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Win a Nokia handset at CES

Those generous chaps and chapesses at Nokia are offering CES attendess the chance to win a handset. It’s really easy to take part simply text ‘Nokia’ to 99134. Nokia then sends you a bar code and all you have to do is head for the Nokia Booth South 3 30313 LVCC and present your bar code to their scanner. If you’ve got the lucky bar code you win. Simple as.

This is a really fun and innovative way to get people to visit their booth. There are so many amazing companies exhibiting at CES it is a tough choice which ones to see. With this clever competition, Nokia ensures that there is a really big incentive to go and check them out. The competition shows how canny companies can use innovative technology to make themselves stand out for the crowd. Maybe it means the West is finally catching up with Japan through realising the amazing potential of using bar codes in conjunction with mobile devices.

Omio’s HTC Touch Pro Competition Results!

Well, the reviews are in, the deadline has passed, and all of the entrants’ names have been put into the official Omio hat for our HTC Touch Pro competition!

And our winner is…

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Win A SIM-Free HTC Touch Pro: Competition Ends Soon!

A last minute reminder that the HTC Touch Pro giveaway from Omio is into its final week… Everyone is still in with a chance to win this brilliant Windows Mobile-powered device!

All you need to do is register as a user on Omio and write a review of your current handset! If you’re lucky enough to already be a member of Omio, simply add a review of your mobile on the relevant handset page, whether you love or loathe it.

Have a look at some of the mobile phone reviews so far!

We have had quite a good response, but not nearly enough to say that you can’t enter now and scoop the big prize!

Competition closes on Monday 15th December, and we will be announcing the winner shortly afterwards. Best of luck!

Win An SIM Free HTC Touch Pro : Omio Giveaway Reminder!

Hey! Just a little memory jog to let you know that a quick mobile phone review could bag you an HTC Touch Pro in our awesome Omio giveaway!

All you need to do is register as a user on Omio and write a review of your current handset! If you’re lucky enough to already be a member of Omio, simply add a review of your mobile on the relevant handset page, whether you love or loathe it.

Be sure to stick your name in the entrants thread in our forum too, just so we know who’s involved in the big competition!

Our only rules are that we would like it to be your own work (no stealing), be of significant length (no haikus), and be of an acceptable quality (no spammy spam). That’s it!

The competition closes on Monday 15th December and is open to all and sundry! Join Omio here!

Win An SIM Free HTC Touch Pro : Omio Giveaway!

Omio was the very first website with an unboxing video of the HTC Touch Pro. Then we added a video review, a second video review, a Q&A session, photographs from every conceivable angle, a live interactive webcast and – to cap it all – a full text review.

To commemorate this landmark event in Omio’s history we are giving you a chance to win this year’s hottest handset (if you love Windows Mobile): the original Touch Pro with its lovely high-res screen, GPS, accelerometer and fantastic slidey-out keyboard!

All you need to do is register as a user on Omio and write a review of your current handset! If you’re lucky enough to already be a member of Omio, simply add a review of your mobile on the relevant handset page, whether you love or loathe it.

Be sure to stick your name in the entrants thread in our forum too, just so we know who’s involved in the big competition!

Our only rules are that we would like it to be your own work (no stealing), be of significant length (no haikus), and be of an acceptable quality (no spammy spam). That’s it!

The competition closes on Monday 15th December and is open to all and sundry! Join Omio here!

UPDATE: The competition is now closed, and a winner drawn! Check here to see the results of who won the HTC Touch Pro!