The BlackBerry Tour is a mobile device developed by Research In Motion and is part of the 9600 device series. This high-end messaging phone combines the multimedia features of the Curve with the global roaming of the 8830, plus a higher-resolution display, 3.2-megapixel auto-focus camera, 3G data overseas and faster EVDO Rev. A data in the United States and Canada. Other key features include voice calling, video capture, 3.5mm audio jack, memory card slot, push email, QWERTY keyboard, Bluetooth, and GPS navigation. The BlackBerry Tour was released on July 12, 2009. In 2010, the "Tour 2" refresh was re branded the Blackberry Bold 9650 when RIM decided to merge the GSM and CDMA2000 variants under the same brand.
Companies running BlackBerry Enterprise Server 5.0—originally released back in May—will see several additional improvements on BlackBerry OS 5.0-equipped devices. They include follow-up flags for e-mail messages; e-mail folder management; the ability to view, edit, save, or e-mail documents from remote file shares; calendar appointment forwards and attachment viewing; and wireless contact sync for multiple folders, distribution lists, and Public/Shared folder contacts.
BlackBerry Messenger 5.0
Email and text messages will have a stationary date header
Threaded text messaging
When sending pictures, an option to resize individual photos to 1024×768, 800×600 or 640×480 is given.
Forward calendar entries
Updated BlackBerry Maps
Users will be able to set their default download folder, wallpaper, theme and reset the icon layout of a theme to its default layout from "Homescreen Preferences"
If the device is running low on memory, a message will pop up that not only informs the user of the low memory, but also recommends rarely used apps for deletion
Users can decide if they want to have sounds when the device is booting up, shutting off, plugged in to charge, unplugged from charging, when the battery is full and when the battery is drained.
Users can now individually encrypt email PIN messages. All that is needed is for the sender and receiver to know the encryption password which is done via S/MIME
Official Released 5.0 Operating Systems:
Telus : 5.0.0.419
SaskTel : 5.0.0.419
MTS Mobility: 5.0.0.419
Sprint : 5.0.0.1030
Verizon Wireless: 5.0.0.975
Critical reception
's Bonnie Cha has criticized the BlackBerry Tour for lacking Wi-Fi and for not allowing applications to be downloaded to the memory card, but also praised its high resolution display and QWERTY keyboard and concluded that it was a "feature-rich and well-performing smartphone".
