UPDATE: And the winner is…

Hello, my name is Jennifer, and I am married to a CrackBerry addict. For two years he used daily, often neglecting important things like yard work and refilling my wine glass. But I was an enabler. I would e-mail and text him constantly while he was at work, and knew it was the best – and often only way – to get a speedy reply.

BlackBerry Pearl 8100

But then I got an iPhone and began the process of switching many of our services to AT&T. The bundling reduced our monthly bills, and would benefit us more if I could pull Rick over from our former provider once his contract renewed in January. It was an opportunity for him to upgrade from his CrackBerry Pearl. He could have the new Blackberry Storm or better yet, switch to the iPhone. He was reluctant. After all, he was addict.

Just after he ordered his last stash – a new CrackBerry Pearl – I convinced him to give the iPhone a try. After all, we were an Apple family. We have a iMac, MacBook, iPod and my iPhone. We even own about $2 worth of Apple stock. It made sense for us to share our vices. I did eventually win him over. But, we never ended up returning his new-in-box, never-been-touched BlackBerry Pearl 8100.

The box says it comes with the phone, SIM card, battery & charger, headset, USB cable, BlackBerry Desktop Software CD (I believe it’s for Windows, so good luck if you’re an Apple user), Get Started poster, and reference guide.

New in Box

After months of hanging on to it for no reason I thought I’d gift it to a friend. But all my friends are iPhone users. So, to you CrackBerry heads, it’s yours for the taking. Just leave me a charming comment by Thursday, April 23, and I’ll devise some random way to select a winner and announce it the next day, Friday, April 24.

Photos, TMobile (top) and JWJourney (right)

What a fun week we have on tap here at b5media! Especially in the Lifestyles Channel! Many of our bloggers have worked on putting together some awesome prizes just waiting on you to win them!

Here are some of the giveaways going on right now!

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Tree Hugging Family is conducting multiple giveaways Mothering Magazine Subscriptions - Big Green Purse

Mother Earth’s Garden - Let it Rot! The Gardener’s Guide to Composting - Leapin Lemur and Penguin Puffs

Simply Thrifty - Coupon Organizer

Offbeat Homes - Building With Awareness Guidebook on DVD

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I hope with all our talks of career, politics, feminism, consumer advocacy, parenthood and relationships you don’t get the impression that I’m a square.

I L-O-V-E a night club. I prefer a gay disco actually, because it lowers my odds of being fondled by strange men and I’m there to dance and bond with my BFFs. Also the gays disco plays infinitely better music. Ah, good times.

Course I live in small town Texas. Guess how many gay discos there are to choose from?

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Image courtesy of LearnClubDance.com.

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