RIM officially announces Tour; Coming to Sprint and Verizon Wireless

RIM on Tuesday announced that BlackBerry Tour, a new 3G BlackBerry that will be available initially on Sprint and Verizon Wireless.

The Tour (statement) is a hybrid between the Curve and the Bold. Sprint and Verizon Wireless have both launched Tour preview pages. Verizon Wireless chief Lowell McAdam also gave the Tour a plug at a recent investor conference.

Among the specs:

• The Tour is black and chrome and measures 112mm x 62mm x 14.2mm and 130g.
• 2.44" display;
• 3.2 MP camera;
• Full HTML browser;
• 256MB flash memory;
• 5 hours of talk time and 14 days of standby time.
• The Tour (model 9630) is expected this summer.