When was "Tour" confirmed??

[numus]

Honestly i am looking at my blackberry curve right now and NO WHERE ON TEH DAMN THING does it say curve... so why does the name really matter? It could be called the blackberry "bends you over and sticks it up your bum" and i dont think it really would matter in the end.. as long as the phone is kickass and meets up too all the expectations we have been giving it..

Now you know who i always thought had awesome names? Intel and their XEON series...
Comeon they have names like Prestonia, Gallatin, Tigerton

[tghockey07]

Tour=dumb Niagara=cool

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[experiment626]

Since the 8900 isn't using it anymore why not rename the 9630 the Javelin.

[mhind52]

I blame U2 for this!!

[esalonia]

I'm not a fan of U2, and I wouldn't like it if this phone was branded with U2... If there is a model that is branded, that is fine, as long as there is a "regular" version of this...

[RicanMedic78]

if this thing is going to be marketed to the professional, it should be named professionally (e.g. 9630 WE). Tour isn't professional. But then again, as long as it doesnt say "TOUR" anywhere on the phone itself, then I don't care lol

[esalonia]

Originally Posted by RicanMedic78

if this thing is going to be marketed to the professional, it should be named professionally (e.g. 9630 WE). Tour isn't professional. But then again, as long as it doesnt say "TOUR" anywhere on the phone itself, then I don't care lol

agreed.

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[spangler07]

Originally Posted by RicanMedic78

if this thing is going to be marketed to the professional, it should be named professionally (e.g. 9630 WE). Tour isn't professional. But then again, as long as it doesnt say "TOUR" anywhere on the phone itself, then I don't care lol

I think "curve" and "pearl" are just as "unprofessional," but people don't think that because they're used to the names now.

I mean, those who said they would rather it be called "niagara"--naming a phone after a waterfall? That's kind of silly. Thank god that was just the codename and not vice versa. "Tour" won't be all that bad once you get used to it.

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[sooks]

Originally Posted by spangler07

I think "curve" and "pearl" are just as "unprofessional," but people don't think that because they're used to the names now.

I mean, those who said they would rather it be called "niagara"--naming a phone after a waterfall? That's kind of silly. Thank god that was just the codename and not vice versa. "Tour" won't be all that bad once you get used to it.

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Agreed , the name has definetly grown on me 100 percent since i first heard it .... starting to like it now.

[radioguinea]

Originally Posted by sooks

Agreed , the name has definetly grown on me 100 percent since i first heard it .... starting to like it now.

Wait til you get to use it, the name wont matter then anymore

[staticfive]

Originally Posted by theadrock13

So if you enter www. blackberrybold .com it redirects to RIM.
If you enter www. blackberrycurve .com it goes to RIM.
Ditto blackberrystorm .com, blackberry9000 .com, etc. The registrar of all these RIM domain names is CSC CORPORATE DOMAINS, INC.

Now, the same whois lookup (at internic) for www. blackberrytour .com show the registrar to be GoDaddy. Do you think that RIM would lock in the name at GoDaddy, then switch registrars to CSC later? Smell fishy to anyone but me?

My point EXACTLY. I say exactly this in the comments section (I'm Adam): BlackBerry Niagara To Be Officially Named The BlackBerry Tour

This would never fly, and I can guarantee that they're not trying to be sneaky about it either. There's a 60-day period where you can't re-transfer the domains--if they wanted blackberrytour.com, they would have registered it with CSC in the first place. As far as I can tell, the link I posted is the earliest mention of the 9630 being called the Tour, and "pretty sure it will be called the tour" is an apocalyptic overstatement just because both blackberrytour.com and blackberry9630.com happen to point to the same IP address (GoDaddy, no less).

I would put money on it.

[staticfive]

Originally Posted by esalonia

I'm not a fan of U2, and I wouldn't like it if this phone was branded with U2... If there is a model that is branded, that is fine, as long as there is a "regular" version of this...

Yeah, wasn't Bono all over the iPhone release?

[markhunsaker]

I just call the 9630 "my phone." There, problem solved.

[roeod4]

Originally Posted by staticfive

My point EXACTLY. I say exactly this in the comments section (I'm Adam): BlackBerry Niagara To Be Officially Named The BlackBerry Tour

This would never fly, and I can guarantee that they're not trying to be sneaky about it either. There's a 60-day period where you can't re-transfer the domains--if they wanted blackberrytour.com, they would have registered it with CSC in the first place. As far as I can tell, the link I posted is the earliest mention of the 9630 being called the Tour, and "pretty sure it will be called the tour" is an apocalyptic overstatement just because both blackberrytour.com and blackberry9630.com happen to point to the same IP address (GoDaddy, no less).

I would put money on it.

Well it sure looks like Verizon plans on calling it the tour.

BlackBerry Tour 9630 spotted in Verizon inventory - SlashGear

[staticfive]

Originally Posted by roeod4

Well it sure looks like Verizon plans on calling it the tour.

BlackBerry Tour 9630 spotted in Verizon inventory - SlashGear

THANK YOU. So far this is the very first substantial evidence that I've actually seen to support the tour theory--after searching for 2 months, I've found nothing that's more tangible. Unless they're keeping tours of the RIM facilities in stock :-P

Part of me thinks that maybe RIM waits to hear the buzz on the interwebz and eventually people on these sites will come up with a name so they don't have to :-P