I’ve frequented the eXceem forums under the user name FurbtasticM for nigh on four years and owe a great deal of my freebie success to the community there.

I’ve run several competitions along the way to say thanks and have given away everything from lottery tickets to a Sony PS3 console bundle.

This time I’m back with a completely new and different format.

I’m hoping there are no teething problems but please feel free to comment with any queries or suggestions.  If the competition turns out well, then it may evolve into a regular monthly feature.

Entry Requirements

Nothing too onerous, just a bit of link lurve required!

• Starts 9th September and closes 8th October 2010.
• The competition is open to anyone who has been a member of eXceem for at least 30 days and has made 20 or more meaningful posts.
• Entrants must add the following link to their website, Facebook page or forum signature: Unboxing My Free Apple iPad
• HTML: <a href=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=asF7P3KFegs”>Unboxing My Free Apple iPad</a>
• Once you have added/posted the link, please add a comment to this thread to show me where to find it. By doing so, you will also get a backlink of your own into the process!
• Each new, genuine, unique link gives you one entry slot.
• Links from social media sites will not be eligible, with the exception of Facebook.

The target link is a YouTube video; there is no obligation to do so but please feel free to rate it or comment.

The Prize

• A winner will be chosen totally at random, everyone has the same chance to get lucky.
• The minimum prize is 6 greens, worth £102 in cash or £120 if you chose a free gift.
• Additional greens will be awarded for noteworthy links:
  • PR0 or N/A – 0 extra
  • Facbook/Forum signature – 1 extra
  • PR1 – 2 extra
  • PR2 – 3 extra
  • ..and so on…
• If the link is placed within a week of the end date, then I will use my discretion to pro-rata the prize to reflect the length of time the winner’s link has been live.  I clearly don’t want everyone waiting until the very last moment.

The Rules

• I’m going to keep things simple and wont bombard you with a list of rules. What I don’t want to see is people trying to manipulate links, making them “no follow” or anything else that is against the spirit of the competition.

Good luck!

Furbs

It is no lie that technology is changing so rapidly and there are new concepts emerging every time and new technologies too. New companies are coming up with amazing inventions that are meant to rival the existing ones. New products and gadgets are being developed all the time. With all this happening, will Apple manage to cope with the rising competition on their iPhone?

Apple has had some stiff competition, and some of its closest competitors are the Google Nexus One, the Palm Pre, and the Droid.

But do these have the power to overtake the iPhone?

There are some features that make the iPhone much more superior than its competitors. Clearly the iPhone 3G has longer battery life than its closest competitors; the Google Nexus One and Droid. Also, with the rich iPhone apps store and the immense media compatibility features, dethroning the iPhone as the best and most popular smart phone will not happen soon.

As much as they have dominated the Smartphone market, to remain superior and rule the Smartphone industry, Apple has the biggest challenge of keeping its development team on their toes. Continually, they need to come up with new ideas to rival their competitors and keep producing newer versions and more amazing innovations.

My PS3 Slim competition has finished and the results are in!

Congratulations to @ozzlo33 – you’ve won yourself a free PS3 Slim, or cash/voucher equivalent if that suits you better.  Check your direct messages!

A huge thanks to everyone who entered,  posted comments, Tweeted and Re-Tweeted, I’ve got over 600 new followers of @Gadgets4nowt and that takes the total over 1,000.

Have a great Christmas and prosperous 2010.

Steve

The competition deadline is still some way off but Gadgets4nowt wont be taking any chances on iPhone stock.

An iPhone 3GS has already been secured and arrived with them this morning (as you can see from the date on the news headline if you expand the image!).

Click on the image to go enter for your chance to win the free iPhone 3GS!

In the fourth of its series of fantastic competitions, Gadgets4nowt is giving away a free iPhone 3GS.

All you have to do is answer one simple, Apple related question on the competition page, here.

About the prize:

Meet iPhone 3GS, the fastest iPhone ever. Featuring a remarkable video camera, Voice Control and more. It’s a revolutionary phone, a great widescreen iPod and a breakthrough Internet device in one. And with tens of thousands of apps from the App Store, it can do just about anything.

Key feature of the iPhone 3GS

* Compass reliability may be affected by usage conditions, such as nearby magnetic fields.

** MMS may not be supported by your wireless carrier. See your carrier for details.