Samsung has won the Best in Show award at CTIA Wireless 2008 for its Instinct phone. The phone was introduced by Sprint Nextel CEO Dan Hesse at his keynote address. The phone will be available exclusively from Sprint. Also, winners were chosen in 13 categories for the third annual CTIA Wireless Emerging Technology (E-Tech) Awards, out of nearly 300 submissions.
The E-Tech awards honor the best products and innovations in a number of categories representing the wireless ecosystem, including mobile consumer electronics, consumer mobile applications, enterprise solutions, network infrastructure, mobile widgets, and 4G. A panel of 31 judges evaluated each entry on innovation, functionality, wow factor, importance of technology, and ease of use and implementation. The Best in Show award was chosen by CTIA attendees via test voting at the event in Las Vegas this week.
“This year's E-Tech award winners represent all facets of the mobile lifestyle—from the enterprise to the consumer,” said Robert Mesirow, CTIA vice president and show director. “We’d like to thank each of the judges for giving their time and expertise to the process of choosing this year’s top entrants. Congratulations to all of the winners.”
The 2008 E-Tech winners in each category are:
| 4G - Service Creation & Development | |
| 1st place: Accenture 4G Accelerator Solution v2.0 | |
| 2nd place: Yahoo! Mobile Developer Platform | |
| 3rd place: SANDVINE PTS14710 | |
| 4G - Service Management | |
| 1st place: Alcatel-Lucent 9900 Wireless Network Guardian | |
| 2nd place: MFORMATION SERVICE MANAGER for WiMAX | |
| 3rd place: Over-the-Air Device-Provisioning Enablement for WiMAX from Bridgewater Systems | |
| Consumer Applications—Healthcare/Public Safety/Transportation/Public Services | |
| 1st place: FocalPoint 3.0 by Omnilink | |
| 2nd place: mobi-pass from Mobiqua | |
| 3rd place: iVisit SeeStar/SeeScan | |
| Consumer Applications—Messaging (SMS/MMS)/Mobile Marketing | |
| 1st place: Cellfire 3.0 | |
| 2nd place: Reply with Jott for BlackBerry | |
| 3rd place: SnapNow Mobile Visual Search | |
| Consumer Applications—Mobile Entertainment/Social Networking | |
| 1st place: Ontela's PicDeck | |
| 2nd place: WidSets | |
| 3rd place: Yahoo! Go 3.0 | |
| Enterprise Solutions | |
| 1st place: Copernic Mobile for Business | |
| 2nd place: TeleNav Track | |
| 3rd place: Zone Manager “enterprise IT asset tracking and inventory system” | |
| Mobile CE—Accessory | |
| 1st place: Clear Harmony Wireless Ear Buds | |
| 2nd place: CradlePoint PHS300 Portable Hotspot | |
| 3rd place: Motorola WiMAX CPEi 750 Desktop CPE | |
| Mobile CE—Fashion & Lifestyle Products | |
| 1st place: Nokia N810 WiMAX Edition | |
| 2nd place: Wilson SignalBoost Pro Amplifier Kit (801242) | |
| 3rd place: ARCHOS 705 WiFi Portable Media Player | |
| Mobile CE—Phone/Smartphone | |
| 1st place: Instinct by Samsung, exclusively from Sprint | |
| 2nd place: Nokia N96 | |
| 3rd place: Samsung ACE (SPH-i325) | |
| Mobile Widgets—Consumer | |
| 1st place: Zumobi | |
| 2nd place: Fusion Voicemail Plus by PhoneFusion | |
| 3rd place: JACKED Mobile SportsTop | |
| Mobile Widgets—Enterprise | |
| 1st place: PhoneFusion One’s Mobile Call Control | |
| 2nd place: CellTrust SecureSMS | |
| Network Infrastructure—In-Building/Local Area Network Solution | |
| 1st place: Samsung UbiCell | |
| 2nd place: Airvana CDMA HubBub (Femtocell) | |
| 3rd place: Agito Networks RoamAnywhere Mobility Router | |
| Network Infrastructure—Wide Area Network | |
| 1st place: Alcatel-Lucent 9900 Wireless Network Guardian | |
| 2nd place: Net-Net Multiservice Security Gateway (MSG) by Acme Packet | |
| 3rd place: Universal WiMax Digital Radio Head | |