The Blackberry Tour 9630 is a great choice for those needing a world phone but that do not also require Wifi.
Hardware Features
Camera: 3.2 MP, Screen: 2.4 inch 480X360 , Memory: 256 MG
Communications
Bluetooth, CDMA, GPRS, GSM, EDGE, HSDPA, WCDMA, GPS
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Product Description
| The feature-packed and highly refined BlackBerry Tour 9630 world phone for Sprint 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 over 185 countries and to access e-mail and Internet in any of the nearly 150 countries where Sprint provides data roaming services.
In addition to fast 3G speeds from Sprint's Wi's high-speed 3G network, you'll enjoy GPS navigation capabilities for accessing the optional Sprint Navigation turn-by-turn direction service as well as access to Sprint TV's video-on-demand with full-motion video and vivid sound. And the Tour comes packed with all the communication and professional functionality you expect from a BlackBerry device, including a push-based mobile solution for e-mail and access to Microsoft Office files. The BlackBerry Tour includes a large, highly tactile, full-QWERTY keyboard and a large 2.4-inch display with one of the highest resolutions available yet on a BlackBerry device. Other features include a 3.2-megapixel camera/camcorder with geo-tagging capabilities, Bluetooth connectivity for hands-free devices and stereo music streaming, microSD memory expansion (a 1 GB card is included), support for BlackBerry App World, and up to 5 hours of talk time. Sprint Services
Supporting the EV-DO high-speed data standard on Sprint's U.S. network, this phone enables you to download and stream high-quality video, straight onto your phone. Where coverage is available, EV-DO connectivity provides average download speeds ranging from 400 to 700 Kbps, with peak rates up to 2 Mbps. With Sprint TV, you can make your cell phone your always-on source for news, weather, sports and more. This comprehensive video service combines high-quality streaming audio and video from channels including ABC, The Weather Channel, Fox Sports, E!, CNN, The Discovery Channel, and more. The Sprint Music Store enables you to buy, download, and then jam out wherever you are with new songs or old favorites. Offering a growing selection of more than 1.6 million songs, the store provides you two copies of each song--one for the phone and another for the PC, as well as the ability to burn songs to a CD using Windows Media Player. Save your songs to a memory card with a capacity that's right for you. You also get several streaming-radio applications, including Sprint Radio with more than 150 channels. This GPS-enabled phone provides optional access to Sprint Navigation for driving directions on your mobile phone--by voice and onscreen. Along the way, turn-by-turn directions will be announced in a clear voice and displayed on your phone. For example, Sprint Navigation will say, "Go 1.2 miles and turn right on Elm Street." As you approach the turn, you will hear, "Turn right on Elm Street." Sprint Navigation also provides proactive traffic alerts with one click re-routing. And it's easy to find restaurants, banks, cafes, hotels and more from over 10 million points of interest across the U.S.
With NASCAR Sprint Cup Mobile, instantly connect to the NASCAR information you want, when you want it. Follow NASCAR action from practice to race day with real-time leaderboard and alerts. Get exclusive access to your favorite NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver with real-time driver stats, breaking news and more. Live in-car audio, race radio, NASCAR on SPEED and other audio/video only available on select phones. Visit sprint.com/speed for details. To access, just text "NASCAR" to 7777 on your Sprint phone or visit the Sprint Digital Lounge to download NASCAR Sprint Cup Mobile (standard text messaging and data rates apply). This phone also provides access to Sprint Football Live--free for any phone with a data plan. You'll be able to follow all the live play-by-play action with the Live Game Center for both pro and college football games, as well as stay on top of the pro football draft with a Live Draft Tracker and in-depth analysis and bios on nearly 500 top prospects. Access by texting "FOOTBALL" to 7777 on the handset to download Sprint Football Live from Sprint Digital Lounge (standard text messaging and data rates apply). Phone Features
