Blackberry 9630 Tour pre-release thread (Formerly Known As The Niagara)

[paullibby]

sooooooooo about that release date?

LOL

[w4lker]

- The "cheap" Asian manufacturers are actually ODMs, OEMs of some "euro" looking devices. On the other hand, some Asian manufacturers like Samsung and LG hiring designers from Europe to beef up the "looks" among their portfolio in recent years.

So has Motorola, and so did GM. As those companies found out, hiring foreign designers doesn't mean your products suddenly become compelling.



As for the Tour, though, the difference is definitely moot. People have been bandying around the concept of "enabling" the extra bands via software so much that the uninitiated think it's actually likely going to happen.

It's NOT likely to happen, at all. If you buy a Tour, folks, it will be an EV-DO device for its' whole life. Other people can dream, and yes it would be really really really neat to hack a blackberry and bring out its' dormant NA HSPA bands.

[Moderator HF 25]

^ This thread is about the RIM BlackBerry 9630, it's the topic all about here. If ppl want a multi-band WCDMA/UMTS support, wait until TELUS ACTUALLY launches the network w/ the compatible devices.

[some-gei]

Whats so good about the americans?

I'd take a Pre, iPhone, or Bold ANY DAY over any of the garbage Telus is offering at the moment...

Anyway I played with a Tour over the weekend and I absolutely love the size of it. It feels significantly smaller than even my s640, and the keyboard is golden.

I would totally get this if I was able to transfer over my $15 data plan...

[RileyFreeman]

I'd take a Pre, iPhone, or Bold ANY DAY over any of the garbage Telus is offering at the moment...

Anyway I played with a Tour over the weekend and I absolutely love the size of it. It feels significantly smaller than even my s640, and the keyboard is golden.

I would totally get this if I was able to transfer over my $15 data plan...

all good phones. all except for the pre have been repeated wayyy too many times

[Dino_Martini]

So did anyone phone in to L&R and see if they can actually pre-order the Tour?

[RileyFreeman]

ive never heard of pre-orders through customer service. it could exist but i never heard of it

[Dino_Martini]

ive never heard of pre-orders through customer service. it could exist but i never heard of it

http://forums.crackberry.com/f141/te...firmed-243161/

[RileyFreeman]

http://forums.crackberry.com/f141/te...firmed-243161/

someone else told me that but again i have never heard of this. there are many telus employees so im sure one will be able to confirm or deny

[milfette]

And i just called and NO i have talked to many reps and nobody has heard of this phone...

[Dino_Martini]

I'm probably going to pick up a Pre anyway, so what does it matter to me. Looks like the Tour should be a solid device though.

[PVO300C]

i find it odd that with a name like Milfette, some people don't notice im a chick? lol, updated my sig too! [...]

Yeah, speaking of, I like the twitter avatar you have. The glasses add a touch of sophistication. [Now watch as you get hit on by all those horny HoFoer's.]

And i just called and NO i have talked to many reps and nobody has heard of this phone...

Maybe they're blind?
I'm sure L&R would know that the BB is coming, maybe the reps you talked to don't check their stuff often enough..?
Or do you have contacts at L&R?

[Keltron]

And i just called and NO i have talked to many reps and nobody has heard of this phone...

Disappointing, I thought about calling them today... props to you for suffering them for me, hahaha

[milfette]

Yeah, speaking of, I like the twitter avatar you have. The glasses add a touch of sophistication. [Now watch as you get hit on by all those horny HoFoer's.]

HAHA doubt it!!

Maybe they're blind?
I'm sure L&R would know that the BB is coming, maybe the reps you talked to don't check their stuff often enough..?
Or do you have contacts at L&R?

I don't know any L&R reps personally and i only know one sales person personally and nobody seems to know. Its not even like they are pretending to not know its like i speaking french. Although, the lady i talked to today said that its now on my account that i am waiting for "specific model of BBerry"

Calling once a week is NOT calling too much....
LOL

[Que_Ball]

The person who claimed to preorder it probably just got one of "those" call centre reps. The kind that will promise you something just to get you off the phone because they know it will never come back to them and a shorter average call time looks better on their statistics.

If you have worked in a call centre you would know how the managers pressure you to keep the call times down but then they say something completely contradictory like make sure you take good care of the customers. At the end of the month if the guy they post on the front bulletin board is the one with the lowest call times you know which property they value the most.