Contest: Win a spare battery for your BlackBerry! Keep reading for details.

One of the great things about a BlackBerry is that you can easily swap out the battery as you need it. I love being able to have a spare (or four) that I can easily toss in when my battery gets low. A charger isn't alway accessbile, so having a spare battery in your purse, briefcase or pocket can be clutch at times during the day. If you don't have an extra battery for your device, not to worry. We have a great selection of batteries for all devices at ShopCrackBerry. You can even pick up an external charger so your spare is always at the ready! Keep reading for your chance to win!

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SwiftKey and Mobile Nations are giving you the chance to win a phone or tablet of your choice. SwiftKey is one of the leading aftermarket keyboard for Android, and in return for letting the SwiftKey guys know how you use your phones and tablets, you could bag the device of your choice, up to a value of $800.

Head over to swiftkey.com/survey to begin, complete the survey. If you're one of the lucky three (yes, three) winners, you could get your hands on your dream phone or tablet, even if it doesn't run Android. In fact, even if you don't currently own a device that supports their kick-ass keyboard, SwiftKey still wants to hear from you, and you could still be a winner.

The survey is open internationally for smartphone and tablet owners aged 18 and over, and it runs until midnight on Wednesday, June 6. Be sure to check SwiftKey's site for the full terms and conditions.

Head over to SwiftKey's survey page to get started!

Here is the winner from last week's contest. If you won you will be receiving an email either from us or directly from the retailer/developer in the next few days. If for some reason you don't receive an email within 7-14 days (be sure to check your spam/junk folder just in case, and verify your registered address associated with your CrackBerry account) you can email us at sitesupport(at)crackberry.com and we'll be sure to get you taken care of. Please be patient as some emails may take longer than others to arrive. Congrats to the winner!

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What You May Have Missed

RIM preparing update for the BlackBerry 10 Dev Alpha device
Week one with the BlackBerry Curve 9320 - Initial thoughts
And the winner of CrackBerry Kevin's Porsche Design BlackBerry is....
New BlackBerry 10 photos shed more light on the homescreen flow experience
BlackBerry DevCon renamed BlackBerry Jam Americas
BlackBerry 10 Jam World Tour dates confirmed
BlackBerry Desktop Software 7.1 now available in BlackBerry Beta Zone

Contest Reminders

Win a stylus of your choice for your BlackBerry!

Contest: Win a stylus of your choice for your BlackBerry! Keep reading for details.

At certain times your finger may just get flat out tired from all that tapping around on your BlackBerry PlayBook or touchscreen phone. Not to worry because we have just the thing - a BlackBerry stylus! If you want to navigate your touchscreen device in style, you can pick up an awesome stylus from ShopCrackBerry. We have plenty of different styles and colors, so you're sure to find one that suits you. Head into the store to see all the options and keep reading for your chance to win one!

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OK CrackBerry Nation. This is it. Today is my birthday... I just hit the big THREE TWO... and this year, instead of me getting a birthday present I wanted to give an awesome gift to one of our readers. The present? My slightly used but never abused $2,000 Porsche Design P'9981 Smartphone from BlackBerry. It's exclusive. It's expensive. It's hawt. Heck, it even won an award this past weekend for 2012 Smartphone of the Year. 

We gave everybody three ways to enter in the Win CrackBerry Kevin's Porsche Design BlackBerry Contest - you could either leave a comment to that blog post, follow @crackberrykevin on twitter, or follow +Kevin Michaluk on Google Plus. The lucky winner was chosen at random from over 5,000 comments, 29,000 twitter followers and over 4,000 people on Google Plus. So that's it... Let's get to it...

And the Winner of CrackBerry Kevin's Porsche Design BlackBerry is....

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The CrackBerry forums are a great place to not only get help with your BlackBerry, but also to meet people, share experiences, and more. Last month we started up a thread for sharing creations made with the Scrapbook app for the BlackBerry PlayBook. To make it a little more interesting, we're periodically going to choose some submissions and give out some prizes as our way of saying thanks for participating and for being awesome forum members. Keep reading to find out who won gift certificates to ShopCrackBerry this week, and to enter your own Scrapbook creations check out the thread at the link below.

Post Your Scrapbook App Pictures!

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3 Ways To Win: Leave a comment to this post or follow @crackberrykevin on twitter and add +Kevin Michaluk to your circles on Google+. Do all three for three chances to win!

* Update - May 15th, 2012: OK folks, this is it. Today is the final day to get entered to win my Porsche Design BlackBerry! If you're not in on the contest yet, what are you waiting for?! I'll be announcing the winner here tomorrow on CrackBerry! *

Original Post - April 27th, 2012: As the world's #1 BlackBerry Fanboy, I take pride in always having the latest and greatest BlackBerry. So when the $2,000 Porsche Design P'9981 Smartphone from BlackBerry went on sale in North America, I just had to have it. The P'9981 is an exclusive (and expensive!) smartphone that gets a *lot* of attention thanks to its distinct styling and limited availability. As I mentioned in my P'9981 Review, you kind of feel like a celebrity just owning one.

And as much I enjoy using the P'9981 and being a member of the newly-formed Club P'9981 owners group, I've decided it's time to pay my P'9981 forward to a lucky member of the CrackBerry community. As was pointed out to me in an email I received from a reader earlier this week, the Fearless Leader of CrackBerry Nation should rock a BB more representative of the 99% of CrackBerry Nation, not the < 1%. I couldn't agree more. So I'm back on my white Bold 9900 and my P'9981 is up for grabs! 

