@BlackBerryHelp Giving Away Backpacks & Sweatshirts to Celebrate Followers Milestone

RIM has a new contest starting tomorrow that they announced in their forums (thanks DT for the tip!). Their @BlackBerryHelp account is about to hit 500,000 followers and to celebrate they are giving away some schwag. Specifically they are giving away 20 BlackBerry backpacks and 10 BlackBerry sweatshirts. The contest involves you answer trivia questions RIM posts on their @BlackBerryHelp account and you need to be the 5th correct tweet to the question to win.

The contest is open to residents of the US and Canada and the 30 contests will be held between tomorrow and September 7th. Keep an eye out on http://twitter.com/blackberryhelp for the contest invites! Check out the full details here.

 

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Contest: Jared Companny a UNLOCKED Blackberry Torch

We are giving away 1 new and unlocked BlackBerry Torch to the winner; and if the winner was referred by a friend, then the referring  friend will win a Chillbed Laptop Cooling Stand and ChillTab Univeral Tablet Stand (from Chillbed Industries)

To enter the sweepstakes you just need to do the following:

 

1. “Like” our fan page at http://www.facebook.com/JaredCo <http://www.jaredcompany.com/em/link.php?M=254150&N=456&L=137&F=H> ;
2. Fill out the entry form which is under the Sweepstakes link on our Facebook fan page;
3. Refer your facebook friends to enter, and you will have a chance to win the Chillbed Laptop Cooling Stand and ChillTab Univeral Tablet Stand.
   

Bell Mobility giving you a chance to win a BlackBerry Bold™ 9900

If you’re looking to get your hands on a BlackBerry Bold 9900, you’ll be excited to know that Bell Mobility is throwing a contest to have a chance to win one of the sleek devices. The contest runs until Thursday, August 18, 2011.

ELIGIBILITYThe Contest is open to all individuals who:

(a) reside in Canada (excluding Quebec);
(b) have reached the age of majority in their province of residence;

• Enter Bell’s Contest here

RIM announcing new BlackBerry OS 7 devices at BB7 Fan Night

With RIM’s BlackBerry 7 Fan Night coming up on Wednesday in Toronto, rumors are flying around about what exactly is going to happen there. Of course it will be a party, but aside from rubbing elbows with other BlackBerry addicts, nomming on hors d’oeuvre, and of course getting that much anticipated BlackBerry 7 device, just what else is planned?

Well, your first clue is right there. Research In Motion is throwing in a BlackBerry 7 device as part of the prize for those lucky winners from the Twitter contest last week. Since they didn’t specify the prize is a BlackBerry Bold 9900/30 and the event isn’t called BlackBerry 9900 Fan Night, it stands to reason that they have plans to announce at least a few more of the seven devices they assured us were coming this year. Maybe the attendees will even get some hands on time with devices like the BlackBerry Torch 2 9810, or the Torch 9850/60.

 

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RadioShack Contest Offering “Free Phones for Life!” to 4 Lucky Winners!

Fred let me know that RadioShack has a slick contest going on right now called the “RadioShack Free Phones for Life Sweepstakes.” They are basing their “Free Phones for Life” prize as $25,000 based on estimated costs of $500 per year for a new BlackBerry for 50 years. I guess they assume your phone will be embedded into your brain in 50 years. The are giving away 4 of these packages so that is 4 possible winners!

 

They have an odd system going of how to enter that is a bit confusing. Anybody living in the US who is 18 or older can enter to win for free at www.radioshack.com/FreePhonesForLife which gives you 5 entries into the contest. You can enter this way 5 times per week for up to 25 entries. The odd part is that you also get ONE entry for purchasing something at a RadioShack store (unless you live in California), ONE for buying something at RadioShack.com, ONE for applying for a RadioShack credit card, and ONE more for your first purchase with said new RadioShack card. Odd that you would get more entries online than when you actually buy something.

RadioShack is also placing a hard limit of 100 total entries per person or email address no matter how you enter along with a few other restrictions like: One in-store purchase transaction per person/store per day, regardless of number of items purchased; one online purchase transaction per person per day, regardless of number of items purchased; one entry via new RadioShack Credit Card (The Shack Card) application per person. Twenty Five (25) entries via Entry Method #2 (Online form) per person per week.

So what are you waiting for? Enter to win free phones for life every week until July 30th at www.radioshack.com/FreePhonesForLife

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Travel Better with BlackBerry and win a trip to Australia!

