After one full week of having a new BlackBerry Tour 9630, I thought I’d write a quick review. This is my first BlackBerry, so there is a little learning curve to the operating system. I have been using an iPod Touch for several months and my phone for the last two years has been a Sony Ericson w580i, so the QWERTY keyboard is also taking a little adjustment. Overall, I find the messaging to be exceptional. Surfing the web in the BlackBerry browser isn’t quite as smooth as Safari on the iPod Touch/iPhone, but it isn’t bad experience.

Out of the box

I had one issue before I even started using the Tour. I took it out of the box and had a bit of trouble getting the battery cover off. The instructions weren’t really clear. I had to push up the silver latch then pry open the bottom of the cover with a fingernail.

WiFi would be a nice feature.

It would be nice if the headset jack was on top rather than on the side.