How to Win Kevin's P'9981: So this is it... your chance to win my slightly used but not abused Porsche Design BlackBerry. And because this contest prize is so awesome, I'm going to give you three ways and three chances to win:

• Chance #1 - Leave a single comment to this post (tell me why you want my P'9981!)
• Chance #2 - Follow me on twitter: @crackberrykevin
• Chance #3 - Add me to your circles on Google+: +Kevin Michaluk

That's it. Do any of the above and you're entered. This contest is open worldwide. Contest ends May 15th at Midnight PST. The winner will be announced May 16th (my birthday!). Best of luck! And let's hope OS 7.1 is available for the P'9981 by the time you get my P'9981! :)

Here are the winners from last week's round of contests. If you won you will be receiving an email either from us or directly from the retailer/developer in the next few days. If for some reason you don't receive an email within 7-14 days (be sure to check your spam/junk folder just in case, and verify your registered address associated with your CrackBerry account) you can email us at sitesupport(at)crackberry.com and we'll be sure to get you taken care of. Please be patient as some emails may take longer than others to arrive. Congrats to all the winners!

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What You May Have Missed

Developers speak: BlackBerry is making great progress
A closer look at the BlackBerry 10 Dev Alpha device and some of the secrets it holds
BlackBerry Curve 9320 hands-on video
After much waiting, are RIM's new CMO/COO executive hires any good?
RIM Introduces the BlackBerry Curve 9320
Research In Motion Appoints New Chief Operating Officer and Chief Marketing Officer
RIM internal documents offer a better look at the BlackBerry 10 homescreen
More BlackBerry 10 screen caps - Is this the BlackBerry 10 lock screen and notifications?
Hot: Leaked Screen Caps Point to Screen Sharing on BlackBerry 10!

Contest Reminders

50 copies of Carbon Red LiveDay OS7 by BB-Freaks up for grabs!
SystemDash is now Battery Pack - win 1 of 25 copies!

Enter to win a free copy of Carbon Red LiveDay OS7 by BB-Freaks! Details below!

Hey folks welcome to another edition of our theme roundup. If you developed a theme you want to share or see featured in the contest or discovered a really great one out there by all means shoot it on over to us! Submit your tips and suggestions to themeroundup[at]crackberry.com for consideration. I hope you enjoy this week's picks so be sure to click on the jump to check them out plus enter to win a free copy of Carbon Red LiveDay by BB-Freaks.

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Back in September of last year, we took a look at a monitoring application called SystemDash. What was it monitoring? Why your battery level, on top of allowing you to clean/boost your BlackBerry smartphone memory, see availability of radio, WiFi and camera availability based on the battery level, and see which apps and processes are running - including those running in the background. It proved to be a reliable application for users who want to be alerted when the battery dips below a specific threshold.

Since that time, the developer, Mobato Ltd, decided to rename SystemDash to Battery Pack, as it is more of a reflection of the core functionality of the application. Keep in mind that the features and tools mentioned above do still exist in Battery Pack, as well. Along with the rebranding, Battery Pack comes in toting a tonne of new features in its update to version 2.4.0. On top of sporting OS 7.1 support, check out what’s new in 2.4.0:

• Home screen icon displays a battery along with the battery percentage (as well as a charging indicator if charging).
• Battery alert popups now display a nice color battery icon; giving quick feedback about the battery status.
• Simplified alerts by giving each one an ‘Enabled’ or ‘Disabled’ option only. The available alerts are: full, low & critical battery and automatic memory boost.
• The tools dialog has been more streamlined, so that the available tools are now in a drop down list instead of buttons, making it much easier to understand the available options.
• Misc improvements & fixes

When it was SystemDash, the app only offered you to choose a pop up notification, a sound notification or both. You may not think that it was a big deal, but consider this: when a sound notification was selected, you would have to open up the application and then dismiss the sound/LED alert each and every time it would go off. With the update to Battery Pack, popups are always displayed if an alert is set to ‘Enabled’, so the alert can be dismissed much more easily. Mobato has also provided a quick guide to get to know the application before you buy it. Speaking of purchasing Battery Pack, the price has been reduced from $1.99 to $0.99 for a limited time.

Contest: We have 25 copies of Battery pack to give away. All you have to is leave a comment in the post to be entered. Contest ends Sunday, April 8th 2012, at Midnight PST.

More information/download of Battery Pack for BlackBerry smartphones

What You May Have Missed

BlackBerry 10 development phone photos!
Software updates coming to Verizon for the Bold 9930 and Curve 9370
BlackBerry Curve 9310 appears via UAProf documents, looks to be headed to Verizon
Angry Birds Space for the BlackBerry PlayBook now available (Yes, for real this time)
BlackBerry 10 Jam and BlackBerry World 2012 mobile conference guides now available
Make jam with Alec Saunders in Orlando on May 1 to 3
Former RIM employee takes to reddit for some no holds barred Q&A
Breaksclusive: BlackBerry 10 Smartphones will not be shown off at BlackBerry World 2012

Contest Reminders

BlackBerry Accessory Roundup - Enter to win a BlackBerry case of your choice! 
Win a FREE $2,000 Porsche Design BlackBerry courtesy of CrackBerry Kevin!
Simplify your home screen with Seven MiniBar by bbthemelab - 25 sets up for grabs!

When it comes to choosing a theme for your device, sometimes less is more. Instead of cluttering up the home screen why not call attention to your favorite wallpapers and spruce up that brilliant display? Bbthemelab's latest release takes your home screen up a notch and adds a little bit of color without detracting from the display and the background.

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Contest: Win a BlackBerry case of your choice! Keep reading for details.

Cases, cases and more cases. For pretty much every BlackBerry owner, a case is a "must have" accessory. You may have one or you may have 10, but you could always use one more, right? Well we have plenty of the latest cases at ShopCrackBerry.com. No matter if you want the all out protection of an OtterBox or just simple skin, we've go you covered. Head into the store and check out the new arrivals, and keep reading for your change to win!

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