If you are Vodafone (NYSE: VOD) UK subscriber, you could potentially be in for quite some treat. Vodafone UK are currently running a competition based around their music proposition, to meet the Black Eyed Peas. The ‘Peas have just released their ‘Rock Your Body’ joint from ‘The E.N.D” album, which is a seriously phat wedge of hip-hop-electro-dance, and are currently riding high – so it’s a good prize! But whatcha gotta do? Well:

So there it is – get yourself over here to read the full terms and conditions, and/or fire up your Vodafone mobile to grab those tracks!

Update: Winners have been chosen and all copies of Tether have been sent out. Thanks to all that entered!

It hasn’t been a year already, has it!? I guess it has! Our friends at Tether have just celebrated their first birthday, and they want to show their appreciation for their love and support by offering you, our beloved readers, a chance to win one of 25 FREE copies of Tether for BlackBerry (NSDQ: RIMM)! Awesome! All you have to do is leave a comment to this post (one per person, please) and you’re automatically entered for a chance to win.

If you’ve never heard of Tether before, let me give you a quick history. It popped on the scene a year ago as ‘TetherBerry’. Since then, they’ve rebranded as ‘Tether’ and it has been downloaded to over 110,000 BlackBerry devices, and a new Android version is now in Beta. The team at Tether has also put together a Mac and Bluetooth version, PLUS, they are working hard to push out a tethering solution for all major mobile operating systems. Me thinks this is going to be a great year for Tether!

On top of the giveaway they’ve gracefully offered us here at IntoMobile, they’re also running a contest over at tether.com/contest. The deal? Head over there for your chance to win one of 6 smartphones (3 BlackBerry and 3 Android devices). Sweet! Again, for all the details hit up this link (it’s simple, you just need to enter your name and email). The contest ends this coming Sunday at midnight PST.

So, what are you waiting for? Leave a comment to this post for your chance to win one of 25 FREE copies of Tether for BlackBerry. Again, one entry (comment) per person please.

Note: If you aren’t selected as a winner, you can still buy Tether for BlackBerry or for only $29.99 until March 16th.

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So, taking a small break from the latest cut and thrust in the mobile world, we continue my (nearly) favourite game of ’spot the mobile device in the music video’ – this week it’s the turn of fresh new thing ‘Ke$ha‘, who has been causing chart destruction in both the US and UK. Having punished us with some tight lyrics in ‘Tik Tok’, she’s now back with another chart banger, called ‘Blah Blah Blah’ – featuring dudes of the moment 3Oh!3

But the question is: which Mobile device is featured blatantly in this video? It’s quite an easy one, so let’s see how many people get it. On this occasion I’m not even providing a link to the video, just to add that extra 5 milliseconds of tension whilst you look it up via Google (NSDQ: GOOG)!

Game on! (Answers in the comments please)

You can check out Ke$ha’s official site here.

[Image via: keshasparty.com (official site)]

The new TELUS Motorola Milestone seems to be getting a lot of attention up in Canada these days. The Canadian version of the Motorola (NYSE: MOT) Droid is doing well as far as I can tell, no doubt due to the great marketing efforts the Canadian carrier has put forth.

Case in point, a little note I received in my email today from a TELUS (NYSE: TU) buddy.

Looks like they’re running a new contest. The TELUS Motorola Milestone Twitter Contest gives you the opportunity to win a Motorola Milestone with a free car mount. Not bad. I enjoy a good car mount. I also like accessories that’ll hold your smartphone safe and secure in your car.

ANYWAYS, the contest is quite simple. All you have to do is re-tweet one of the daily messages posted from the @TELUS Twitter account. Tweets will be going out March 1-5 and March 8-12, 2010. Things are already underway, so Canadians best be following @TELUS if they want a chance to win. Only one entry per person will be accepted per business day… and of course, the contest is open to Canadian residents only. In total, 3 TELUS Motorola Milestones will be given away, and the drawing will be held at the TELUS office in Toronto on March 15, 2010.

For full contest details pop on over to TELUS.

Chalk this one up as weird or useless if you want… But for me, anything that involves bacon by default has to be awesome. The folks at G-Monkey Productions have recently announced their #iBaconLove Twitter contest. The contest shamelessly promotes their iBacon app, an app so jam-packed full of crispy bacon goodness you’ll go crazy. In iBacon you can pinch and flip bacon in the pan, drain off grease, shake the bacon and more. When you’re ready to take the bacon off the skillet, hit the ‘eat bacon’ button and enjoy your hard work.

Getting back to the contest… How does it all work? Simply hit up this link and hit ‘update’ (providing you’re logged into your Twitter account) to send out the #iBaconLove tweet. You’re allowed one entry per day, and a winner will be announced on Valentine’s Day at 6PM mountain time. That’s all there is to it!

For more information on iBacon, hit it up in the App Store (iTunes link). To purchase, you’ll need to spend $0.99.

Navteq has confirmed Telefónica as a returning sponsor of the Global LBS Challenge making this the third consecutive year.  Telefónica is a Regional Sponsor of the Europe, Middle East & Africa (EMEA), North America and South America regions.

