[Arelunde]

Does anyone know what the slot between the mute and lock buttons (on the top of the Tour) is for? It looks like a narrow speaker? It's about 1/8 inch wide and maybe 1/2 inch long. Can't find any reference to it from the book that came with, nor from the BB website specs.

I notice there is a slot in the same place on the new Innocase 360 I just received, so it must be something significant.

Thanks!

[Roo4x4]

The only thing I've heard is that it's a clip attachment that was made for something like a case right from Blackberry. I've seen nothing to match this yet though. Maybe someone has and exact answer out there.

[spierce7]

I thought it might be for a holster/clip, but I'm not sure. I'd like to know as well.

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[pkcable]

Its for noise cancellation

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[spierce7]

Can you expand beyond that a little? What do you mean? How is it for noise cancellation?

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[esalonia]

There are good closeups here: Sprint Blackberry tour breakdown. - InsiderForums

[esalonia]

Can you expand beyond that a little? What do you mean? How is it for noise cancellation?

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Speaker/mic in there for it compute the noise cancellation.

[shneeko6]

Its for a holster attachment. Its common for phones to have a slot up there for that reason.

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[mjbesen310]

Its for a holster attachment. Its common for phones to have a slot up there for that reason.

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incorrect. like others have said, the phone has 2 mics. one at the bottom to input sound, one on top to cancel noise interuptions.

[Eric The Duke]

If you take the top cover of the Tour off, you will see that the slot on the top leads to the earpiece. My guess is RIM figured that having 2 places for the earpiece sound to come out was better than one. If you are someone who holds the phone not flat against your ear, this would help also.

[Elite1]

This is the output slot for the Tour's revolutionary micro-fax. If you don't have an icon for it, you must be out of thermal micro-fax paper. Go to the store and get some asap.

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[rantingryan]

This is the output slot for the Tour's revolutionary micro-fax. If you don't have an icon for it, you must be out of thermal micro-fax paper. Go to the store and get some asap.

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Paper is hella expensive....was a cool feature at first...sent a ton of faxes....but the cost of the paper outweighs the usefullness of the feature IMO

[Elite1]

True, but it's the only solution when visiting 3rd world countries without data plans where the only mobile messaging available is this cool new micro-faxing.

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[rdy78]

oh i thought it was a credit card reader so you could take cc as payments like the key chain style ones haha...

[skyboxer]

It's a coin slot for pay-as-you-go. Only accepts dimes though. This will also be improved on the E-sex.

[bigsmoove]

Lint collector from my pocket is what I always thought it was...

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[richro]

incorrect. like others have said, the phone has 2 mics. one at the bottom to input sound, one on top to cancel noise interuptions.

I thought the mic on the left side by the speaker was for the noise cancellation.

[emostone]

That is where the laser shoots out when your scanning barcodes.

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[Arelunde]

Is there a moderator out there who might know the REAL purpose for "The Slot"?

[Arelunde]

Its for noise cancellation

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OOps! Didn't notice this at first read. Thank you!

[wouldya]

It's a cocaine-caddy for the strung out businessman.

[saintjah]

Hahahhahahahahhahahahahahaaa!

This is the output slot for the Tour's revolutionary micro-fax. If you don't have an icon for it, you must be out of thermal micro-fax paper. Go to the store and get some asap.

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[icesoul8tion]

This is the output slot for the Tour's revolutionary micro-fax. If you don't have an icon for it, you must be out of thermal micro-fax paper. Go to the store and get some asap.

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I was "rolling" when I read through the thread and got to this!!