Apparently the BlackBerry Tour 9630 smartphone destined for Verizon Wireless and last heard of release day being sometime in July, has now been pushed back to a mid-August arrival according to an article on phonearena.

Although instructional and promo materials turning up in Bell stores along with a proper device with Telus signal that the Blackberry Tour 9630 will be in Canada sooner than later, so a mid-August launch for the US seems unlikely and thus should be treated as rumour.

The BlackBerry Tour 9630 is a fair old deal for CDMA carriers whose only other real options thus far for serious business have been the BlackBerry 8300 and 8830.