The annual Navteq Global LBS Challenge is conducted by Navteq Network for Developers™ (NN4D) and aimed at stimulating innovation in location-aware applications. It is a worldwide competition across five different regions – EMEA, North America, South America, Asia-Pacific (APAC) and India – challenging developers to build new applications using dynamic positioning technology and Navteq maps. In addition to the record global prize pool valued at over $10 million USD to be shared by the overall winners, “Best of” recognition awards will be awarded in nine categories to recognise achievements in particular areas.

For more information about this year’s competition, you can visit www.LBSChallenge.com.

Clearly Sony Ericsson (NYSE: SNE) has decided to use the 2010 FIFA World Cup™ as a major Promo push – and so has already started offering people a way to get themselves their as winners of a competition they are now running:

The 2010 FIFA World Cup™ is next year and we want to reward the ultimate football parent with the ultimate football prize. And we don’t think it gets any better than this. We’re giving away two tickets to South Africa. Not just to watch a match, but to watch your child walk out on the pitch as a FIFA Flag Bearer.

You could give your child the opportunity of a lifetime, and be there to watch them. Just enter our competition. All you need to do is identify a flag from one of the qualifying nations at www.sonyericsson.com/extraman. The more flags you identify, the better your chances of winning. And you can enter every day until the competition ends on the 19 December.

For more chances to win, ask your family and friends to enter on behalf of your child too.

I took the morning to check out a contest RIM and Rogers (NYSE: RCI) were holding at the University of Ottawa called CampusChase, where teams of two run around town like headless chickens on a scavenger hunt for big prizes. Rogers wasn’t quite ready to show off the Bold 9700 just yet (all of the promos were for the Curve 8520), but it was still a ton of fun hanging out with the BlackBerry (NSDQ: RIMM) mascots for awhile. Here are a few pictures of the booths, contestants, and the warm-up just prior to the race. One of my favourites is of the two Bolds getting a little friendly. CityChase goes all over, so be sure to check out their schedule to see if it’ll be happening in your city any time soon.

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Are you a fan of games from the 90s that star earthworms that battle evil while wearing a robotic suit?  Do you also enjoy playing games on your iPhone for countless hours until your battery is completely bone dry?  If you answered yes to both of these questions, then this post is for you!

Gameloft announced today the release of the iPhone / iPod Touch version of Earthworm Jim.  The game originally was released in 1994 for the Super Nintendo & SEGA Genesis consoles, and now you can relive the 16-bit, side-scrolling glory days through your iPhone / iPod Touch.  Earthworm Jim stars Jim, who was once an ordinary earthworm until a suit dropped from outer space onto Jim, which then mutated him into a hero.

Daaaaaamn! I would LOVE to enter this comp, but it’s a US-only deal – my rap choons career is going to have to stay on hold for the moment

I-play has announced the Hip Hop All Star DJ Sweeps - this is basically to celebrate the launch of Hip Hop All Star on mobile, iPhone™ and iPod® touch. The sweepstakes will crown the next All Star with a once-in-a-lifetime chance to record a song with hip hop legend DJ Green Lantern in the recording studio of the leading magazine for the hip hop industry, Hip Hop Weekly. AT&T customers nationwide can enter the sweepstakes by texting HIP to 386 on their mobile phones, while anyone can enter through the Hip Hop All Star DJ Sweeps Facebook page.

Through the sweepstakes, I-play will reward one grand prize winner with an all-expense paid trip for two to Miami to produce a track with DJ Green Lantern, one of the most successful and critically-acclaimed DJs and host of Hip Hop Nation on Sirius Satellite Radio. Additionally, one first prize winner will receive Serato decks-the professional DJ equipment that revolutionized DJing and brought hip hop into the hands of thousands of aspiring DJs across the world.  In addition, I-play and AT&T will be celebrating the best of hip hop music with weekly giveaways including CDs of artists featured in Hip Hop All Star.

In addition to the Hip Hop All Star DJ Sweeps, fans can get their hip hop fix with a free track from the game’s top-notch track list. Simply by passing along a message to their friends on Twitter, fans will receive a free MP3 of the Hip Hop All Star theme song by DJ KO and Greg Nice.  For more information on this Twitter exclusive and download a free track, visit www.twitter-hiphopallstar.com.

Hip Hop All Star is the first and only all hip hop DJ game and, with the collaboration of DJ Green Lantern and Kool G Rap, brings players the most authentic DJing experience possible. Turning the iPhone into virtual turntables, players use the touch screen to scratch and spin their way to DJ stardom.  Hip Hop All Star brings the swagger back to music games with a playlist featuring tracks from Busta Rhymes, DJ Green Lantern, Slim Thug, Unk, Mya and Ray J, with exclusive music from Kid Cudi, Kool G Rap, DJ KO, Greg Nice, DJ Jason Nevins, Scarchild, Eddie Jaymez, and DJ Serafin.

Daaaaaamn! I would LOVE to enter this comp, but it’s a US-only deal – my rap choons career is going to have to stay on hold for the moment