New BlackBerry Tour Caters to Globetrotting Users

Research In Motion (Nasdaq: RIMM) announced on Tuesday that its new BlackBerry 9630 Tour world phone will hit the shelves this summer.

What's really new about it is that it supports 3G EV-DO networks in North America, as well as 3G UMTS/ HSPA and quad-band EDGE/ GPRS/ GSM networks abroad.

Blackberry Tour Smartphone

Other features -- the built-in camera, the preloaded DataVIZ Documents To Go, the GPS and access to social networking services -- are similar to the features available in most of the newer BlackBerry devices.

Sprint (NYSE: S) and Verizon have already committed to carrying the 9630.