- BlackBerry smartphone with QWERTY keyboard; dual-network capable for 3G-enabled GSM access when traveling abroad
- Access V Cast, Music and Video services via fast EV-DO data network; GPS-enabled for turn-by-turn directions; use phone as a modem for your laptop
- 3.2-megapixel camera/camcorder; Bluetooth stereo music; MicroSD memory expansion to 16 GB; access to personal and corporate email
- Up to 5 hours of talk time, up to 336 hours (14 days) of standby time
- What’s in the Box: handset, battery, travel charger (with international adaptors), 2 GB MicroSD card, wired stereo headset, swivel holster, USB cable, pre-installed SIM card, documentation
Amazon.com Product Description
The feature-packed and highly refined BlackBerry Tour 9630 world phone for Verizon Wireless keeps you connected and lets you roam the globe in style. In addition to accessing the reliable and fast Verizon Wireless voice and data network, the Tour is also compatible with 3G-enabled GSM networks outside the United States, giving you the option to make phone calls in 220 countries and to access email and Internet in any of the 175 countries where Verizon Wir… More >>
After 2 weeks, the trackball stopped responding well, and the screen freezes at the lower 25%…making most things unreadable…and no wifi option, like the bold. If you are not travelling abroad, go with an iphone…otherwise, stick with your world phone, or switch to a bold…wish i had.
Rating: 1 / 5
I have been a BB user for years and used many devices on many carriers in my time. The Blackberry Tour 9630 is by far the worst phone ever made by RIM. Let’s start with the most obvious flaw… the trackball. It doesn’t work. Period. There is a serious manufacturing issue with this phone and none of them have working trackballs. I have had mine replaced more times than I can count and I still don’t have a working phone.
The keyboard is poorly designed. I came from the 8830 WE, and there is no comparison. I do like the keys all being together more than say the Curve, but the indicidual buttons on the Tour do not have ridges like the 8830 WE. They have odd little despressions on the corners that make it very hard to type on, plus the keyboard being smaller than the 8830 WE.
The speed of the phone while using the OS is very slow. Slower than the Curve or 8830 WE. I am not sure how they accomplished this with supposedly better hardware in the Tour, but they did.
Stay away from this phone if you want one that will actually work.
Rating: 1 / 5
I read on Crackberry.com ‘replacing your Curve with the Tour is a no brainer – too bad it didn’t have WiFi’.
Didn’t have WiFi – as if the phone would be worth a dime it it did?!
I sadly don’t think so.
I have had my ‘Tour’ now for a week.
The Tour won’t download FoxNewsMobile, CNN Mobile or any other mobile application outside of proprietary applications.
Further, I use a Plantronics Bluetooth that had zero issues with the Curve but cannot be used with the Tour as nobody can hear you.
As far as the phone functionality – I am repeatedly asked if I have people on speakerphone!!
I have rated the phone one star as it has been a complete waste of time (probably a full day of sitting in the Verizon store flipping contacts, emails and IM’s as well as trying to setup the home screen to a format that was half as functional as the curve).
Sadly, I have to sit on old technology because RIM can no longer compete apparently.
I was truly hoping to rave that the Iphone holds no merit to my new Blackberry – I can’t even keep it…
Save a headache – Don’t waste your time.
Rating: 1 / 5
I purchased this phone two weeks ago. 5 days ago I started hearing a buzz in the speaker during calls. Almost like the metal mesh is vibrating as people talk. It’s only gotten worse over the past day. I’m getting a replacement phone sent, but I have low expections that it will last in the long term.
I have not had any complaints from people I call about sound quality. I also have been happy with the speed and functionality of accessing e-mail and internet pages. I like the form factor of the Tour better than the Curve, but if the call quality is terrible, it is worthless to me.
Rating: 2 / 5
Extremely poor battery life (less than a day). Many, many users, including myself, cannot be heard when using blue tooth headsets. GPS is spotty at best, and the GPS Maps application is horrible. Music player crashes every time a text message or email comes in, forcing a reboot. Reboot takes ten full minutes. Still no HTML email viewer.
Rating: 2 / 5