With BlackBerry push technology, you don't need to retrieve your e-mail. BlackBerry devices are designed to remain on and continuously connected to the wireless network, allowing you to be discreetly notified as new e-mail arrives. Support is also built-in for viewing e-mail attachments (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, WordPerfect, and PDF formats). With the BlackBerry Internet Service, you'll be able to easily access up to 10 supported personal and work e-mail accounts, send and receive text and instant messages, and connect on popular social networking sites with friends, family and co-workers. It's also compatible with BlackBerry Enterprise Server, which provides advanced security and IT administration features within IBM Lotus Domino, Microsoft Exchange and Novell GroupWise environments. In addition to the industry's leading mobile e-mail and messaging solution, the Tour supports text (SMS), picture (MMS) and instant messaging (IM) on today's most popular platforms as well as social networking sites. Take your social life on-the-go with Facebook for BlackBerry and Flickr Photo Uploader for BlackBerry application. A Mobile IM feature provides access to Google Talk, MSN, Yahoo!, Windows Live, and AIM instant messaging services. The media player can play movies smoothly in full-screen mode, display pictures and slideshows quickly and manage an entire music and video collection, and with BlackBerry Media Sync you can quickly and easily sync music from iTunes and Windows Media Player with the smartphone. The Tour comes with a 256 MB flash memory (and 256 MB of RAM), and the device is expandable via microSD/SDHC memory cards up to 16 GB in size (a 1 GB card is included with the Tour). Other features include:
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Product Details
- BlackBerry smartphone with QWERTY keyboard; dual-network capable for 3G-enabled GSM access when traveling abroad
- Sprint Mobile Broadband Network via EV-DO connectivity; GPS turn-by-turn directions via Sprint Navigation; Sprint TV and Sprint Music Store enabled
- 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, micro charger, swivel holster, 1 GB MicroSD card, USB cable, wired stereo headset, SIM card (for international use), user manual
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Customer Reviews
 Great Phone and Easy to Use |
| Review Date: May 13, 2010 |
| Reviewer: DJ, Los Angeles, CA |
| I have had this phone for over two weeks and has NOT disappointed. Very intuitive and easy to use. Email is a breeze, talk quality is good. Screen is vibrant and big enough. Easy to type after getting used to the keys. Once you know the phone inside-out, you will ask yourself "Where has this phone been all my life." I am definitely hooked to my crackberrry. Apps are great and I don't need all the other crap other smartphones offer.
Once you get used to the trackball and keypad, and all the little tricks and shortcuts [...], you'll be a crackberry addict too. I am on this phone so darn much, the battery doesn't hold up. Just turn the vibration off and keep a car charger handy and it is NOT an issue. Comes with USB cable which I keep at work to charge aswell. I am happy with my purchase and WILL recommend to friends and family. |
| haters to the left, this tour is good |
| Review Date: August 25, 2009 |
| Reviewer: B. Yoon, Washington, DC |
| The Blackberry Tour 9630 is an excellent device. Most of the complaints I've heard are either anomalies or some kind of shortcoming with the software. The UI is very polished, works, and is fine. Integration with google works. Phone applications are all very small (usually less than 1MB) and 256MB is more than adequate for the average user. As a phone the call quality is excellent, if you have good reception (incidentally, if you think the calls are muffled, try adjusting the bass/treble boost, it might make all the difference). Criticizing reception should be directed at Sprint, not the device. Optical might be the future but the trackball is a proven technology that works. Optical users right now say that it has a lot of trouble interpreting your swipes, so the trackball might be the best thing for now anyway. The media player is not fancy but easy to use and has everything I need. Every aspect of the phone and UI is an evolution from the earlier BBs, and it shows that every aspect has had user feedback, been tweaked, and polished. If you insist on cutting edge (and the bugs that come with it), there are other options better for you. The bottom line is that the Tour satisfies every basic need in a smart phone, is a proven brand for durability, and is excellently designed. |
| Good looks and great functionality -- what could be better than that? |
| Review Date: August 2, 2009 |
| Reviewer: CoffeeGurl, MA |
| I have very much looked forward to having a BlackBerry that was a cross between the Bold and the Curve. The Bold is beautiful, multi-functional, and has quite a nice leather-ish back, plus it has both WiFi and 3G, but the big size is kind of a turnoff. Besides, it's on the AT&T network, which is expensive since minutes, data and messaging are included separately. (One of the reasons I had to cancel and give up on the iPhone 3G, as much as it pained me to do so.) The Curve is smaller, lighter and has WiFi on the T-Mobile network, but no 3G. What is a multitasking mobile girl to do? Why, I got the BlackBerry Tour 9360, of course! The Tour, while beautiful and functional, is not free of flaws, but more on those later.
