Despite what many think the future holds for RIM and the BlackBerry, it looks like Canada has decided to commemorate the smartphones for what they have brought so far. The BlackBerry (by name) will be immortalized on a postage stamp for innovation along side other modern marvels such as the electric oven and pacemaker. The more »

You don’t hear of many phone manufacturers coming from Russia. Come to think of it, I don’t think I’ve ever heard of a phone from any Russian-based company. But that doesn’t mean they aren’t capable of making such a device. In a recent video, Russian President Dmitri Medvedev and state technology official Sergei Chemezov have more »

Samsung and Sprint’s Instinct has received quite a number of post-event awards during the CTIA Wireless 2008. Aside from grabbing the “Best in Show”, Samsung’s Instinct also got Laptop Magazine’s “Most Innovative Product at CTIA Wireless 2008” award, and CNET’s “Best Cell Phone” award.

The “Best in Show” awardee was chosen by the CTIA event participants themselves through text messaging. While the “Most Innovative Product” award was given by Laptop magazine based on what they feel would best “enrich the mobile lifestyle of business users and consumers.” The winner of this award was chosen by the editors of the Laptop magazine. The Samsung Instinct also bagged CNET’s “Best Cell Phone” award, which was taken by the Samsung and Sprint Upstage last year. CNET cited the Instinct’s full touchscreen features and attractive, user friendly interface” as the main factors that led them to give the award to Instinct.