There are rumors that dummy units and promo material of the BlackBerry Tour 9630 from the carrier Bell have begun shipping to Bell stores. This indicates that the smartphone is going to arrive in stores very soon.
BGR says that it’s ‘ninjas’ or trusted sources have obtained pictures that serve as evidence to back the claim. These ninjas have also estimated that the BlackBerry 9630 will be available for purchase by the public on July 17.
BlackBerry Tour 9630 is going to be launched by several carriers at around the same time. The Sprint version is said to be arriving by July 20th. Verizon Wireless is set to launch the BlackBerry Tour by July 12. Telus is reported to launch the Tour on the 15th.
The BlackBerry Tour 9630 supports Dual-band CDMA/EVDO Rev A (800/1900MHz) as well as Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE (850/900/1800/1900 MHz). It possesses a QWERTY keyboard and also comes geared with 2100 MHz UMTS/HSPA. The phone supports 256MB internal flash memory and also offers microSD card up to 32GB. Besides, it possesses a host of other features.