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Ubergizmo selected Sprint Overdrive as one of the best products of CES.
The Cause Marketing Forum selected Sprint’s Reclaim Cause Marketing Campaign with the Nature Conservancy as a Silver Halo Award Winner in the Best Environmental Category.
HTC Hero Wins About.com 2010 Reader’s Choice Award for Best Smartphone with over 81 percent of the vote.
At CTIA, Sprint took home two awards from Laptop Magazine and CNET for the Best Smart Phone and Best Phone overall.
Treehugger.com named the Samsung Reclaim™ as the winner of the “Best of Green: Best New Cell Phone”.
2QCrunchGear awarded Overdrive 3G/4G Mobile Hotspot “Best of CES”.
PC World awarded Overdrive 3G/4G Mobile Hotspot with the “Best of CES”.
Ubergizmo awarded Overdrive 3G/4G Mobile Hotspot with the “Best of CES”.
LAPTOP Magazine named HTC EVO 4G Editor’s Choice - “Evo 4G packs practically everything a geek could dream of in a mobile device...The Evo 4G richly deserves our Editor’s Choice award. It’s a no-brainer for Sprint customers, and a tempting choice for those on other carriers.”
MobileTechReview added HTC EVO 4G to their Best Smartphones list.
MobileTechReview added HTC EVO 4G to their Best Touch Screen Phones list.
CNET rated HTC EVO 4G 4 out of 5 or excellent, calling HTC EVO 4G “Sprint’s Best Smartphone”.
TheStreet.com rated EVO 4G the #1 Android phone.
Sprint received the Billing & OSS World 2010 Excellence Award in the B/OSS Innovator of the Year category for the creation and deployment of the Any Mobile, Anytime feature in its Everything Data plan.
3QLAPTOP rated Sprint 3G/4G USB Modem 250U by Sierra 4 out of 5 stars and awarded the Laptop Editor’s Choice.
PC Magazine awarded Samsung Restore with its GreenTech Approved award for meeting six of out of seven the magazine’s established green criteria: an Energy Star charger, compliance with hazardous materials standards, use of recycled materials in the phone and packaging, a free takeback policy, and membership in a battery-recycling group.
LG Remarq also won PC Magazine’s GreenTech Seal for its Energy Star charger, compliance with hazardous materials standards, use of recycled materials in the phone and packaging, and membership in a battery-recycling group.
Sprint’s Samsung Reclaim™ named the World’s Greenest Cell Phone by Calfinder.
Sprint received the Thoth Award in the category of Marketing Consumer Products and Services at the 42nd Annual Public Relations Society of America - National Capital Chapter (PRSA-NCC) Thoth Awards ceremony for our 2009 Samsung Reclaim PR campaign.
Devices offered by Sprint took home top honors in the annual CTIA Hot for the Holidays awards program, which honors the most cutting-edge mobile consumer electronics products and applications for this holiday season.
Our devices won in these six categories defined by the ideal gift recipient:
The public also had the chance to vote for their favorite products, and HTC EVO 4G was named the "CTIA 2010 Hottest Web Pick," and show attendees voted via text message for the Samsung Galaxy Tab as "CTIA 2010 Hottest in Show."
HTC EVO 4G received POPULAR MECHANICS Breakthrough Award.
Sprint received PC Magazine’s Best of 2009 award for Sprint’s MiFi 2200 Hotspot.
PC Magazine awarded Palm Pre from Sprint as the most innovative new platform under the phone category.
RadioShack honored Boost Mobile with its “2009 Vendor Innovation Award” for being the first nationwide no contract wireless carrier to offer unlimited talk, text, Web and Walkie-Talkie via the $50 Monthly Unlimited plan, as well as for Boost Mobile’s overall commitment to a profitable partnership.
Boost Mobile was awarded a PR News Platinum Award in the Press Release category and an Honorable Mention in the Product Launch category, both in regards to the launch of the $50 Monthly Unlimited plan.
Boost Mobile was honored with a PRSA Protos Award in the Orange County Chapter for its program launch of the $50 Monthly Unlimited plan.
Frost & Sullivan recognized Boost Mobile with the 2009 North American Prepaid Mobile Service of the Year Award for being ranked the number one company in overall product success.
TopTenREVIEWS selected Boost Mobile as the Gold Award winner in their 2009 Prepaid Cell Phone Review for offering more value and a broad range of options to those who are considering no contract wireless.
Wireless Deviceor Tech of Year: MiFi
Peripheral of Year: Palm Touchstone
In 2009, Sprint received the Frost & Sullivan 2009 Award for Product Line Strategy in the North American Mobile Resource Management (MRM) Market, based on the company’s Feb. 2009 introduction of TeleNav Vehicle Manager™.
GSMA Announces Winners of the 15th Annual Global Mobile Awards at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona
(Two separate Awards)
Best Mobile Handset or Device: HTC Hero
Best Mobile Connected Device (non-handsets): MiFi Intelligent Mobile Hotspot
The Global Mobile Awards recognize excellence and innovation in mobile communications worldwide. The mobile industry’s leading annual awards include categories for Mobile Entertainment, Marketing & Advertising, Mobile Services, Innovation and Technology, as well as the Green Mobile Awards and Best Mobile Contribution to Social & Economic Development.
