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So much for exclusivity, eh? Sprint is staying toe-to-toe with Verizon in the race to get the BlackBerry Tour to market, launching the consensus hottest RIM device to date on July 12 for $199.99 on contract after rebates. It’s awfully refreshing to see an ominous statement like “later this summer” morph into “early summer” instead of slipping into the “dead of winter” as is all too often the case with hotly-anticipated phones, and we have a sneaking suspicion the Tour’s gonna sell like a remastered Bonnie Tyler live album (that’s a good thing, by the way). Who’s in?

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Sprint matches Verizon’s pace, launching BlackBerry Tour on July 12 originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 01 Jul 2009 13:14:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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You might say that Verizon’s brand new BlackBerry Tour 9630… ahem, took a “tour” through our offices this morning, gracing us with its QWERTY-having, global-roaming, 8830-killing presence. There’s absolutely no question it’s the best-looking CDMA BlackBerry to date and we also think you’ll be able to stop Bold owners in their tracks as you flash this thing around town; we’d argue that the Curve 8900 is still a cuter handset when you take the company’s lineup as a whole, but then again, the 8900 lacks 3G, and the Tour’s keyboard might just be the best RIM’s ever crafted for a phone. Bottom line, owners of any BlackBerry on Verizon or Sprint should be salivating at the sight of this thing — and if they’re not, honestly, they need their salivary glands checked. Stay tuned for our full review, but in the meantime, enjoy an unboxing and a few quick shots of the Tour taking its first breaths!

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Verizon BlackBerry Tour unboxing originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 01 Jul 2009 12:12:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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The Daily Roundup: here’s what you might’ve missed originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 30 Jun 2009 22:46:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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