Alright guys, we’re officially announcing the winner of the unlocked AT&T BlackBerry Torch 9800 today at last.  Sorry for the delay as most of you were expecting to hear the winner announced yesterday.  So without further interruption, the winner of the new Torch is user name: Fordman.  If you are the winner, email info at pocketberry dot com.   You have 24 hours to claim your prize as a new winner will be chosen instead if we do not hear from you.  Thank you all for participating and stay tuned in January 2011, as we’ll be doing another Torch giveaway.  Happy New Years to you all.

For a little while now, I’ve been using the BlackBerry HS-300 Wireless Headset.  I’m very fond of it at the moment now, more than my other headsets for many reasons.  I’m pretty much wrapped up with the review and will be posting it up here in the next few days, but I thought I’d give you some key reasons why the BlackBerry HS-300 is the headset to choose.  Usually I throw in the price factor, where I didn’t this time since you all know by now that the HS-300 retails for only $49.99.  I saved the 5 reasons for other valuable ones instead .  Hit the jump to read the list.

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The folks over at LaBlackBerry spotted something interesting over at the BlackBerry mobile website.  As you know, a bunch of new ringtones rolled out with BlackBerry 6, making some of you miss some “classics” offered in OS 5.0.  So RIM has put out all those older ringtones just for BlackBerry 6 users like you to download for free.

Download OS 5.0 ringtones >>

I guess many have been tweeting Telus in regards to BlackBerry 6 OS to officially launch for the BlackBerry Bold 9700, and there is no confirmed date for that yet.  On Twitter, Telus has responded that they do not know when the official release will be coming but they do have 6.0 coming to the BlackBerry Curve 3G 9300 in early January.  So any of you who purchased the device and are a bit unhappy with 5.0, hold up a bit longer as January is right around the corner along with an official build of OS 6.0 from Telus.

Source: MobileSyrup

We’re coming close to the end of 2010 and the PocketBerry Store is in on another MobileHeist.  This time it’s on select applications for the whole “Get Physically and Fiscally Fit” theme.  The applications listed below are all on a 50% off sale:

• Mobile Checkbook by Mobatech normally priced $9.99, sale price $5.00. Save $4.99
• trackIT: Expense Edition – MobiHand trackIT: Expense Edition by Javateck Media normally priced $14.99, sale price $7.50. Save $7.49
• ExpenseManager – MobiHand Expense Manager by Total Wireless Solutions normally priced $14.99, sale price $7.50. Save $7.49
• SplashMoney for BlackBerry – MobiHand SplashMoney by SplashData normally priced $29.99, sale price $15.00. Save $14.99
• e-Mobile Stocks (Blackberry Tour, Bold, Pearl, 8700, 8800, Curve edition) – MobiHand e-Mobile Stocks by e-Mobile Software normally priced $24.95, sale price $12.48. Save $12.47
• Brainwave Tuner (BlackBerry Edition) – MobiHandBrainwave Tuner by iMobiLife normally priced $3.99, sale price $2.00. Save $1.99
• tawkon – MobiHand tawkon by tawkon normally priced $9.99, sale price $5.00. Save $4.99
• Relaxus – Tunes for relaxation and a good night sleep – MobiHand Relaxus by iMobiLife normally priced $3.99, sale price $2.00. Save $1.99
• Couch to 5K – MobiHand Couch to 5k by Vimukti Technologies normally priced $2.99, sale price $1.00. Save $0.99
• Pocket Yoga – MobiHand Pocket Yoga by Vimukti Technologies normally priced $4.99, sale price $2.50. Save $2.49
• Fast Food Calorie Counter – MobiHand Fast Food Calorie Counter by MobiGloo normally priced $4.99, sale price $2.50. Save $2.49

The sale starts today and ends on January 1st so start your shopping today if any of these applications appeal to your interest.

Desktop: store.pocketberry.com/platformMain.asp?platform=5&section=mobileheist
Mobile: store.pocketberry.com/platformMainMobile.asp?platform=5&hst=1

A few days ago, a rumor from Kaufman Bros emerged speaking about RIM having battery life issues with the BlackBerry PlayBook and that was the prime reason for a delay.  In response, RIM has replied back, as the rumor spread out all over the web.  Here’s the official statement:

Any testing or observation of battery life to date by anyone outside of RIM would have been performed using pre-beta units that were built without power management implemented. RIM is on track with its schedule to optimize the BlackBerry PlayBook’s battery life and looks forward to providing customers with a professional grade tablet that offers superior performance with comparable battery life.

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Doubt it! But it would be nice.  Today I spent a decent amount of time waiting for my car to be serviced and forgot my iPad at home and was left with my BlackBerry only.  That’s not an issue for me, but I have become spoiled from applications such as Netflix and Hulu Plus on the iPad which make me want them around more often.

At the moment, Netflix is on the iPhone and iPad exclusively now, but I’d love to see other platforms get it.  I’m not only vouching for the BlackBerry here, but Android deserves to get it as well due to its large display screens.  On my BlackBerry Torch, it would definitely be awesome to have.

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We already let you know about the SoundID EarPrint application for BlackBerry and even gave you a brief walkthrough of screenshots within the application so that those of you who don’t own the headset could see what it’s capable of.  I’m not exactly sure which specific devices were supported before, but I do know it did work on the Torch as that’s what I demoed the application on.

In any case, support now fully includes: Curve 8900, Tour 9630, Bold 9650, Bold 9700, Torch 9800, Storm 9550,  Storm 9530 and Storm 9520.

You can pick up a copy of EarPrint over at BlackBerry App World for free.  Keep in mind this application requires the SoundID 510 Bluetooth wireless headset.

As promised, here’s the full list of people who won a free copy of Xobni.  If you participated and see your name as a winner, email info at pocketberry dot com to claim your prize using the email address you used to comment and include your user name in the subject.  You have 24 hours to claim your prize. Congrats to all!

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As a special promotion BullGuard is giving out 5,000 free copies of their BullGuard Mobile Antivirus application.  Not so sure how many copies are left, but if you’re looking to get some extra security on your BlackBerry, definitely check it out.

Sign up for a free copy of BullGuard Mobile Antivirus >>