BlackBerry Tour Now Available for Pre-Order at Verizon

Verizon Wireless just announced that customers can now pre-order the BlackBerry Tour for $199.99 (after a $70 mail-in rebate with a new two-year customer agreement) online at www.verizonwireless.com/tour. The BlackBerry Tour will be in stores on July 12th, 2009.

The BlackBerry Tour is a 3G world phone, and features RIM's push-based mobile solution for e-mail; IM, SMS, MMS messaging and social networking; a 3.2 megapixel camera with geo-tagging and video recording; advanced multimedia capabilities; built-in GPS; full HTML Web browsing; and support for Verizon Wireless' Mobile Broadband Connect tethering service. It also supports V CAST Music with Rhapsody and VZ Navigator services. A model of the BlackBerry Tour without a camera will also be available.

For information on Verizon Wireless' plans for BlackBerry smartphones, visit www.verizonwireless.com.