On this day (July 26th), in 2008, Inside The Circle was created to be an extension of the, then, Zune Forums. In that time we’ve done, in my opinion some great content, give out awesome free music and been a solid voice for Zune and Music.

So today, we celebrate our birthday, but we’re going to give you the gifts:

One lucky reader will win all of the following:

• Windows Phone Shirt
• 1600 MS Points
• 6 months of Xbox Live
• 3 months of Zune Pass
• 2 Limited Edition Kinectimal Stuffed Animals
• One Windows Phone branded mini speaker 

How do you win? Easy, send out this tweet:

“Inside the Circle is having a birthday, but they are giving out the gifts! Enter here: http://bit.ly/qTt5YB #BirthdayBlog”


Entries will be accepted between now and 11:59pm PST, today (July 26th). Can’t go any longer than that because July 27th isn’t our birthday.

However, there’s a second contest afoot. We’re, also, giving out 5 Windows Phone shirts to lucky Facebook friends.

All you have to do to enter that one, is like the Windows Phone shirt post on our Facebook page (although, it would also be nice if you hit the like button for the blog too). Entries will be accepted between the posting of the wall post and 5pm PST Thursday July, 28, 2011.

Winners, for both contests, will be chosen on Friday, July 28, 2011.

Details:

• U.S. Only, sorry
• Winners have the weekend to respond to me @tromboneforhire on Twitter. If you don't use Twitter, then you have to send me an email at tromboneforhire@msn.com
• If by Monday, August 1st 5pm PST winners haven’t responded new winners will be chosen – so keep an eye out in case you win.
• Grand prize package will be sent in two parts: One from myself and one from Neville Williams. Shirts will be sent by me
• Writers of ITC, fellow Microsoft MVPs and Zune staffers are ineligible
• Please do not spam your Twitter timeline. Caught spamming = ineligible
• We have the right to add/modify these terms as needed.

Good luck, everyone!