Comments on: So Who is Picking up a BlackBerry Tour?

By: Ryan

Ryan — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 19:16:50 +0000

Brian,

See my post above (respond to the first message).

By: Ryan

Ryan — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 19:15:17 +0000

The Tour is actually not available in Sprint stores–only online and via telesales. Apparently, Sprint pushed up the release date from late July or early August to match today’s Verzon launch. Sprint’s press release was very deceptive, because there are actually no phones in stock today. Did Sprint lie about the release date and are the phone really only available for pre-order (without calling it pre-ordering)?

By: Britton

Britton — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 16:53:51 +0000

I just spoke to a Sprint rep on the phone to get a status on my order.
I was told that the first units were not going to ship out for at least 5 business days.

So, as others suggested, Sprint might have just moved up the order-taking date but actual devices in the hands of users won’t be until the 20th at the earliest.

By: Brian

Brian — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 10:31:28 +0000

Picked up a Tour when my store opened yesterday with no problem. There were 2 other people in line… well, lingering around the door to the store.

Absolutely love it – and the GPS is available to non-navigator software! Bravo, Verizon.

By: automan69

automan69 — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 04:44:29 +0000

@davidB
Thanks I was hoping it would work. I was getting tired of the problems with 8330 curve and can’t wait to upgrade! I will DE-TOUR!..LMAO

By: DavidB

DavidB — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 03:35:05 +0000

@Automan:
GPS is working in the same apps as worked on Storm. So BBMaps, Gmaps, Poynt, SmartGuard, etc are getting a GPS fix.

@Larry:
It comes with a leather slip case type holster with a swivel belt clip. Go read a review to see what’s included. VZW tried to sell my a rubberized skin case for it (they had on shelf!) But when they said it didn’t fit in the included holster I said “no deal”.

By: Larry

Larry — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 03:26:44 +0000

Does anyone know if the Tour comes with a case?

By: Dave

Dave — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 03:22:48 +0000

went into best buy mobile today, they only had the verizon version in the store, and weren’t sure when the sprint version is going into retail storefronts. but i love it, and i’m almost entirely sure that i’m gonna be trading my 8830 in for one when i can.

By: automan69

automan69 — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 03:21:43 +0000

Does blackberry Maps work and gps on the tour?

By: Berk Gün

Berk Gün — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 23:43:46 +0000

I cant really understand bold owners who buys it… x2 memory, a better camera thats it.. does it worth it… it could be bold 2… but it looks really bad… bold was cool

By: Ronen Halevy

Ronen Halevy — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 23:43:05 +0000

Isn’t that beautiful David? They told me OS 4.7.1 fixed that finally!

By: DavidB

DavidB — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 23:31:39 +0000

Seems every CDMA carrier is getting the Tour sanborn, so I’m sure its only a matter of time before USCellular, old Alltel, Iusacell, etc get it.

By: DavidB

DavidB — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 23:29:08 +0000

Installed App World. Runs fine. Downloaded Slacker and QuickPull and Poynt just fine.

Oh, and this typing box IS word wrapping on the Tour with OS 4.7.1.40.

By: sanborn13

sanborn13 — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 23:25:09 +0000

Any chance the Tour will come to U S Cellular?

By: Tom

Tom — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 22:43:50 +0000

I won’t have mine until Tuesday. I cannot have a device with a camera at my office, so I opted for the no camera version. Unfortunately, VZW is not stock them at any of the retail stores (i.e., direct fulfillment only). Due to the glitch (aka snafu) that did not allow pre-orders for corporate discount accounts, I was not able to pre-order. There was apparently a further problem where the northeast distribution center did not receive any 9630 devices sans camera, so customer service jumped through some hoops to order it through an alternate distribution center. I haven’t seen a confirmation as of yet, but I am being told that it will be delivered to my office on Tuesday. FYI, none of the pre-orders will ship before Monday, making the earliest possible delivery on Tuesday.

By: jason

jason — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 22:33:53 +0000

well i got my tour but it seems to be running pretty hot when tlaking on it. anybody else having this issue?

By: Ronen Halevy

Ronen Halevy — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 21:32:22 +0000

Anybody having any trouble running app world on the Tour?

By: DavidB

DavidB — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 21:20:18 +0000

Got mine. Posting from Tour, just left store.

My Verizon store got 40. They have 2 left. There were about 10 people in for Tour’s right at open but no line. She seemed disappointed, said Storm launch day was far busier.

By: Rich K

Rich K — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 21:16:47 +0000

Picked mine up this morning and love it!!!! Typing this on ot now. Didn’t have to wait a bit and picled it up at VZW store in Hermitage PA. Upgraded from curve 8330 and there is no comparison. Luckily no cost due to company contract so I’ll grab WiFi when released.

By: Hoping I'm Wrong

Hoping I'm Wrong — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 21:03:59 +0000

For Sprint, I see shades of when the Curve came out. They told me it was in stock, but it took weeks for it to ship.

Remember that the first leaked launch for the Tour was 7-20? But then Verizon gave the 12th so Sprint says the 12th too. But then no stores have them and when you order on line it says 3 to 5 days. 5 days from Monday will be the following Monday. What day is that? 7-20. That’s a shady way of trying to retain customers but they have definitely done it before. I just hope that if my fears are true that it even ships by the 20th.
I REALLY want this phone and $89 Simply Everything plan keeps me with Sprint.

By: alb123

alb123 — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 20:11:03 +0000

I just picked mine up about 30 minutes ago. Was coming from a 8330 Curve. Night and day difference in performance. I haven’t even really poked around – just played with a couple functions: Web browser, camera, messaging….Its fast in comparison. I’ve got to see what kind of extra garbage Verizon has thrown on there. So far, I’m very happy..

By: Far Quadrangle

Far Quadrangle — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 19:22:31 +0000

UPDATE. Really weird….tried again, spoke with another rep. She said that I could go into the store, and get one for 339 with a mail in rebate of 70.00 (basically giving me the one year price with a MIR in store)….but evidently you cant go online and do it cause my date did not change online.

By: Far Quadrangle

Far Quadrangle — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 18:52:06 +0000

Unfortunately it was still a no go for me. my end date 10-1-10, annual upgrade 10-1-09. They wouldn’t let me get the 199 price earlier than 10-1-09. Guess I’ll have to drool until then

By: Larry

Larry — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 15:09:20 +0000

I went in to purchase the Tour at full retail this morning (BTW there were only a couple of folks in line) and the sales guy was nice enough to tell me if I waited two days I could upgrade for the normal 2-year contract price ($199) plus $20. He explained that if you’re on a plan of $49/mo or more for at least a year you’re eligible for the early upgrade. This is NOT explained anywhere on their site that I could find, and least of all where it explains the early upgrade on my phone page. So this is good info if you’re close to a year since your last upgrade.

By: automan69

automan69 — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 15:04:08 +0000

Got the stamp of approval from wife. But I think I’m going to wait for awhile because $249.99 on 3 year term is still to high.Hoping by september for price drop.Come on Telus your Nuts @ that price!