First off let me say that I can’t tell you how sorry I am because I’ve been out of touch for so long. I had to go down to Mexico for 3 weeks to get some things settled with my business and my family (which is a wonderful mess). I’m back in LA, but I gotta go back to Mexico on Monday again

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Here we go again. This is the first Blackberry Tour 2 (9650) A.K.A. Essex that’s up for grabs on eBay! It looks like the seller has an impressive sales track record, so there is no reason for you to let this opportunity go by, unless of course you don’t want to spend almost $1,400 USD on a pre-released phone. I must say that one great thing about this phone is the OS this phone is running on: OS v5.0.0.402, which has to be the latest OS version that I’ve ever heard off for this Berry. Another cool thing you can notice on the pictures is that the device has the dark bezel that Verizon has on its current Blackberry Tour (9630), and these are the first pictures of this version of the Tour 2 (9650).

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After a lot of speculation we finally got our hands on a new Verizon Blackberry Essex thanks to our good friend The Cellular Guru. This second generation Blackberry Tour is now officially “numbered” and is now the Blackberry 9650. Except for the OS version, nothing else has changed from the one I showed you in my Overview Video of the Blackberry Essex (at least on the outside). This is also very good news, because we are already seeing devices like this one floating around that are already branded, so that means the release date is getting closer and closer.

We will update you, as always, as the story develops, but for now please feel free to ask any questions or comment on the Essex Forum.

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