Tag: "Telus"

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BlackBerry Storm 2 shall be 9550, getting ready for CDMA networks, plus 9520 for Rogers and AT&T

By James on Jul 13, 2009 in BlackBerry, Rumors, Storm 9500 Series.

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I somehow missed this story on the weekend. Boy Genius is reporting that the BlackBerry Storm 2 will be modeled 9550, and will be heading towards Verizon, Vodafone, Bell and Telus. The new Storm 2 is said to bring RIM’s next generation “SurePress” touchscreen with CDMA/Rev. A radio, Quad-band GSM, HSDPA, plus Wi-Fi, GPS, and a 3.2 megapixel camera. It’s going to be a feature packed device sporting OS 5.0 and a high resolution 360×480 display. But wait there’s more! Boy Genius is reporting that the North American GSM model (9520) will be part of the Storm 2 family, and make its way to AT&T and Rogers with a 3G radio. Both models (9550 and 9520) should be heading across the World later this year.

Specs on the Storm 2 “9550″:

  • CDMA 1xRTT/EVDO Rev. A
  • Quad-band GSM/EDGE
  • Single-band UMTS/HSDPA (2100MHz only)
  • Wi-Fi b,g
  • 3.2 megapixel camera
  • 360×480 resolution capacitive screen
  • OS 5.0

What do you think? Will you try out the Storm 2, after the mixed reviews on the orginal Storm?

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Telus finally launches BlackBerry Tour 9630 – $229 with contract!

By James on Jul 13, 2009 in BlackBerry, Canada, Telus, Tour 9600 Series.

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It really didn’t take too long after Bell, Verizon and Sprint all launched the BlackBerry Tour. Telus has launched the long awaited BlackBerry Tour 9630 to its customers. It should be online starting today, and in stores within the next few days. If you want to get your hands on this bad boy it will run you $229 with three year contract, or $599 without contract. To get more details on the Telus BlackBerry Tour see telusmobility.com.

Also stay tuned for our Telus Tour review coming soon… Meanwhile did you get a BlackBerry Tour from Telus? If so let us know what you think in the comments below.

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Telus BlackBerry Tour 9630 shows up on Best Buy site for $229/3YR

By James on Jul 07, 2009 in BlackBerry, Canada, Telus, Tour 9600 Series.

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I seem to remember something like this happening with the BlackBerry Storm previously. Best Buy’s Canadian site is now showing the Telus BlackBerry Tour for $229 with three year contract. It currently says that this product is only available in store, and no stores are showing them in stock. This might be a very good sign of things to come over to the next week or so. Check out BestBuy’s site if you’re curious. Be aware it might disappear though.

Thanks for the tip Tedward!

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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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Telus lowers prices on Pearl, Curve and Storm! Making room for new models?

By James on Jun 17, 2009 in BlackBerry, Canada, Curve 8300 Series, Hot Deals, Pearl 8100 Series, Storm 9500 Series, Telus.

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Luke just let me know that Telus has just dropped their prices on all current BlackBerry models including the Pearl, Curve and Storm. This prices take effect today (June 17, 2009) and must be combined with a voice and data plan (such as Smartphone Combo 45). It looks like Telus is getting ready to make room for some new BlackBerry models (Tour anyone??) by adjusting the no contract prices on the BlackBerry Pearl 8130 and Curve 8330, plus lowering the three year contract price on the Storm 9530.

  • BlackBerry Pearl 8130 $0 with 3-year, $329.99 no contract (was $499)
  • BlackBerry Curve 8330 $49 with 3-year, $449 no contract (was $549)
  • BlackBerry Storm is now $149 with 3-year term from $249

So go get them Canada and Enjoy! For more details visit telusmobility.com.

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Rumored Telus BlackBerry Tour 9630 Pricing & Launch Date… Boo!

By James on Jun 16, 2009 in BlackBerry, Canada, Rumors, Telus, Tour 9600 Series.

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We just received a tip from HowardForums member RileyFreeman who seems to come across an internal Telus presentation. Apparently the BlackBerry Tour 9630 will be launching on Telus July 15th. If this presentation is right then Telus will be launching the 9630 for $249 with 3-year contract, $649 with no contract (OUCH!). Unfortunately if this is true then we will have just under one month until launch. Keep checking in we’re trying to confirm this more…

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Thanks RileyFreeman and Pirate!

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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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BlackBerry Tour 9630 kind of shows up on Telus website!?!

By James on Jun 12, 2009 in BlackBerry, Canada, Telus, Tour 9600 Series.

blackberry_tour_9630A member over at the CB Forums found something very interesting hiding on the Telus severs. Simply by changing a file name around the tipster found a small image of the BlackBerry Tour 9630 featuring Telus branding. These images are usually used on the Telus phones page. This really brings us to think the rumored launch date of June 22nd is in fact true. Stay tuned for more details when we get them…

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