![]() The 2.4" display has 480 x 360 pixel resolution and 65K colors, and it looks bright and color saturated. Measuring 4.4 x 2.4 x 0.6 inches, the BlackBerry Tour is a hair bigger than the Curve 8900 and just a bit shorter and narrower than the Bold. It has the Curve's curvy lines but the Bold's build quality and classier looks. The BlackBerry Tour 9630 is a great looking BlackBerry. Outside of the U.S., the phone works on 2100MHz UMTS/HSPA 3G networks. The BlackBerry Tour 9630 also has 3G for fast data and works on EV-DO Rev. Both Sprint and Verizon lock the GSM radio in the U.S., as they want you to use their CDMA networks. The BlackBerry Tour 9630 is a digital dual band CDMA phone that's available in Sprint and Verizon versions in the U.S., and it's also a quad band GSM phone that will work anywhere GSM networks are available outside of the U.S. The Sprint and Verizon versions are nearly identical apart from carrier services, so we'll cover both phones in this review and make note when a feature is available only on one carrier's version. What's glaringly missing from the BlackBerry Tour however is built-in Wi-Fi. BlackBerry Tour users get over the air download links to popular applications in multimedia, social networks and productivity categories on both Sprint and Verizon versions. Above all the enhancements, the real star accompanying the BlackBerry Tour is the BlackBerry App World. Users of the older BlackBerry Curve smartphones will appreciate the higher resolution screen, the same excellent push email and IM experience and improved web browser that's better but has not yet reached the level of the iPhone, Nokia S60, Palm Pre or Google Android browser. It's running BlackBerry OS 4.7 and desktop software 4.7, and has built-in GPS with BlackBerry Maps, built-in Bluetooth v2.0 with A2DP stereo support, a media player that supports more codecs, and a 3.2 megapixel camera with autofocus and video capturing capability. It has a 528MHz processor, and 256 MB RAM and 256 MB internal flash ROM. Smaller than the BlackBerry Bold but classier than the Curve 8900, the BlackBerry Tour is the flagship CDMA BlackBerry smartphone. Those who are on Verizon and Sprint typing away on their BlackBerry 8830 or Curve 8330 now have something to pine for: the BlackBerry Tour 9630. Reviewed Septemby Tong Zhang, Senior Editor What's not: Camera takes mediocre pictures. Excellent messaging experience and strong application selection. Home > Phone Reviews > BlackBerry Tour 9630
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