The folks over at the Google team decided to give us a couple of invites for their newest project, Google Wave, which is still currently in beta form. At this moment, you’re probably asking yourself what a wave is and I’m here to answer that question for you. Google Wave is an online tool for real-time communication and collaboration. A wave can be both a conversation and a document where people can discuss and work together using richly formatted text, photos, videos, maps, and more. Us folks here at SmartPhoneNation already have Google Wave and for the most part of our usage, it’s pretty neat. Here’s what Google Wave brings to the table:

• Live conversational email
• Options to add people to current conversations
• Organize events
• Live document sharing
• Meeting notes
• Brainstorming

So who doesn’t love contests, I know I do. There are only 25 invitations and you could possibly win one. To win an invitation, all you need to do is drop a line in the comment box on this post folks. Enter only once, duplicate entries will be excluded and winners will be notified shortly after we draw. Good luck to all.

Wunder Radio has been updated to version 1.9 and it brings some new improvements. Wunder Radio allows its users to listen to over fifty thousand radio stations and on-demand shows. These stations include local radio stations, weather, and more! With version 1.9, users can now add their favorite radio stations to the home screen, contact a station via email, phone or twitter, and a sleep timer! Hit the jump for the giveaway!

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Time for a contest. We’ve haven’t really had any lately but I feel that we need something to spice up our site. I will be giving away 5 promo codes to 5 random people that leave a comment below. Once you receive your code from me, you can go over to www.mytego.com and custom make your cellular phone skin. You can only pick one face (so back or front of your phone) and you must make your order on MyTego before January 31, 2010. Shipping charges are included in your order so there will be no charges at all (regular postage). Deadline for this contest ends November 8, 2009 at 11:59pm EST and I will email out the promo codes before November 10, 2009. Deadline for contest has changed to Saturday, November 14, 2009 at 11:59pm EST. Codes will be emailed out Sunday, November 15, 2009.  If you do not want to post your email, leave your twitter name and I will DM you. If this contest goes well, I might have another one next week. Don’t forget to follow us @AndrewCjDuong, @PhoneNation and @Cauchon

Please use this template as your comment:

Name: (your name)
Email Address: (your email)
Twitter: (your twitter)

Are you a twitter and BlackBerry user? If you are, then you need TweetGenius on your phone. TweetGenius allows you to send tweets and look at profiles in style. With tons of cool effects *poof* and nice features, TweetGenius is the way to do it. Released today, TweetGenius is offering everything you need for twitter for only $4.99 (or $9.99 if you buy it after the sale). We have been using this program for over a month now in beta and can honestly say it is years ahead of TwitterBerry.

That being said, we are giving a license away for free to TWO lucky reader. All you need to do is post a comment with why you want TweetGenius and your twitter username (don’t forget to add us @PhoneNation).

To enter this giveaway:

• You need to own a BlackBerry Bold, Curve 8900, Storm, 83xx, or 8800
• You need to use twitter regularly
• You must not own a TweetGenius license yet
• You must have a BlackBerry data plan
• You must use a valid email address so we can contact you if you win
• You can only enter one time
• Contest ends Monday at 11:59 PM EST

EDIT: We have added the BlackBerry Storm, 83xx, and 88xx to the contest! If you win, you will have to wait for the version to come out for your phone (it will be out in less than two weeks).

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