The BlackBerry Tour is a 3G world phone, giving customers the option to make phone calls in 220 countries and to access e-mail and Internet in any of the 175 countries where Verizon Wireless provides data roaming services.

Following are key features and specifications on the BlackBerry Tour:

Network Support

• Quad-band: 850/900/1800/1900MHz, GSM/GPRS/EDGE networks
• Single-band: 2100 MHz; UMTS/HSPA networks
• Dual-band: 800/1900 MHz; CDMA/EV-DO Revision A networks
• BlackBerry Tour comes with a pre-installed SIM Card

Specifications

• HTML Web browsing
• Size: 4.4?(h) x 2.4 (w) x .6?(d)
• Weight (battery included): 4.58 oz.
• Memory: 256 MB internal flash memory; 256 MB RAM
• USB Port: enables charging and high-speed data synchronization via USB “A?to micro-USB “B?cable
• Power Adapter: +5V DC / 500 mA AC power adapter with interchangeable location specific plugs
• Battery: 1400 mAh removable/rechargeable cryptographic lithium cell
• Battery Life:

• Talk time: five hours
• Standby time: 14 days

• Keyboard: 35-key backlit QWERTY and Trackball navigation
• Display: High-resolution HVGA+ (480 x 360 pixels), 2.4?color, TFT LCD. Supports over 65k colors
• Voice:

• Input/Output integrated speaker and microphone
• Hands-free headset-capable
• Bluetooth?headset-capable
• Integrated hands-free speakerphone

• Ringtones: 32 polyphonic ?MIDI, .mp3

Bluetooth Capabilities (version 2.0)

• Supports mono/stereo headset, hands-free, phonebook access profile (PBAP), serial port profile supported, Bluetooth stereo audio (A2DP/AVCRP), and DUN

Stay in Touch

• Send and receive text and picture messages (SMS and MMS)
• Enhanced Web Mail for AOL?Mail, Gmail? Windows Live?or Yahoo!?Mail
• Open document and graphic attachments including JPEG, Adobe?PDF and Microsoft?Word, Microsoft?Excel?and Microsoft?PowerPoint?files
• Edit Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel and Microsoft PowerPoint files
• Instant messaging capabilities with Windows Live?Messenger, Google Talk? Yahoo!?Messenger, AOL?Instant Messenger?or ICQ?applications built specifically for BlackBerry smartphones
• Social networking for BlackBerry smartphones ?customers can access Facebook?for BlackBerry?smartphones; Flickr?Photo Uploader for BlackBerry?smartphones; and MySpace?for BlackBerry?smartphones

Entertainment On The Go

• Media Player ?Customers can watch videos and listen to music

• Supported video formats: MPEG4 H.263, MPEG4 Part 2 Simple Profile, H.264, WMV
• Supported audio format support: MP3, AAC, AAC+, eAAC+, WMA, WMA ProPlus Bluetooth
• Built-in video recording

• Camera with Geo-Tagging capability ?allows customers to take photos with a 3.2 megapixel camera* with image stabilization, auto flash, auto focus and 2x digital zoom. Date, time and location stamp geo-tag supported by camera, BlackBerry Maps and Flickr

• BlackBerry?Media Sync ?allows customers to sync their desktop music files with their BlackBerry?smartphones

• Mobile Streaming ?allows customers to access videos, music or even sports and news clips from Web sites built for mobile streaming

• Expandable Memory to 16 GB: pre-installed 2 GB microSD?card*

• 3.5 mm stereo headset-capable

Browse, Shop and Buy

• BlackBerry App World??customers can personalize their BlackBerry?smartphones with games, social networking, and personal productivity applications

Business Ready

• For small- to medium-sized businesses, Hosted BlackBerry?services and BlackBerry?Professional Software are designed to offer affordable solution options. For large organizations, BlackBerry?Enterprise Solution is designed to provide advanced security features and enterprise-grade functionality.

* A BlackBerry Tour without a camera will be available to enterprise customers. This version does not come with the 2 GB microSD card pre-installed or the stereo headset.