It's one of those questions that always seems to pop up. "How do I unlock my BlackBerry" along with, "What does unlocking my BlackBerry do for me?" Well, since we have a new round of BlackBerry 7 devices making it into retail locations we figured it was high time we did a brief video explaining the why's and how's of the process.

This video is applicable to all new devices, and most older devices as the unlocking procedure for BlackBerry smartphones for the most part remains unchanged. If you all have any further questions, drop some comments below or head on into the CrackBerry forums and check out our BlackBerry unlocking forums -- chances are, you're question has already been answered in there. Quick note on the settings after unlocking: When your device is unlocked everything will say "Disabled", not "Active".

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Just about two weeks into 2010 and going strong. This week we had the big BlackBerry Presenter announcement and heard loads of cool news from CES. Hopefully 2010 will have some great things in store for the CrackBerry Nation. Just a reminder to developers and retailers - if you'd like to run a contest of your own in the blogs, just shoot an email to editorial(at)crackberry.com to set something up. Thanks to everyone that entered, and congrats to all the winners!

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Carrier Unlock is again offering up some free codes to the CrackBerry Nation. The codes will be for Rogers, AT&T, T-Mobile USA, Verizon, Cincinnati Bell, Centennial, Cellular One, and Suncom. As an added bonus, with the coupon code CB the above carriers can be unlocked for just $6.99 during the contest, or the code will take $3.00 off any of the other products Carrier Unlock offers. Head over to carrierunlock.com for more info or to purchase. Just leave a comment on this post to enter the contest - ends this Sunday at Midnight PST. Please only leave one comment, multiple entries won't count.

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