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Verizon to offer 2 BlackBerrys for price of 1

Starting today, for every BlackBerry purchased, Verizon Wireless will throw in another for free.

It's a buy-one-get-one-free special that will run until March 31, and it applies to all BlackBerrys--including the brand new Storm. That's what makes this promotion kind of surprising: the touch-screen Storm is Verizon's supposed answer to AT&T and the iPhone and they're giving them away now?

Well, not entirely. The second piece of hardware will be free, but you still have to sign two-year contracts on each phone involved in the deal. And in the long run, Verizon extracts more money from customers through contracts than on hardware. Still, we won't see AT&T doing a two-for-one iPhone deal probably ever.

MOTO W233 Renew: a 3G Phone that’s Made from Recycled Water Bottles

Motorola on Tuesday introduced the MOTO W233 Renew a 3G phone that’s made from recycled water bottles. It’s a bit gimmicky, but Motorola can use all the buzz it can get at the Consumer Electronic Show this week.

Here’s the pitch:

MOTO W233 Renew delivers the quality you expect from a Motorola device while empowering you to reduce your carbon footprint. Not only is the plastic housing of Renew made from plastics comprised of recycled water bottles and 100 percent recyclable, but it is also the world’s first carbon neutral phone. Through an alliance with Carbonfund.org, Motorola offsets the carbon dioxide required to manufacture, distribute and operate the phone through investments in renewable energy sources and reforestation. The phone has earned Carbonfund.org’s CarbonFree Product Certification after an extensive product life-cycle assessment.

The W233 will first launch in the first quarter on T-Mobile. Is there a market for an eco-phone? via (my other blog called Must Have GIZMOS)

iBreath iPod Breathalyzer; this is what we all need before going out on New Year's Eve

What do you get when a device combines a breathalyzer and an FM transmitter? Correcto: you get a breathalyzer and an FM transmitter! Soon available from David Steele Enterprises, the iBreath gadget lets "revelers check their own blood alcohol content to make sure they haven't had too much to drink before getting behind the wheel of an automobile." And if everything is swell, you have your favorite tunes playing through the radio as you go on your merry way.

iBreath is a fully functioning personal alcohol breathalyzer, which also sports an FM transmitter that wirelessly sends iPod tunes to any FM radio. "Young people may not listen to parents or party hosts, but they do listen to their iPods," says Don Bassler, David Steele Enterprises Founder and CEO, "Parents who have given the iBreath to family members confirm that iBreath users are more aware of their alcohol consumption and when they should not drive. It also makes a great holiday gift.".

The holiday season brings office parties and celebrations with friends, and also tends to be the biggest time of year for the consumption of alcohol. It's vitally important to be aware of ones alcohol consumption level and iBreath helps party goers think while they drink. It's a life-saving product that enables legal-age drinking adults to party intelligently and responsibly.

It's simple to use. Just fold out the blow wand and exhale into it for at least 5 seconds. Seconds later, this potential jail-saving tool will let users know if they're within the legal limit to drive. It even contains a timer that can be set from 1 minute up to 8 hours in order to remind users when to test again.