Verizon Wireless BlackBerry Tour Available July 12th

Verizon Wireless’ new BlackBerry device, the Tour, will be available on July 12th for $199 with a 2-year contract and after a $70 mail-in-rebate.

You can think of the Tour as a Curve on steroids: It has a better 3.2MP camera, a newer operating system, a high resolution display, and a larger more spacious keyboard.

Also, if you’re a world traveler, you can take advantage of the phone’s world-phone support for access to GSM networks in 220 countries using its built-in SIM slot.

We’ve had a few chances to play with the new Tour and have loved what we’ve seen so far. While we’d love to see Verizon Wireless announce a next-generation device, we can’t complain when we see a BlackBerry that has a beefy spec list.

The Tour will also be available on Sprint. Stay tuned for full reviews of both.