Sprint BlackBerry Tour also coming July 12

Sprint RIM BlackBerry Tour

(Credit: Sprint)

Well, well, looky here. Just one day after Verizon Wireless announced a July 12 availability date for the RIM BlackBerry Tour 9630, Sprint has responded and said it, too, will start selling its version of the BlackBerry Tour on July 12 for $199.99 with a two-year contract and a $100 mail-in rebate. How's that for a little friendly competition?

Sprint's model will also offer world-roaming capabilities with voice coverage in 185 countries and e-mail and Web browsing in nearly 150 countries. The carrier also touted easy access to social-networking sites, such as Flickr, MySpace, and Facebook.

Other features of the phone include a 480x360 pixel-resolution display, integrated GPS, Bluetooth, 256MB built-in memory, and a microSD expansion slot. We're still waiting to hear back from Sprint about whether it will offer a version sans camera, like Verizon will.

[brynn08]

go get em sprint !!!!

[koniec12]

Is it just me or did they just rename the Curve 8900?

[rexdeaz]

The Tour distinguishes itself from the other BlackBerry phones with it's ease of use outside of the US.

[Legacy2385]

I believe the Tour has more RAM.

[JerryRiggg]

The Tour sounds like a really good phone although its not a touch screen. But what I can't figure out is why Blackberry, Sprint and Verizon can't figure out that a phone isn't really as good as it could be anymore without at least a 5 megapixel camera and wi-fi? Although I'm in the market for a world phone on the Sprint network I will not buy another phone from any carrier without those features.

[rexdeaz]

I called Sprint about an hour ago and the customer service woman had no clue this phone existed! Way to keep your employees informed guys!

[StevieZ]

It is now posted as available July 12th on the sprint homepage.

[danyllewinfield]

i used to be a sprint employee and believe me the employees do not get lots of info about the phone until almost the day of release. we did not get info the the pre until a week before launch. go figure.

[GMar_CNET]

@StevieZ Can you send me the link where you saw it?