BlackBerry Tour hands-on, wild sibling confrontation with Curve and Bold

by Paul Miller posted Jun 25th 2009 at 2:32PM

While some interesting things may or may not be happening under the hood, the freshly announced BlackBerry Tour for Verizon and Sprint (pictured in Verizon garb on the left) is hardly a departure on the surface. It mostly appears to be a minor modification to the Curve (right), though it does seem inexplicably thicker. The Bold seems positively overwrought in comparison. We didn't get much time to play with the OS, but the screen and the keyboard are pure new-generation BlackBerry charm.

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Filed under: Handsets, RIM, Sprint, Verizon Wireless, EV-DO, BlackBerry OS

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netviper @ Jun 25th 2009 2:41PM

If that thing had Wifi I would get it. :(

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bpdunsta @ Jun 25th 2009 3:08PM

First the Storm, now the Tour....does this mean Verizon is finally done with the hideous (in my opinion) silver BlackBerry phase?

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mmaestro @ Jun 25th 2009 5:02PM

Isn't the extra thickness due to the additional GSM radio they have to put in? I'd gotten the impression that that was why Verizon's Blackberrys tend to be so much chunkier.

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pumkineater @ Jun 25th 2009 5:46PM

I'm kinda liking the optical trackball idea of the Curve 8520. If it works the way I imagine it would it will completely eliminate the problem of sticky trackballs. Oh well, I'm sure the 9630 will be an awesome phone. It definitely looks sleek. And lack of 3G in the Curve is a real downer as well (and the whole T-mobile thing). When July comes around and (if) this phone drops it might be really tough to hang on to my Storm.

http://www.blackberry-tour.com/index.php?topic=98.0

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ninjakiller @ Jun 25th 2009 10:45PM

Don't know too many people know this but the tour is going have two versions with verizon. One camera and one non camera to replace the 8830

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Sherri @ Jun 26th 2009 12:32AM

Actually, while the Tour is a smidgen longer than the Curve, the Curve is thicker than the Tour. Sizes are listed on RIM's site.

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Sherri @ Jun 26th 2009 12:32AM

Oh Crap. Disregard that last comment. You're comparing it to the 8900. My mind instantly jumped to the 8330 when I heard "Curve". Ooops!

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Bolt @ Jun 26th 2009 3:14AM

I realy like the design of Curve 8520 and if the OS is stable enought than definitively I'll want it (http://www.mobilityphones.com/mobiles/blackberry/)

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