Long-awaited BlackBerry Tour smartphone finally unveiled!

Sprint Blackberry Tour confirmed for summer

Long-awaited BlackBerry Tour smartphone finally unveiled. The BlackBerry Tour is packed with EVDO Rev.A and 3.2-megapixel camera with autofocus. The BlackBerry Tour also has 2100MHz UMTS/HSPA and quadband GSM for international roaming use. The new smartphone is expected to arrive “later this summer” in the US.

Other BlackBerry Tour specifications include an HVGA 480 x 360 display, microSD card slot content with up to 16GB cards, and a full QWERTY keyboard. No WiFi, but there’s Bluetooth and GPS, plus a 3.5mm headphone jack; Sprint also load the Tour with their music store, mobile TV, NFL and NASCAR apps.
There’s also Facebook, MySpace and Flickr integration, IM and MMS support. Specific release dates are yet to be confirmed, but the Sprint BlackBerry Tour will be priced at $199.99 after $150 of rebates (part mail-in, part instant).

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Here are the main features of the BlackBerry Tour smartphone:

3.2 MP camera with flash, variable zoom, image stabilization, autofocus and video recording(i)
Full HTML web browser, including support for streaming audio and video (RTSP)
Advanced media player for videos, pictures and music, a 3.5 mm stereo headset jack and support for the Bluetooth(R) Stereo Audio Profile (A2DP/AVCRP)
256MB Flash memory
Expandable memory via hot swappable microSD/SDHC memory card slot, supporting cards of up to 16 GB today and expected to support next generation 32GB cards when available
Built-in GPS with support for geotagging, BlackBerry(R) Maps and other location based applications and services
BlackBerry(R) Media Sync allows customers to quickly and easily synch music from iTunes(R) and Windows Media Player with the smartphone(ii)
Premium phone features including voice activated dialing, enhanced background noise cancellation, a low-distortion speakerphone, and Bluetooth (2.0) support for hands-free use with headsets, car kits, stereo headsets and other Bluetooth peripherals
Preloaded DataViz(R) Documents to Go(R), allowing users to edit Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT)(R) Word, Excel and PowerPoint files directly on the handset
Easy mobile access to Facebook(R), MySpace and Flickr(R), as well as popular instant messaging services including BlackBerry(R) Messenger, Yahoo!(R) IM, AIM(R), Google (NSDQ: GOOG) Talk and Windows Live Messenger(TM)
Support for BlackBerry App World(TM), featuring a broad and growing catalog of third-party mobile applications developed specifically for BlackBerry smartphones. Categories include travel, productivity, entertainment, games, social networking & sharing, news & weather, and more
BlackBerry(R) Internet Service allows access to up to 10 supported personal and corporate email accounts, including most popular ISP email accounts
BlackBerry(R) Enterprise Server provides advanced security and IT administration features within IBM(R) Lotus(R) Domino(R), Microsoft(R) Exchange and Novell(R) GroupWise(R) environments
Removable and rechargeable 1400 mAhr battery for 5 hours of talk time and 14 days of standby time