Updated 15 Feb, 2012, 6:16 pm IST

RIM Launches BlackBerry Tour With Reliance CDMA

07 Oct, 2009, 3:26 pm IST | Shayne Rana |

Reliance Mobile and Research In Motion (RIM) have just announced the BlackBerry Tour smartphone for Reliance's CDMA customers in India. The BlackBerry Tour smartphone is a 3G-enabled smartphone that will include features like international roaming support to help users stay in touch whether they travel around the corner or around the world.

“Reliance Mobile has been the leader in CDMA communication technology in India since its inception. We are delighted to introduce the BlackBerry Tour smartphone on our well-established CDMA platform. The innovation and advanced technology that the BlackBerry Tour incorporates is ideal for today’s consumer who is always on the move,” said Vrajesh Shelat, Head Wireless Data Business, Reliance Mobile. “The pre-booking promotion is an opportunity for our customers to experience this latest BlackBerry smartphone from Reliance Mobile. With the launch of the BlackBerry Tour smartphone, we are offering our CDMA customers an opportunity to leverage the high speed data experience on both our CDMA and GSM networks.”

“The BlackBerry Tour smartphone is a world phone in a complete sense, with sharp styling that resonates well with the suave and well-travelled consumer who wants to be connected while on the go. With multimedia functionality as well as support for email, social networking and a wide variety of other mobile applications, the BlackBerry Tour takes mobile empowerment to the next level,” said Frenny Bawa, Vice President, India, Research In Motion.

The BlackBerry Tour smartphone from Reliance Mobile features a chic black finish with chrome highlights surrounding its sleek design. It measures 112mm x 62mm x 14.2mm (L X W X D) and weighs just 130g.
Other key features of the BlackBerry Tour smartphone include:

2.44-inch TFT LCD with a 480 x 360 at 245 ppi
Full QWERTY keypad
3.2 MP AF camera with flash, image stabilization, video recording
Full HTML web browser, including support for streaming audio and video (RTSP)
3.5 mm stereo headset jack
Bluetooth Stereo Audio Profile (A2DP/AVCRP), USB
256MB Flash memory, MicroSD card support
Built-in GPS with support for geotagging and other location based applications and services
BlackBerry Media Sync
enhanced background noise cancellation, a low-distortion speakerphone

Preloaded DataViz Documents to Go allows users to edit Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint files.
The BlackBerry Tour will be available nationally from October 12th for Rs. 27,990. As a special promotion from Reliance Mobile for pre-booking customers, users will be able to enjoy two months of free BlackBerry Internet Service on Reliance Mobile's CDMA network. The company also plans to roll out the BlackBerry Tour to its GSM customers soon.

Tags: BlackBerry , 3 Megapixel , QWERTY , RIM