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What would you do to win a new Blackberry 10 SmartPhone? Model Deborah St. Pierre said she would do a BlackBerry Bikini Photo Shoot, and she did. The contest was run by The Blackberry authority site Crackberry.Com and here are the details from the site...

"To win a free BlackBerry 10 phone from CrackBerry.com, Deborah St. Pierre told us she would "do a BlackBerry-inspired bikini photoshoot". That immediately caught our attention. Longtime readers of CrackBerry will of course remember this Bikini + BlackBerry post that went into the CracKBerry history books as an all-time favorite. And even longer-time readers of CrackBerry will remember the epic-ness of our last What Would You Do contest, where we saw scantily clad pudding wrestling action take place in Times Square. Always wanting to up the CrackBerry ante, we declared Deborah a winner based on her entry submission and followed up with her to see how she wanted to execute on it.

Debbie let us know she's a BIG FAN of both BlackBerry and CrackBerry. And when we found out she lived in Miami, we put her in touch with our good friends at Capture Fashion to work with her to pull together the photo shoot. Check out the video above and the spread of photos below.

With BlackBerry 10 just around the corner, we didn't want to put any old BlackBerry Smartphones into the photos, so instead Deborah opted for BlackBerry, the fruit. But Deborah promised if everybody keeps the comments civil and positive and she gets lots of likes on the Youtube video, that she'll follow up with another BlackBerry photo shoot — next time with her BlackBerry Z10 in hand".

If you enjoyed the clip and photo shoot, show the lovely Deborah St. Pierre some love via her Twitter. Be sure to tell her Sylvia and Great-Ads sent ya over.

Blackberry announced today they will, for the first time have a 30-second ad buy for the Super Bowl this year. The timing could not be any better for RIM as Thorsten Heins officially announced today in a press release, that the BlackBerry 10 Launch event is to be held on January 30, 2013. The event will happen simultaneously in multiple countries around the world, where details of the smartphones and their availability will be announced.

"A Super Bowl commercial is a great opportunity to show the redesigned, re-engineered and reinvented BlackBerry to tens of millions of consumers on the largest advertising stage of the year," RIM CMO Frank Boulben said in a statement.

The commercial to run during the Big Game is the work of creative ad agency AMV BBDO, London and we are looking forward to seeing it.

The Keep Moving Projects with BlackBerry 10 preview trailer. Alicia Keys, Neil Gaiman and Robert Rodriguez have teamed up with BlackBerry to jump start the next generation of BlackBerry through the 'Keep Moving Projects' and BlackBerry 10. Follow each of these artists and influencers as they take us on a collaborative journey to determine what keeps all of us moving.

The newest member of the BlackBerry 10 family. The BlackBerry Q10 device features the best of both worlds: touch screen and a physical keyboard.

A picture is worth a thousand words if it's the right picture. With Time Shift mode on BlackBerry® 10, you can turn back the clock to capture the perfect moment. After taking a photo, move time back and forth.
You can even isolate multiple faces in a group shot. Once you're done, use Story Maker to weave those moments together to create a movie in just a couple of swipes, then share with the world.

With the new BlackBerry® it's even easier to stay close to what's important to you. Peek into the BlackBerry Hub from any app or screen with a swipe to effortlessly flow in and out of your messages and conversations.

Notifications such as wall posts, friend requests, Twitter mentions, new followers, and connection requests are integrated and organized in the BlackBerry Hub. With BlackBerry, you have total control. Choose to reply, or let the screen snap back if your messages can wait. You can even respond or post to LinkedIn®, Twitter®, foursquare, BBM™ and Facebook®, without leaving BlackBerry Hub. Only on the new BlackBerry® Z10, powered by BlackBerry 10. Keep moving.

Meet two of the biggest BlackBerry SuperFans who can't wait for BlackBerry 10 to be unveiled. From custom car decals to an original song, these fans don't mess around when it comes to spreading the BlackBerry 10 excitement.

This video is a thank you to all developers supporting the BlackBerry platform. Your Developer Relations, Alliance and Developer Tools teams appreciate your enthusiasm and loyalty! We're Going To Keep On Loving You. Shown at BlackBerry Jam Americas Sept 2012.

We are going to keep loving developers at Research In Motion, all the way to BlackBerry 10 and beyond. Watch our leadership team for developer relations bring back the band: Alec Saunders, VP Developer Relations & Ecosystem, Chris Smith, VP Application Platform & Tools, and Martyn Mallick, VP Global Alliances & Business. Thank you to those devs who are working hard, and for those jumping on board every day. Stay updated at http://developer.blackberry.com and http://devblog.blackberry.com. Let's Rock and Roll This!

As a Canadian devoted to her Blackberry thank you for this, but BB10 is your last chance with me RIM! I've been eyeing the Samsung Galaxy S3 and I don't how much longer I can resist an Android or even worse an iPhone....make it good guys, in the meantime a BlackBerry 10 Dev Alpha Device might make me happy.

Blackberry shares some love stories in the smartphone maker's latest marketing campaign entitled "BBM Love and Latte".

The BlackBerry Messenger has played Cupid for many love stories. One such love story is of Mahek and Siddharth. Watch and cherish how their love story blossomed over BBM conversations and coffee.

BlackBerry hit the streets of Montreal for the Canadian Grand Prix and asked blogger, and huge BlackBerry fan, Carl Edwin-Michel, to partner with us as our guest blogger for the weekend. Check out his experiences on the ground.

BlackBerry inked a two-season marketing deal with the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y. home to the NBA Nets and the NHL's Islanders, according to a report by the New York Post. The report, citing an industry source, said the deal is valued at $1 million to $5 million.

BlackBerry, which late last month launched its new Z10 touchscreen smartphone in the U.S., will get prominent ad placement and an “experiential” area where customers can try out the smartphone maker’s devices, Mike Zavodsky, the Nets vice president of new corporate marketing, told the Post. BlackBerry will also get a suite-level lounge. Zavodsky added that BlackBerry ads will be seen from “street to seat.”
BlackBerry’s ad deal with the Brooklyn arena follows a new marketing push that started with a $4 million Super Bowl commercial, as the Canadian company attempts to regain market share. BlackBerry also reportedly reached a $12 million deal with Formula 1 racing.

Other than this Blackberry hasn't been pumping out as many new commercials as we thought they might, so loyal BlackBerry owners took it upon themselves to create their own, below is a fan-made ad that takes us through a brief history of the device...too long, but pretty good. Title: There Then There Now — Z10 Commercial.