The folks at the Max Borges Agency sent us out a set of Wicked Audio Tour headphones, and the best I can say about them is that they do a great job of looking distinctive. Their actual use, however, isn’t the best. The Wicked Audio Tour headphones offer up a four foot long cable, a [...]

Some of you have never heard of Nathan Sawaya, but he is a terrific Lego artist. He has just created a huge Lego RIM BlackBerry Tour 9360 that stands 5 feet tall. I’m not certain what it is good for, but for a display. Speaking of display, it has a flatscreen LCD …

Verizon has released a fresh OS OS 4.7.1.5 for BlackBerry Tour that makes the device much much better and adds some significant upgrades. The new version will become available pretty soon (on the Software Update page of Verizon’s website) and among others it has seen the following changes: – better sound quality when making calls [...]

Well don’t act so surprised no, the phone in the picture here looks like the Tour because that’s exactly what it is. Although RIM likes to call it the Essex, we’ll think about it as a pimped our Tour touting WiFi support. And yes, the trackball has been replaced with a new trackpad but other [...]

For some reason RIM has decided not to include WiFi support in its recently launched BlackBerry Tour. And now we hear that RIM is doing everything in its power to add WiFi connectivity to the phone. Since the phone is getting a new feature, the Tour will be known as the Essex. So in case [...]

If you haven’t purchased your BlackBerry Tour from Verizon or Sprint so far you can choose now to get yours from Alltel. Sure Alltel is owned by Verizon so technically picking Alltel is almost like picking Verizon as your Tour provider. Alltel will sell the Tour for $199 with a 1-year contract and after a [...]

Best Buy is going to get a bunch of new cell phones on August 23 and chances are you’ll find one attractive enough to take it home at the end of the day. While there are no prices available yet, the leaked document mentions quite a few hot phones: Samsung Gravity 2 (berry) — T-Mobile [...]

Verizon has apparently decided to drop most smartphone prices down to only $99 when customers choose a new two-year agreement thus matching that AT&T $99 iPhone pricing. That means phones like the HTC Touch Pro, the BlackBerry Storm and many others will now be available for $99 with new contracts. The BlackBerry Tour and the [...]

As you are well aware by now, the Tour has been launched by both Sprint and Verizon on the same day. And Verizon seems to be the moral winner of this direct duel. Not only didn’t Sprint make the Tour available for pre-order, but it also failed to please every customer that walked into a [...]

If you are one of U.S. Cellular’s subscribers then we have a surprise for you. It looks like U.S. Cellular has leaked a new rebate sheet (check the picture) and you’ll be able to purchase your favorite handset for a cheaper price soon. The list includes some really hot phones like HTC’s Touch Pro2 and [...]