Make Black Friday a BlackBerry Friday: Enter for your chance to Win* a BlackBerry Bold!

If someone you love has visions of BlackBerry ® smartphones dancing in their head, I’d like to help you make their dream a reality. As you may know, next Friday November 23rd is “Black Friday” in the United States, and it’s usually the biggest shopping day of the year! We want to be sure you make the best of it, so we’re giving away a new BlackBerry ® Bold ™ 9900 or BlackBerry® Bold™ 9930 smartphone to one lucky winner to celebrate Black Friday!

To enter, simply answer this question in the comments below between today, November 14, 2012 and Friday, November 16, 2012 at 11:59:59 p.m. ET: Why should you be the one to give the gift of a BlackBerry Bold smartphone this year? The reason could be anything: You gave the person a terrible gift last year; you spent all year bragging about your BlackBerry devices; your friend or family member would LOVE a BlackBerry Bold; or simply because you’re an all-around great gift-giver.

Entries will be judged on style, relevance and overall impression between November 26th, 2012 and November 28th, 2012.

Good luck and happy BlackBerry Black Friday!

*No purchase necessary. Contest open to residents of US and Canada (excluding Quebec) who are age of majority. One (1) prize avail to be won. ARV: $500US. Odds depend on the number of eligible entries received and the likelihood of receiving the highest score based on the Judges decision. Skill testing question applies for Canadian residents. Contest sponsored by Research In Motion Limited. See Official Contest Rules for complete details.

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First Mobile Credit Card Payment in Canada made on a BlackBerry smartphone

NFC technology is included in a range of BlackBerry ® 7 smartphones. It can be used to easily set up data transfers, add contacts to BlackBerry ® Messenger (BBM™), or synch up with a BlackBerry ® Music Gateway. But it can make your life easier in many different ways, as demonstrated today by CIBC and Rogers with help from Canadian Olympic medalist and triathlete, Simon Whitfield. Simon made the first mobile credit card transaction at Tim Horton’s, where he purchased a coffee with his BlackBerry ® smartphone.

Here’s a quick video demonstrating how it works:

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This convenient feature is being rolled out in Canada first by our partners CIBC and Rogers. Starting November 16th, the CIBC Mobile Payment™ app will be ready for download and you can start using it to pay for coffee, groceries and other everyday purchases. Simply hold your BlackBerry smartphone up to any contactless payment terminals in merchants across Canada, and your purchase will be made instantly.

The app will be available on two smartphones on the Rogers wireless network – the BlackBerry® Bold™ 9900 smartphone and BlackBerry® Curve™ 9360 smartphone. It will also require a Rogers’ suretap™ SIM card, as these devices have the ability to support secure contactless payments.

If you’re in Canada, check out Rogers Redboard to learn how to get started. This is just the beginning for NFC mobile payments and a glimpse into what you can look forward to in the future. Would you ditch your wallet and use your smartphone to pay for purchases? Let us know in the comments below.

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Adobe Releases Flash 10.1 Mobile

Adobe has finally announced the release of Flash 10.1 mobile to be built into smartphones. Flash 10.1 has been in beta for a while on the Android platform, and will be released to Android 2.2 devices in the market today. Adobe is also releasing Flash Mobile to platform partners so it can be included in other operating systems such as Windows Mobile, webOS, Blackberry and others.

Adobe hopes that Flash 10.1 will bring the experience of the regular web to mobile users.  Smartphones will no longer be deprived of the ability to run flash games, websites, video, and more.  It includes an emphasis on touch input, accelerometers, and “Smart Zooming” which will scale content into full screen mode. Adobe’s Smart Rendering makes sure that Flash is only rendered when it is on screen, saving battery life.

It also includes some memory management that Adobe claims “decreases content usage of RAM by up to 50 percent.” When receiving a phone call Flash player pauses automatically and then resumes when you return to the browser. I’ve spent some time with Flash on my Evo and I can say that it is an impressive experience. I was able to seamlessly watch video and play Flash games in full screen.

Source: BGR

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