The Tour is a little larger than the Curve 8900, but not by much. It is available on the Sprint and Verizon networks, and it is a CDMA/3G EV-DO phone. This replaces the old World phone. The look of it is quite nice. Black with silver/chrome edges (Verizon's Tour's edges are somewhat darker) and with a slick black finish on the back, it is indeed very attractive. (However, the battery cover feels a little flimsy to my taste, like it would break if I accidentally dropped it.) It's got the latest BB operating system, which means you will get the neon-like menus. The resolution is gorgeous, much brighter than the Bold's, and that is saying a lot! The QWERTY keyboard is smaller than the Bold's though, and it might take some getting used to the slightly sparse keys, depends on what rocks your boat. With Verizon you get VCast and with Spring you get the Sprint Music Store. Both networks are similar in speed and voice quality, but I admit that the phone calls sound better on the Sprint network. You get all of the goodies -- applications from BB's App World, the Mobile Office applications that go well with push e-mail (the main reason why I switched to the BlackBerry), FaceBook, AIM, and RIM's new multimedia functions. You can watch YouTube videos, but there is no dedicated YouTube app. The phone is quite good, but there are some areas that need improvement. For example: Poor Battery Life: You will have to charge this baby up at least twice a day if you're one of those people who can't put their BlackBerry down or has to use multiple functions. Crashes/Lags too Much: It's very frustrating to have to remove the battery, put it back in and do a force reboot because of some glitch that shows up from nowhere or because the phone is lagging. I hope there will be a firmware update that will fix this problem soon. No WiFi: I knew I had to give this wonderful function up when I decided to get this phone. Alas, I still have the iPhone. Even though I can't make calls with it because I've cancelled service with AT&T, I can not only still use the iPod feature, but also watch YouTube videos, download songs from iTunes and surf the web via Wifi. It's like an iPod Touch now, really. Doesn't Sync with a Mac: Well, it can sync with a Mac, but only with buggy third party software like PocketMac. TrackBall is Tricky: It either moves too fast or doesn't move at all at times. This isn't a big deal, but it's nevertheless irritating at times. A Mediocre Browser: Even though the BB browser can now load HTML web pages, it is still a far cry behind Mobile Safari (iPhone), WebOS (Palm Pre) and Android (G1). The browser is slow, especially if you allow scripts to load, and you need the trackball to zoom in and out and scroll up and down and side to side. Very time consuming and annoying. And no matter how much you zoom in, you still have to strain your eyes to read the content. That is all I can think of at the moment. All in all, it is a good phone, one of the best smartphones on the market now, in fact. If you're not into touchscreen (I do, but having used the iPhone, I wanted my next phone not to be touchscreen) and love BlackBerry, then get the Tour. It's got a more updated look, plus all the things you love about the BB. Choose which network works best for you. As for me, I chose the Sprint network because of its affordable data/voice/messaging package bundle and good network capabilities in this area. However, the Verizon version has a more marketable appeal to it, even with the complaints about call quality and whatnot. It's your choice. |
| Shall we dance? |
| Review Date: December 15, 2009 |
| Reviewer: Harkanwar Anand, New York, New York |
| Blackberry Tour is my new phone. It replaced my not so old Blackberry Curve from Sprint. So far, Sprint is offering it in just one colour but I don't see to many people complaining about it. This is slightly more pleasing in terms of looks and design. Anyone who hasn't had this phone and is considering buying it, would usually give in just by the looks of it. The graphics are a substantial improvement from the quite good Blackberry curve display. I won't go into boring specifications such as pixels and resolution but yeah the resolution is improved as one would notice while surfing the internet.
