If you’ve been planning to get a BlackBerry smartphone for the longest time, now’s a good time to give in to your craving as Globe’s got a special treat for you guys.

Those who buy a prepaid BlackBerry smartphone from one of Globe’s partner retailers can get a month’s worth of free BB Social 299 service if they avail of this particular offerings, or two month’s worth of free BB Chat 99 if they get this one. So depending on which BlackBerry prepaid promo you get, you can either buy 1 and get 1 month free, or buy 1 and get 2 months free.

Just to recap, BB Social 299 comes with unlimited Facebook, Twitter and MySpace - really? people still use MySpace? - IM and BBM. BB Chat 99, meanwhile, includes unlimited BBM, photo sharing and group chats.

This promo runs up until October 22, and yes, this applies to all of the current BlackBerry phones out now.

As for the participating stores, there’s a bunch to choose from. Check out the full list here.

How do you exactly claim your free BB Social 299/BB Chat 99?

For that, you’ll have to hop on over to Globe’s website and check out the FAQs section. But from my understanding, the personel at the store where you bought your BlackBerry will be the ones who’ll register you for this promo.

Allan David

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