This year’s BlackBerry Live will give you our most mobile conference experience yet. We have some very exciting news: conference attendees will receive a BlackBerry Z10 smartphone, courtesy of Brightstar, our premier mobile sponsor!

Your BlackBerry Z10 smartphone will be a valuable tool throughout BlackBerry Live. The Mobile Conference Guide application has been designed to leverage features unique to BlackBerry 10, making it easy for you to:

• Build and edit your conference schedule in the Session Catalog while on the go
• Scan into breakout sessions using NFC functionality
• Interact with sponsors
• Complete conference surveys
• Much more

Quantities are limited, so register for BlackBerry Live today! To learn more about Brightstar, head over to www.brightstarcorp.com.

For a chance to engage in conversation with the Senior Product Manager responsible for the development of the new BlackBerry® PlayBook™ tablet operating system, don’t miss the BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.0 Community Insider Event on the BlackBerry Community Support Forums!

The event will take place this coming Wednesday, March 7th and Thursday, March 8th from 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM ET. During this time, Michael Clewley, Senior Product Manager for BlackBerry PlayBook tablet, will be on deck to answer support questions related to BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.0. If you have a question for Michael that you’d like to post on the board, make sure to register for the community event before Wednesday, March 7th. You can find the PlayBook OS 2.0 Community Insider Event registration page here. If you aren’t familiar with our Insider Event series, check out the board for the BlackBerry® 7 event hosted by Annu Dawar to see how these sessions work.

For those of you who participated in the #InsidePlayBook OS 2.0 Accessories Giveaway on @BlackBerryHelp, we appreciate all of your topic suggestions and can’t wait to delve further into BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.0 conversation on Wednesday and Thursday – see you there! Find out more info and register for the event here.

Happy festive season #TeamBlackBerry! It sounds like you’ve all been enjoying the new ugly holiday sweater expansion pack for Avatar Builder – and now we’ve got even more seasonal fun for you! Those of you who were following us on Twitter® last year might remember @BlackBerry giving away sweet prizes every day for the last two weeks in December…well, we’re bringing it back and making it better than ever!

From Monday December 12th to Thursday December 22nd, we’ll be once again doing our series of holiday giveaways* on @BlackBerry – watch for the #BerryHoliday hashtag to get the latest scoop and participate in the fun! But the excitement won’t end there – we’re also bringing back #JanuBerry, from Monday January 16th to Friday January 27th. That means you’ve got not one, but two contests to enter for chances to win some awesome BlackBerry® prizes!

What will we be giving away, you ask? We don’t want to spoil the surprise (holiday gifts are supposed to be surprises, right?) but we can tell you that we’ve got BlackBerry smartphones, accessories, t-shirts and more to give away to #TeamBlackBerry. Trust us when we tell you that you don’t want to miss out on either #BerryHoliday or #JanuBerry!

Remember to check out the Official Contest Rules for complete contest details, and follow @BlackBerry for your chance to win some awesome prizes!

Happy #BerryHoliday everyone!

*No purchase necessary. A purchase will not increase your chances of winning. Void where prohibited. Must be a resident of Canada (excluding Quebec) or of the United States including the District of Columbia, and have reached the age of majority in province/state of residence. Approximately 75 prizes available to be won in each contest throughout each Contest Period. Prizes range in value between $5.00 USD – $699.00USD and will be awarded randomly. Limit 1 prize per person, per Twitter account, per Contest Invitation. Skill testing question applies for Canadian residents. Odds of winning depend on the likelihood of being the 10th correct tweet when required. Contest periods run from December 12, 2011-December 22, 2011 and January 16, 2012–January 27, 2012. See Official Contest Rules for complete details.