Tag: "Bell"

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First official word of Telus BlackBerry Tour 9630 goes to VIP customers

By James on Jun 26, 2009 in BlackBerry, Canada, Rumors, Telus, Tour 9600 Series.

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The first official word from Telus has arrived to VIP customers regarding the BlackBerry Tour launch. Anyone who is a part of Telus’ Platinum Perks program (high valued customers) have received an email telling them the Tour 9630 is coming soon. They also invite the client to find out more and get their device on July 15, 2009. Looks like Telus won’t be doing any pre-orders this time around. We also expect to hear from Bell within the next little bit on an official release date…

[Image via CB]

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Round Up of BlackBerry Tour 9630 Previews!

By James on Jun 25, 2009 in BlackBerry, Sprint-Nextel, Tour 9600 Series, USA, Verizon.

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Just after we reported about Engadget getting some hands-on time with the newly announced BlackBerry Tour, We noticed some other sites got to take a peak too. Here’s a quick round up of both Verizon and Sprint branded BlackBerry 9630’s in the wild. Unfortunately for Canadians we haven’t been able to track down any Bell or Telus hands-on, with the exception of the leaked Telus ones a while ago. From these previews it looks like Verizon has decided to go with the black/darker bezel and Sprint the more Chrome look found on the Curve 8900. Anyway enjoy all the previews…

Now with all these hands-on previews a lunch must be getting “fairly close”. Also if you find any other previews of the Tour that we missed please let us know…

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Engadget gets hands-on time with BlackBerry Tour 9630

By James on Jun 25, 2009 in BlackBerry, Tour 9600 Series, USA, Verizon.

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The Engadget team has got their hands-on the newly announced BlackBerry Tour 9630. This particular unit was Verizon branded and in this gallery goes head to head with the BlackBerry Bold and Curve 8900. No official review on the Tour from Engadget just yet, but for now you can enjoy some decent eye candy. All we can say is hurry up RIM! We’re getting bored waiting for this device…
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RIM officially announces the BlackBerry Tour 9630 Smartphone!

By James on Jun 16, 2009 in BlackBerry, RIM, RIM Press Release, Tour 9600 Series.

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RIM was working late last night! They officially introduced the BlackBerry Tour 9630 smartphone, which will be set to launch sometime this Summer. The 9630 features much of what we’ve already seen leaked around the internet. The Tour will be a packed smartphone featuring Dual-band CDMA with EVDO, Quad-band GSM with EDGE, UMTS/HSPA 2100MHz. Not only that but its got a 480×360 high resolution display, 256MB on board memory with Micro SD memory card slot, 3.2 megapixel camera with autofocus, video recording, GPS, and of course full QWERTY keyboard packed into its slim hot body.

“BlackBerry continues to be the top selling smartphone brand in North America and we are proud to add this powerful new 3G world phone to our successful product portfolio,” said Mike Lazaridis, President and Co-CEO at Research In Motion. “With its striking design and exceptional performance, the new BlackBerry Tour will offer a compelling choice for the growing number of wireless customers looking to upgrade their existing cell phone to a smartphone.”

Check out RIM’s new micro site for the Tour 9630 at blackberry.com/tour >

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More Bell BlackBerry Tour 9630 Specs Leaked… July Launch?

By James on Jun 04, 2009 in Bell, BlackBerry, Canada, Rumors, Tour 9600 Series.

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Oh Bell nothing like a little free attention, eh? Our buddies over at MobileSyrup have just posted a full copy of what appears to be internal specs sheets for the BlackBerry Tour 9630. The tipster claims that Bell will be launching this highly anticipated BlackBerry Mid-July. We still aren’t sure when Verizon and Telus plan to launch theirs, but last we heard Telus wants to launch it first. No pricing is known yet but you can expect it will run anywhere from $149 to $199 with three year term in Canada or $199-249 with two year term in the USA. Check out the full 9630 specs listed below:

  • Size (L x W x D): 112 x 62 x 14.2 mm
  • Weight: 130 grams
  • Memory: 256 MB internal Flash memory
  • Expandable Memory: microSD located under the battery door cover
  • Battery: 1400 mAh removable/rechargeable cryptographic lithium cell
  • Battery Life: TBD
  • Keyboard: 35 key backlit QWERTY
  • Display: High resolution HVGA 480×360 pixel
  • Camera: 3.2 MP camera, flash auto focus
  • GPS: Assisted, autonomous and simultaneous GPS enabled with preloaded BlackBerry Application for e911 capabilities
  • Media Player: Video format support MPEG4; Audio format support MP3, AAC AAC+ etc
  • Bluetooth: Bluetooth V2.0; mono/stereo headset, hands-free, PBAP
  • Headset: 3.5mm stereo headset capable
  • USB Port: Enables charging and high-spead data synchronization via USB “A” to micro USB “B” cable
  • Network Support:
  • Quad-band 850/900/1800/1900MHz
  • GSM/GPRS/EDGE networks
  • Single-band: 2100 MHz
  • UMTS/HSPA networks
  • Dual-Band: 800/1900 MHz
  • CDMA/EVDO Rev A networks

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BlackBerry Tour 9630 Promo Materials Leak from Bell

By James on Jun 02, 2009 in Bell, BlackBerry, Canada, Rumors, Tour 9600 Series.

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Who’s excited for the BlackBerry 9630? Well if you are you might enjoy this. It appears that Bell is getting one step closer to a launch of the Tour 9630. New marketing materials have been leaked which show a bell branded BlackBerry Tour with a full spec list instead. We haven’t really learned anything new about the device and obviously Bell hasn’t given any real release dates. Bell won’t be the only ones jumping on the Tour, both Telus and Verizon will launch the 9630 within the next little bit.

With the leaking of this marketing material when do you think the 9630 will launch? June or July?

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First Pics of BlackBerry Aries 8530, the CDMA version of Gemini

By James on May 23, 2009 in BlackBerry, Curve 8500 Series, Rumors, Un-Released models.

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Meet the latest BlackBerry to obtain a code-name! This is BlackBerry Aries which is also modeled the 8530. It happens to be the CDMA counterpart to the Gemini which was shown a month or so ago. Like the 8530, “Aries” will be a lower end model featuring the new optical trackpad, full QWERTY keyboard, soft rubber back, dedicated play/pause keys on the top and most likely Wi-Fi. Because it runs CDMA technology its expected you will see this model end up on Verizon, Sprint, Bell and Telus. No word on a launch date as of yet, but most likely you will see it later Summer (think Back to School).

Want more details on Gemini 8520? Click Here

[via CrackBerry]

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BlackBerry Tour 9630 shows up in Verizon Inventory…

By James on May 15, 2009 in BlackBerry, Rumors, Tour 9600 Series, USA, Verizon.

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Looks like Verizon will jump on board with Bell and TELUS with the inventory leaks. The BlackBerry Tour 9630 is now listed in Verizon’s inventory database as “BB9630TR” which means its just one step closer to release! Anyway that’s all that we know so far, but its certainly good news for Verizon customers who has been patiently waiting. Now sit back while we try and get some official launch dates on the go…

[via IntoMobile/PhoneArena]

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BlackBerry Tour 9630 shows up in Bell Inventory for $599

By James on May 12, 2009 in Bell, BlackBerry, Canada, Rumors, Tour 9600 Series.

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Great news for Canadians waiting to get their hands on the BlackBerry Tour 9630. Visual confirmation that Bell will in fact be releasing the Tour 9630 has arrived. New screenshots of Bell’s inventory system shows the Tour 9630 including a possible no contract price of $599.95. Unfortuantly this still leaves no official release date for the device but with any luck we will see it launch within the next month or two. Keep checking for more updates when they arrive!

[via BGR]

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BlackBerry Storm 9530 OS 4.7.0.122 officially released by Bell!!

By James on Apr 08, 2009 in Bell, BlackBerry, BlackBerry OS, Canada, Downloads, Storm 9500 Series.

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Awesome news for BlackBerry Storm owners! Bell has officially released one of the best Storm OS’ to date! If you connect your Storm to the BlackBerry Desktop Manager software and follow the instructions for an update you will now see the option to install OS 4.7.0.122. Reports from various users say that this verison OS could be one of the best ones seen yet. This sounds very promising for Storm owners (especially the ones running the Stock .76 OS). Anyway for now Bell has not placed this OS on their BlackBerry Download Site for everyone to download. Stay tuned for when that happens…

Any Bell Storm owners out there install this yet? If so let us know in the comments what you think…

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