As for comparing the 9630 to the 8830 World Edition... well.. honestly, there is no comparison.

Display - Like all of these latest generation BlackBerry smartphones (exception BlackBerry Pearl Flip), the display on 9630 is top notch.

It seems unlikely that they'd develop a new brand name to market it under, but they do have to name it something... and I don't think BlackBerry Curvy Bold 9630 would work!

It also appears there's even some all new stuff included in 4.7.1 - unless my memory is really bad, I don't recall ever seeing Memory Statistics as a menu option within the Media Player before.

Though the BlackBerry OS is a multi-tasker, unless you do this and actually use the Application Switcher you almost don't notice that the device is even multi-tasking (running apps in the background) since you're always exiting to the homescreen to re-enter apps.

The best news for BlackBerry users of course is that this same feature has also made its way onto the latest versions of the 4.6 OS for the Bold and 8900 as well (unofficial/leaked versions) so hopefully we'll soon see all trackball BlackBerry smartphones updated to include this. I love the quarter inch of extra width the Bold's display offers, and wish the 8900 and 9630 could offer that without having to make the device any wider. BlackBerry Tour Hardware Review & Comparison. CDMA users need a next-generation full qwerty BlackBerry. BlackBerry Tour 9630 smartphone. Looking at the 9630, the most unique visual queue is its battery door which I'm happy to say I personally think looks much better in person than in the previous photos that popped up on the net of it. RIM's 480 by 360 LCD as seen on the Curve 8900 and now used in the 9630 is awesome, and the 3.2 megapixel camera is much improved over the old 2.0 megapixel camera (which of course the 8830 doesn't have a camera).

But it was only after I installed Fabian Heuwieser'sTyperSpeed app onto both devices that I could quantify that the Bold was the better keyboard for me. Bold and Curve 8900 owners should see this on their device with the future release of OS 5.0. I'm sure as the OS makes it's move up from 4.7.1.15 to whatever it ultimately gets released with, all of these things will get better as things get tweaked out. It's probably easiest to think of the "Niagara" as the next-generation BlackBerry 8830 World Edition. Size-wise it fits somewhere in the middle between the 8900 and Bold, and it shares design influences from both. I just got the curve and im loving it. Other Stuff - Once I get some solid code up and running on the BlackBerry Tour I'll follow up with some more impressions.

Instead of having 30 - 45 megs of free space for apps like the Storm has by default, the 9630 has roughly 130 megs free.

In the case of the 9630 unit reviewed here, the hardware really appears to be quite solid.

With OS 4.7 you're met with Set Ring Tones/Alerts, Set Contact Alerts and Custom Profiles which definitely make it more clear on what you can do and how to get there.

I wouldn't think of this as a problem, but it's for sure a trade off of having a smaller form factor. That all said, I do wish there was a way for RIM to get the edge of display closer to the edge of the device.

This isn't them getting the 8830 or Curve 8330 a year down the road, but this is a device they can call their own... at least for a while I'm guessing! For all those who say the Curve 8900 is too small or that the Bold is too big, you're going to find this device to feel just right. It's hard to say which carrier will land this new device first (safe bets would be Verizon or Sprint), but the odds are good you will see the "Niagara" roll out with time to every carrier who currently sells the 8830. I'll be curious to hear what everyone thinks of it once they get in their hands. I would like to receive mail from Future partners.

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The visual appearance is enough to make you want to start tapping on the screen, but don't do it - this is still a trackball BlackBerry. Talk to ya soon. Or maybe RIM will skip the brand name and just go with BlackBerry 9630 WE. However, when scrolling through the preloaded sample photos the colors on my 8900 were a bit more vibrant and crisp.