RIM is promoting their native Travel app with a contest for chance to win a trip for two to Australia, plus a USD $2,500 gift card. For all the details an how to enter, see below:

Hey, #TeamBlackBerry, dreaming of getting away this summer to some place warm and sunny? Well, listen up because we want to send you to Australia! Check out the “Travel Better with BlackBerry®” Contest and enter for your chance to win† a trip for two to Australia, plus a USD $2,500 gift card. You could soon be hanging out Down Under.In addition to the grand prize, we’re giving away two great prizes each week (winners will be contacted directly) – one consists of a BlackBerry® smartphone and a travel gift pack and the other includes luggage, a travel gift pack and a $1,000 gift card. You can enter on Twitter® using the #TravelBetter hashtag or on the Contest Website, or both. See the Official Contest Rulesfor complete Travel Better with BlackBerry contest details.And stay tuned, travel lovers – we’re introducing cool new features into BlackBerry® Travel v1.1 arriving in BlackBerry® Beta Zone soon. (You can check back here, or follow us on the @BlackBerry Twitter account and we’ll announce when it’s available. For now, check out this hands on demo of the BlackBerry Travel application currently in the BlackBerry App World™ storefront.)

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Travel Better with BlackBerry Contest Wrapping Up – Enter Now!

We let you know in the end of May about RIM’s Travel Better with BlackBerry contest which has some awesome prizes. RIM has been giving away one BlackBerry device of your choice every week since then and there is still a grand prize trip for two to Australia up for grabs. RIM is even throwing in $2,500 of spending money with the deal. The contest ends on June 26th so if you want to go to Australia as badly as I do I would head on over fast!

 

The contest is limited to the US and Canada excluding Quebec again. You can enter every week for their weekly drawing for a BlackBerry smartphone which also enters you for the grand prize. You can enter via Twitter (7 times a week) or their website (1x a week) for multiple entries which is also sweet.

Check out the contest at www.travelbetterwithblackberry.com

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Have you entered the Travel Better with BlackBerry Contest?

 

RIM is promoting their BlackBerry Travel application by offering a trip for two to Australia as the grand prize! According to the contest details, the winner will enjoy a 9 day trip to Australia and a $2500 American Express gift card. There are also weekly prizes available to be won, as well. You can check out our review of BlackBerry Travel here. It was helpful when we went out to Seattle for a few days. If you’re not familiar with BlackBerry Travel, in a nutshell you’ll get:

• BlackBerry Super App designation – Get full integration with your BlackBerry smartphone Message List and Calendar.
  Hotel browsing and booking – With access to more than 110,000 hotels worldwide, you get all the features you need to find and book the perfect accommodation.
• Itinerary Discovery and integration – Reliably import even complex itineraries consisting of multi-leg journeys and multiple booking partners, into an easy-to-manage BlackBerry Travel itinerary view.
• Push based Travel Notifications – Find out if there are any flight delays, cancellations or other changes that could affect your plans – updates come straight to your BlackBerry smartphone.
• Travel plan sharing – Use email or LinkedIn to share your travel plans with friends, family and colleagues.
• Location aware travel benefits – Location aware search and booking capabilities help you find hotels or other points of interest, such as shopping and top tourist attractions based on your exact location.
• Easy access to services – Enjoy easy access to local search, weather information to all trip destinations, social connections in each of the trips locations and a currency converter.

The contest started a few weeks ago, but it’s not too late to enter. If one of you ends up winning, let us know! Make sure you also download BlackBerry Travel, for free, from BlackBerry App World. Good luck!

Enter the Travel Better with BlackBerry contest
More information/download BlackBerry Travel[qrcode pix=150]http://appworld.blackberry.com/webstore/content/25652?lang=en[/qrcode]

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First Look: Inside the Army’s App Store for War

If all of the bureaucratic and security hurdles can be overcome, the Army will soon launch its version of an app store, where soldiers can download Army-relevant software to their work computers and — with a little luck — mobile phones. This is what its homepage will look like.

Called Army Marketplace, it’ll start off featuring the few dozen applications that soldiers created last year during the Apps for the Army contest. Those early efforts ran the gamut from workout guides to digitized manuals for standard Army tasks. So far, there are 17 apps for Android phones and another 16 for iPhones.

At BlackBerry World next week? Be sure to collect your PlayBook Passport stamps for a chance to win a free PlayBook!

With BlackBerry World just around the corner, we’re starting to get revved up for what is to be the BIGGEST BlackBerry event of the year. Hopefully we’ll see some cool news announcements next week and get our hands on some new BlackBerry Smartphone hardware. The other thing that’s always nice to see are FREEBIES. I’ve got my fingers crossed that RIM will up and decide to give all attendees a free PlayBook (I know… I’m probably dreaming, but seriously, I need another one to mount in my car) but if that doesn’t happen you still have another chance to get a free BlackBerry PlayBook if you’re at the show.