Now, let us talk about the major features of the phone. Everyone is wondering, what is different about the Blackberry Tour and the Blackberry Curve? In simple words, the tour has a better camera, different keys, no trackball ring, brighter display and new interface, a SIM card slot so you can use the phone in places outside of USA when you don't wish to use Sprint's global service. Where the Blackberry has improved - 1. The memory stick can be removed without taking the battery out and switching the phone off. 2. The speaker is louder than before and if you try using Pandora, it is I dare say, flawless at 65% volume for a living room. The playlist is slightly better looking and doesn't look like an 8bit arcade game anymore. 3. When you're going through your files, the browsing is slightly faster and you won't need to wait minutes while going through your pictures. Also the camera is a 3.2 MEGAPIXEL and in simple terms, the camera is WAY BETTER than the blackberry curve. The blackberry curve gave grainy photographs and the pixels seems to be all over the place. The tour's camera takes better pictures in the dark and there is not a very big lag between when you press the click button and the picture is captured. The best camera on any Sprint phone would be the Palm Pre's camera but we're not discussing that phone. 4. The charger is now the other side of the phone and this headphone jack doesn't always accept all earphones despite being 3.5 mm. No more standard USB jacks - the new Blackberry uses mini usb and rightfully so. 5. Even on 10% brightness, the TOUR seems more vibrant and colour conscious. 6. A lot of people moan and whine about the trackball on this phone but its way better than the Curve! Where the Blackberry Curve is missed - The keypad on the blackberry tour may appear better but I could fly on the blackberry curve without making any errors. This was mainly because there was a slight gap between the keys, that gap is missing on the Tour...The tour's keys don't allow for the easiest typing experience and though I'm fast on it, I really think the Blackberry Curve keys were flawless. The Tour sometimes heats up, it is very moody that way. The blackberry curve has a great battery life. The Tour will last you for about a day. Enough said about battery. I would advise everyone to backup all your data. If for whatever reason your internet is working slow, then I would suggest you backup your TOUR, reset it (erases all data and sets the phone back to factory condition) and restore the backup which you saved on your computer. This fixes most internet issues. The Blackberry Tour is not the world's best upgrade for Blackberry Curve. The Blackberry Curve was coming from a Blackberry Pearl so it seemed like the sibling everyone wanted to engage with. The blackberry tour is the step-child in the same RIM family. I know my ideas sound slightly insane but I'm trying to explain this to you. Am I happy with my Blackberry Tour? I most definitely am but when I first got this phone and coughed up the full price of it, my phone didn't work in a foreign location, this was because the phone doesn't come unlocked but SPRINT has fixed this issue and all blackberry tours being sold now are UNLOCKED and ready for international use. If you have an 8830, you must be dying to change that phone unless you don't care much for cameras. A new 8530 will be here in a few days. The Tour lacks wifi but I don't care for Wi-Fi because the EV is express speed and rather fast. Surfing a webpage on the blackberry tour was wayyy better than the blackberry curve. Especially caue you can view the page in whatever format you want (full page or blackberry customized) .. It comes with some good sample wallpapers and you can download more from Blackberry App World. It might just be arguably the best phone out there. Call quality is still very good and the charging port isn't easily destructible. Suggestion - BUY THE OEM BLACKBERRY SKINS for about $20 cause they're worth it. The phone looks smashing then. Should you upgrade from the Blackberry Curve and extend your contract? I did anyway and am more than satisfied because the Curve taught me how to truly use a blackberry. |
| First time BlackBerry user |
| Review Date: December 31, 2009 |
| Reviewer: Sameer, Virginia |
| I heard many friends describe how they are addicted to their BlackBerry. A few months ago I decided to see what the hype was all about. I was pleasantly surprised to find out that this phone lives up to the hype and then some.
PROS 1) Big, clear screen 2) Push email 3) Built in CDMA and GSM radios (great for international use) 4) BlackBerry messenger and BlackBerry App World 5) GPS with Google Maps 6) Fairly good camera 7) Good call quality and battery life CONS 1) Takes forever to boot up 2) Sometimes gets sluggish 3) Text messaging system is antiquated (needs iPhone-like threaded messages) Overall this is a great phone. It allowed me to sync all my social outlooks (email, IM, facebook, etc) to the phone seamlessly. The BB browser, although not great, does an decent job at rendering web pages. I've heard some people complain about the trackball wearing out, so far I have seen no signs of this on my phone. If you want a complete smartphone, you would be hard pressed to find a better one than the Tour. I have become a Crackberry addict. |
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