Just like they were the first to offer pre-ordering of the BlackBerry Storm2, Vodafone UK now has the Bold 9700 available for pre-order.

Those who pre-order the Bold 9700 can expect to receive it on October 28th (two days after the Storm2) for free on monthly pay plans from £35. For more info and to pre-order check out the Bold 9700 Vodafone UK page.

@ConorfromOrange, an Orange UK employee who works in the comms team, sent out the following tweet basically confirming that the Bold 9700 will also be available to Orange UK customers soon.

If you’re with Orange UK and know more details about the Bold 9700 let me know in the comments!

Earlier this morning Vodafone and RIM announced the availability of the BlackBerry Storm2. Vodafone UK has updated their site to allow pre-ordering of the Storm2. Those who pre-order the Storm can expect to receive theirs on October 26th.

According to an article by guardian.co.uk, the Storm2 will be exclusively available through Vodafone for only a few weeks.

Vodafone will have the handset as an exclusive in the UK, but only for a few weeks. RIM is understood to have demanded that the device be available to other operators after Vodafone joined Orange in successfully ending O2’s exclusive two-year deal with Apple for the iPhone in the UK.

It is unclear whether any of the other UK operators will be stocking the Storm 2 in time for Christmas, but by the start of next year – when Vodafone will finally be able to start shipping the iPhone – it is expected to be available on at least one other network, most probably Orange, which will also start selling the iPhone within the next few weeks.

The Storm 2 will be launched by Vodafone in Germany, Ireland, the Netherlands, Spain, the UK, France, Italy and South Africa, and Canadian handset maker RIM is hoping that it will get a more positive critical reaction than the first version, which went on sale last November.

If you’d like to pre-order the Storm2 you can find it on Vodafone UK’s site, or for more info check out the press release that was posted earlier today. The Storm2 features and specifications can also be found here.

It looks like MobileCityOnline is taking pre-orders for the BlackBerry Storm 2! (Not?)

I’ve personally never ordered from them and I’m not sure how reliable they are, but if you go to the product page they have a description and some photos. Funny thing is I recognize the photos as being the ones Engadget had before they had to take it down for legal reasons. The other funny thing…it seems as if the Engadget logo was removed from the additional photos and it looks like the bottom of the first sample photo may have been touched up. I could be wrong…

The description is pretty vague, with things we’ve basically already seen and read. They’re claiming it will be unlocked and work on ” AT&T (GSM based), T-Mobile, Verizon Wireless, and Other GSM carriers”. I don’t know where they got their prices since the first generation Storm retails for about $500, but they’re saying it retails for $899.99 and they’re selling it for $649.99.

Again, I don’t know how legit this product listing is so don’t go running off and pre-order it. If you do, you do so at your own risk. I tried calling them but they aren’t open right now. If  anyone from MobileCityOnline wants to confirm this as legit, feel free to send me a message.

If you’ve dealt with MobileCityOnline before and know them to be legitimate feel free to let me know in the comments.

Verizon has already officially announced the July 12th launch date for the BlackBerry Tour 9630 in two versions and we have already seen an unboxing video of it, so I’m sure many of you are anxious to get this BlackBerry.

Some of you may even be worried that Verizon stores will sell out and you may not make it in time. Well now you don’t have to worry as much because Best Buy Mobile is also taking pre-orders for the Verizon Tour!

For a $50 deposit at your local Best Buy store you can reserve yourself a new BlackBerry Tour 9630 and make sure you have it on launch day. There is currently no information about pre-ordering the Tour on the Best Buy site so you’ll have to actually go into the store to reserve it.

If you successfully reserve yourself a Verizon Tour at your local Best Buy let me know!

via CrackBerry

It looks like pre-ordering of the Sprint BlackBerry Tour will not be available.

According to @srdoherty, the manager of social media and interactive communications at Sprint:

No pre-orders for the Tour…

Sprint has already confirmed that the Tour will be available online and at telesales July 12th, but it looks like you’ll have to rush to the Sprint store in the morning if you want to grab one. If you don’t mind waiting a few more days I guess you can always just order it online…

Visit sprint.com/tour for more info and to sign up to be further notified about the Tour’s availability on Sprint.

via BGR

Apparently existing Verizon customers are not able to currently pre-order the BlackBerry Tour 9630.

BGR found out that Verizon has decided to allow the pre-ordering of the Tour by existing customers, possibly tomorrow according to the updated product page.

Existing customers will be able to upgrade or purchase the BlackBerry Tour on this site very soon. Please check back with us tomorrow.

That’s great news for all you Verizon subscribers! Now all you have to worry about is actually pre-ordering one before/if they go out of stock…

Check out the Verizon Tour page at verizonwireless.com/tour or view the updated product page here.

Last night I posted about the Verizon BlackBerry Tour 9630 being available for pre-order.

This morning a buddy of mine let me know that Verizon actually has two versions of the Tour available. One with a camera and one without a camera!

It seems like the camera-less Tour 9630 will still be $199.99, the introductory price being offered to anyone who pre-orders the Tour with a new 2 year activation.

I asked a Verizon rep as to why this is and they just said “Not sure that’s just how Verizon has it set up.”

Check out both versions here or visit the Verizon Tour page at verizonwireless.com/tour.

What do you think about the camera-less version being the same price as the version with a camera?

*UPDATE Pre-order page is working again! 2 year contract price is $269.99. Pre-ordering online gets you a $70 discount bringing it down to $199.99. *

I’ve been checking both the Verizon Tour Page and the Sprint Tour Page on a regular basis. I just checked the Verizon page and it was updated to allow pre-ordering of the BlackBerry Tour 9630!

As you can see in the screen capture above, the Verizon Tour 9630 will be available for purchase online and in-stores July 12th, but right now you can pre-order yours for the introductory price of $199.99 with a new 2 year activation.

Head on over to verizonwireless.com/tour and pre-order yours now!