The Samsung Wave

Next up in the teic.ie 1st birthday giveaways is a Samsung Wave, courtesy of Three mobile.

The Samsung Wave is a cracking Bada-based touch-screen phone with a beautifully sharp 3.3″ SuperAMOLED screen, a 5mp camera and a solid and slick design and interface.

This competition is now closed – a winner will be announced shortly.

The competition is only open to Irish residents and is not open to employees of Samsung, Three or Teic.ie.

Best of luck and stay tuned to the site, the twitter account and Facebook for more give-aways in the days and weeks ahead!

Win a Sony Ericsson Vivaz

To help mark Teic.ie’s first year in existence Sony Ericsson have kindly given the site a slick Vivaz phone to give away to one lucky reader.

The touch-based handset boasts a 3.2in HD touchscreen, an 8mp camera, plenty of storage space, Twitter and Facebook integration, GPS, WiFi, Bluetooth and much more.

The device is currently available from Vodafone, O2, Meteor and 3 priced from free to €269 depending on the network and contract.

To get one for free and with no contract to tie you down here’s what you have to do:

This article on the Sony Ericsson Vivaz competition will be posted up on the teic.ie Facebook page at the same time it goes live on teic.ie.

This competition is now closed – a winner will be announced shortly.

Names of all the entries will then be put in a hat once the competition closes and a winner will be chosen at random.

Terms and conditions:
Entries for the competition will be accepted no later than 11:59pm on Monday 11th October; the winner will be announced shortly afterwards. All entrants must be based in the Republic of Ireland and cannot be employed by Sony Ericsson or teic.ie.

The Three MiFi - a wireless 3G modem

With thanks to Three Ireland, teic.ie is giving away a Three MiFi dongle and a Three SIM to two lucky winners.

The MiFi combines the mobility of 3G broadband with the versatility of a WiFi hotspot, allowing users to connect multiple computers and devices to the one connection at the same time.

The MiFi is small and easy to use, so it is no hassle to pop in your pocket and take around for use throughout the day. Best of all it has an internal battery so it can run completely wirelessly – it does not even need to be tethered to your computer. If you wish you can also leave the device plugged in to the wall and use it like a normal WiFi modem.

Please note this prize includes a Three SIM. The MiFi modem is not compatible with SIMs from other operators.

A MiFi modem costs €89 on pay-as-you-go from Three or from €9 if bought on a contract. Visit Three.ie for more details.

To be in with a chance of winning this handy little gadget just answer the following question:

The Three MiFi modem is manufactured by Huawei, which is a company head-quartered in:

A) Taiwan

B) Russia

C) China

E-mail your answer to competitions[at]teic.ie (replacing the [at] with an @) before midnight on the 7th July 2010 to be in with a chance of winning. Please also include your name and contact details.

Winners will be contacted via e-mail and announced on the site by the 9th July 2010.

Entries are open to residents of Ireland only; entries from overseas will be excluded. Employees of Three Ireland are prohibited from entering this competition.

Assassin's Creed 2 on the Xbox 360

The winner of Assassin’s Creed 2 on the Xbox 360; kindly given to teic.ie by Ubisoft Ireland; is Steve Brennan of Leopardstown, Dublin.

Assassin’s Creed 2 is the follow-up to the title that became the fastest-selling new IP in video game history. The highly anticipated title features a new hero, Ezio Auditore da Firenze, a young Italian noble, and a new era, the Renaissance.

Assassin’s Creed 2 retains the core gameplay experience that made the first opus a resounding success and features new experiences that will surprise and challenge players.

Assassin’s Creed 2 is an epic story of family, vengeance and conspiracy set in the pristine, yet brutal, backdrop of a Renaissance Italy. Ezio befriends Leonardo da Vinci, takes on Florence’s most powerful families and ventures throughout the canals of Venice where he learns to become a master assassin.

Assassin’s Creed 2 is available on the Xbox 360 and Playstation 3.

Win Assassin's Creed 2 for the Xbox 360.

Ubisoft Ireland has given teic.ie a copy of Assassin’s Creed 2 on the Xbox 360 for one lucky readers. To be in the draw to win this great game keep on reading:

Assassin’s Creed 2 is the follow-up to the title that became the fastest-selling new IP in video game history. The highly anticipated title features a new hero, Ezio Auditore da Firenze, a young Italian noble, and a new era, the Renaissance.

Assassin’s Creed 2 retains the core gameplay experience that made the first opus a resounding success and features new experiences that will surprise and challenge players.

Assassin’s Creed 2 is an epic story of family, vengeance and conspiracy set in the pristine, yet brutal, backdrop of a Renaissance Italy. Ezio befriends Leonardo da Vinci, takes on Florence’s most powerful families and ventures throughout the canals of Venice where he learns to become a master assassin.

