Tour. Gimme gimme. I am going to tell....
Or any better on this phone?
The Tour's browser should be the best to date :)
Well, until 5.0 rolls out
I am counting down the hour until I am at Sprint tomorrow to pick up my new phone! But it would be nice to win one too. :)
I'm going to upgrade to a blackberry. do i go for the Tour or start with the Curve?
ohhh man so excited
I want one!
I'm new tp the world of BlackBerry smartphones. I got the BB Storm (touch screen) at the beginning of July and I have one month to return it, if I decide I want something else.
I'm comfortable with the touch screen keyboard. I like it. But, I wonder if I'd be happier with the new TOUR.
Honestly, the huge screen makes viewing pictures and website really great, and the TOUR has half the screen size.
What would you do?
Dr. Frank Patti
Orange County, California
One problem with my BB Storm, the smartphone locks up sometimes and I have to take the battery out to re-boot. Is this unique to the storm or do all the new BB's do this?
Dr. Frank Patti
Orange County, CA
Absolutely love the Tour, it's by far the best BB on the market
Would love to own one.
that would be nice
thanks