Blackberry 9630 Tour Review and Specification

Blackberry 9630 TOUR comes in two versions of GSM and CDMA with the 3G network access. Capabilities equivalent to Blackberry Javelin 8900 but without equipped with Wi-Fi.

Blackberry 9630 Tour has a 3.2 MP camera features the greatest of all Blackberry products. 3.5-mm port was still used to use audio player. I guess RIM doesn’t like BlackBerry Niagara, which was the name of BlackBerry 9630. RIM decided to name the new BlackBerry 9630 “BlackBerry Tour”, which is much better than Niagara.

To use BlackBerry Maps can use A-GPS facility.
Blackberry 9630 Tour comes with 256 MB of internal memory with 8GB of external memory supported (high capacity).

RIM announced that the Tour phone has been availabled in last summer at Sprint and Verizon Wireless, and probably by Bell and Telus in Canada. The Tour phone has been availabled for $199 with a 2-yr contract agreement and after a $100 mail-in rebate.

Features and Specifications of BlackBerry Tour 9630

* Dual-band CDMA/EVDO Rev A (800/1900 MHz)
* Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE (850/900/1800/1900 MHz)
* 2100 MHz UMTS/HSPA
* 2.44 inch, 480 x 360 pixels TFT display with 65k colors (nope, it’s not a touchscreen)
* 35-key QWERTY keyboard
* GPS / A-GPS
* BlackBerry Maps
* Full HTML web browser
* DataViz Documents to Go
* Bluetooth 2.0 with A2DP
* 3.5 mm headset jack
* Music, video players
* 3.2MP autofocus camera with image stabilization, flash and video recording
* 256MB internal flash memory
* microSD card support, up to 32GB
* 1400 mAh battery
* Talk time: up to 5 hours
* Standby time: up to 14 days
* 112 x 62 x 14.2 mm
* 130 g

The Best Features :

Microblogging
push email
Chatting
Social Networking

This is a Blackberry for Children

Blackberry is also devoted to children. This Blackberry is equipped with large LCD screen and full QWERTY keyboard. The Blackberry toys are made by Leapfrog that has a similar design as Blackberry including calendar for children’s media to learn years and months. This toy has also games that teach basic spelling, and computer skills.

In addition, it is also available dog called Scout and who can communicate with children through the messages written.
The Blackberry Toys are intended for children (three to five years). Expected to be successful, it helps parents who want to teach modern technology for their children without the potential danger threatened.

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