To enter the draw just answer this simple question:

What was the name of the main character from the first Assassin’s Creed?

E-mail your answer, along with your name and location, to competitions[at]teic.ie (replacing the [at] with @).

Entries will be accepted until 11:59pm on Thursday, 25th February. This competition is only open to Irish residents; employees & associates of Ubisoft & teic.ie cannot apply.

Samsung's ST550 camera with dual LCD.

Samsung is giving away a cutting-edge ST550 camera to one lucky teic.ie reader.

The Samsung ST550 is packed full of innovative features such as dual LCD screens, a 27mm wide angle lens with 12.2 mega pixels of power and 4.6x optical zoom.

The camera is motion sensitive, meaning its Smart Gesture UI will start a slide show with a simple tilt. The ST550 also boasts Face Recognition Technology and can remember faces it photographs frequently and prioritises them when focusing on a shot, making sure that those most important to you are always seen in crystal clarity.

The ST550 is available now in black, gold, orange and purple colours.
For more information, please visit www.samsung.com/ie.

This competition is now closed – the winner will be announced soon.

Entries for the competition will be accepted until 11:59pm on the 22nd of February with winners being announced on the site shortly afterwards. The competition is open to residents of Ireland only; the competition is not open to the employees of Samsung or teic.ie and their respective families.

Dragon Age: Origins on the PS3

Dragon Age: Origins is the latest role-playing game from Bioware; the makers of Mass Effect, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic and Baldur’s Gate.

According to the blurb:

You are a Grey Warden, one of the last of an ancient order of guardians who have defended the lands throughout the centuries. Betrayed by a trusted general in a critical battle, you must hunt down the traitor and bring him to justice. As you fight your way towards the final confrontation with an evil nemesis, you will face monstrous foes and engage in epic quests to unite the disparate peoples of a world at war. A romance with a seductive shapeshifter
may hold the key to victory, or she may be a dangerous diversion from the heart of your mission. To be a leader, you must make ruthless decisions and be willing to sacrifice your friends and loved ones for the greater good of mankind.

Bioware & EA promise over 80 hours worth of gameplay, so if you have 3 and a bit days of time to kill and want to be in with a chance of winning a copy for your PS3 then answer the following question:

A prequel novel to Dragon Age: Origins was released in March of this year. What is the book’s title?

This competition is now closed.

The winners are:

Wil McDermott, Dublin – Ian Clampett, Donegal – Peter Keating, Dublin – Colm Dunne, Dublin – Justin Mason, Dublin.

EA's Need for Speed SHIFT

According to EA:

Need for Speed SHIFT brings a true driver’s experience to some of the world’s most iconic racing tracks and features the largest roster of high-performance cars in Need for Speed history including race cars such as the Pagani Zonda F, Porsche 911 GT2 and Lotus Elise.

Players are thrust into the loud, intense, and athletic experience of racing a car from the driver’s perspective through the combination of perception based G-forces, the hyper reality of the cockpit view, and the all-new brutally disorienting crash dynamic. Need for Speed SHIFT features an accurate, accessible physics-based driving model that allows you to feel every impact, every change of track surface and every last bit of grip as you push yourself to the edge.

If you don’t want to take EA’s word then check out the game’s Metacritic page, where it’s hitting an 84% average rating at the moment.

[THIS COMPETITION IS NOW CLOSED]

The winners of the prizes are:

Conor Buckley (Cork), Niall Murphy, Colm Dunne, Will Brien (Dublin) & Ronan Hunt-Murphy (Carlow).

Congratulations to all of the above – keep an eye on the site for more competitions in the very near future.

The Microsoft X6 Gaming Keyboard and Explorer Mouse

To celebrate the launch of the site, teic.ie has teamed up with Microsoft to give readers a chance to win Microsoft accessories worth as much as €70 each*.

There are six prizes to be won in total and they’ll be given away on this site, the Twitter account and the Facebook fan page over the course of the week.

The winner of the website competition will win a  Microsoft SideWinder X6 keyboard and Explorer Mouse with BlueTrack, worth as much as €140* in total. One runner up will receive a SideWinder X6 keyboard.

Update 26th October 2009:

The competition is now closed – and the winners are…

Michael Hanafin, who wins themain prize of a keyboard & mouse.
Rónan Mistéil, @Antiqueight & “Deirdre” who win a keyboard each.
Ivan Santry & James Dunny who win a mouse each.

Winners will be contacted in the coming days if they have not been already.

* Price based on Microsoft’s own estimated retail price.