The Blackberry Tour is the latest smartphone form RIM and so far has hit Alltel and Verizon Wireless. The device is a world phone and business types who travel internationally frequently will appreciate the fact that it works on 3G networks at home and abroad.

Sprint has announced that it is now getting the Tour as well. The device will run on the Sprint 3G network and works on international 3G networks. The device has all the features that the Tour models on other networks offer.

RIM makes some of the hottest smartphones out there with its line of Blackberry devices. The Blackberry is popular with business users and consumers alike and is one of the best selling smartphone lines in the world.

Alltel has announced that the Blackberry Tour is now available on its network and can be picked up in all retail stores and online. At the time of this writing, the device isn’t on their website. The handset supports the Alltel 3G network and works on 3G networks around the world.

As usual ColorWare couldn’t wait to get in on the BlackBerry Tour action. It hasn’t even been out for a month and ColorWare already has their paint brushes ready to give it all kinds of crazy colors.

You know the drill. ColorWare will take yours and give it a facelift for $129 or you can get a new custom one made for $750. They provide several choices to choose from, letting you pimp your Tour and accent different parts.

One of my friends is always dropping his phone. The guy went through four iPhones in six months because he kept dropping it and breaking the screen. After the fourth iPhone broke, he spent the money on the Otter Box Defender case and the fourth iPhone has lasted him a long time now.

Otter Box has announced a new line of cases for the recently launched Blackberry Tour including the Defender and the Impact. Those needing the ultimate protection will want to get the Defender. The case sells for $49.95 and is designed to protect the Tour from drops, bumps, dust, and shocks. All of the ports are accessible along with all functions of the phone when it’s in the case.

If you’re a fan of the Blackberry Tour, than you probably didn’t need a reminder that they were going on sale today, but if you needed the reminder than consider this your official wake up call.

Both carriers are now offering RIM’s latest CDMA BlackBerry for $199.99 on contract. To refresh your memory, the Blackberry Tour has a 256 MB internal Flash memory, 35 key backlight QWERTY keyboard, 3.2 MP camera with flash and autofocus, and Bluetooth 2.0.

No exclusivity here. Sprint is keeping pace with Verizon in getting the BlackBerry Tour to the masses. They’ll launch RIM’s latest device on July 12 for $199.99 on contract after rebates. Not July 20th as we previously thought.

Mark your calendars, alert the wife that $200 will be missing from the checkbook and wait patiently my friends. It will soon be in your hot little hands. The date approaches.

Looks like Verizon has just replaced its BlackBerry Tour teaser with a pre-order page and we now have an official date. It’s arriving July 12th for $200. Now we’re waiting to see if Sprint’s July 20th date comes to pass, but if you want a Tour before anyone else, looks like Verizon is the way to go.

To refresh your memory, the Blackberry Tour has a 256 MB internal Flash memory, 35 key backlight QWERTY keyboard, 3.2 MP camera with flash and autofocus, and Bluetooth 2.0.

The new Blackberry Tour 9630 smartphone will be launched in the near future and if you can’t wait, we have some leaked specs for you. The phone weighs just 130 grams and has a 256 MB internal Flash memory, 35 key backlight QWERTY keyboard, 3.2 MP camera with flash and autofocus, Bluetooth 2.0.

Excited? Do you want RIM to add anything else? If this looks like the BB device for you, you won’t have a long wait. The device will be available mid July on the Bell network.