Popular Mechanics listed Palm Pre as one of the Ten Most Brilliant Products of 2009.
Wall Street Journal columnist Walt Mossberg called Sprint’s HTC Hero “the best Android phone I’ve tested, and a worthy competitor to the iPhone, the BlackBerry and the Pre.”
In October, at the CTIA convention, the Samsung Reclaim was given the “Hottest in Show” award. Sprint’s MiFi won the award as “Hottest Mobile Internet Device,” and the HTC TouchPro 2 was named “Hottest Smartphone.”
Frost & Sullivan named Boost Mobile 2009 North American Prepaid Mobile Service of the Year.
Sprint was awarded the Global Telecoms Business Innovation Award for Business Service Innovation for Unified Services Enablement. The Global Telecoms Business Innovation Awards are designed to honor innovative projects involving telecoms operators and service providers around the world, in association with their vendors and suppliers.
PC Magazine said Sprint’s MiFi card “is the one to get,” because “Sprint does a better job, makes it easier, and comes cheaper if you decide to get the Simply Everything plan with Mobile Broadband, which includes data, text, Sprint TV, and GPS Navigation.”
Dozens of reviewers lavishly praised the Palm Pre handset, which is offered exclusively by Sprint. The Wall St. Journal’s Walt Mossberg said: “The Pre was about as fast as my iPhone when using Wi-Fi, but, at least in the cities where I did my testing, its data speeds on Sprint's network handily topped AT&T’s data speeds on the iPhone.”
Sprint’s Telenav Vehicle Manager™ received first place at the 4th annual CTIA Emerging Technology (E-Tech) Awards in the category of Enterprise and Vertical – General Business Solutions.
Atlantic-ACMA leading provider of strategic research and consulting services serving the telecommunications and information industries. Atlantic-ACM has recognized Sprint for:
TBS awarded Boost with World’s Funniest Commercial for Boost Unwronged “Coroner” commercial
Sprint won one of the world’s top advertising prizes at the 56th Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival held in Cannes, France, considered by many to be the Academy Awards of the advertising industry. Sprint was recognized for the Now Network campaign, which captured the festival’s top award – the Gold Lion for an Integrated Campaign – a category recognizing excellence in a multiplatform advertising campaign. Sprint’s NOW Network campaign has received a series of advertising awards including:
Atlantic-ACM awarded Sprint with the Second Place Award for Global Wholesale Voice Product Quality.
ATLANTIC-ACMATLANTIC-ACM recognized Sprint with 2008 Global Wholesale Carrier Excellence Awards - Sprint received first place in the Brand and Data Product Quality categories.
CTIA – 2008 Annual Show“Best Overall Product of CTIA Wireless IT & Entertainment” for Sprint One Click, an easy-to-use and highly customizable user interface.
“Best Cell Phone of CTIA Wireless IT & Entertainment” for Samsung Rant, exclusively available from Sprint.
“Best in Show” in the third annual Emerging Technology (E-Tech) Award competition during CTIA WIRELESS 2008.
“First Place” in the Mobile CE – Phones/Smartphone category in the third annual Emerging Technology (E-Tech) Award competition during CTIA WIRELESS 2008.
“Most Innovative Product at CTIA Wireless 2008” in the Best of CTIA Wireless 2008 competition by the Editors of LAPTOP, a leading mobile technology magazine.
“Best Cell Phone” in CNET’s annual Cream of the Crop CTIA 2008 awards.
Consumer ReportsSamsung Instinct exclusively from Sprint was named among the top 100 products in the category of electronics by Consumer Reports.
Frost & SullivanFrost & Sullivan selected Sprint as a recipient for its 2008 North American Mobility Award for LBS Navigation: Sprint Navigation.
Frost & SullivanSprint received the 2008 Carrier Leadership Award in LBS for excellence in successfully deploying and delivering a comprehensive suite of LBS business solutions.
Frost & SullivanFrost & Sullivan recognized Sprint with the 2008 Award for “Market Leadership in the North American Consumer LBS Market”.
Infosync’s Mobile InnovationInfosync recognized Samsung Rant from Sprint as “Best Cell Phone”.
LAPTOP MagazineLAPTOP Magazine recognized Sprint’s Mobile WiMax Service, Xohm, as a 2008 Mobile Maverick Winner.
LAPTOP MagazineLaptop Magazine’s online editorial team recognized Sprint’s Instinct as “Best Cell Phone of 2008”.
Light Reading MagazineSprint was selected by the editor’s of Light Reading & Heavy Reading Magazine as Leading Lights Best New Service Award for the XOHM Baltimore launch.
PC WorldPC World listed Sprint’s Airave among its 25 Most Innovative Products.
Sprint Secure Laptop Guardian received the Innovation in Wireless Enterprise Solutions Development award.
ATLANTIC-ACMSprint was recognized for its network, billing and voice quality in ATLANTIC-ACM’s annual U.S. Wholesale Excellence Awards.
CNET.comSprint’s UpStageTM by Samsung was awarded the “Cream of the Crop” – Coolest Cell Phone award by CNET.com.
CTIA Emerging Technologies AwardSprint’s UpStageTM by Samsung was recognized as 2nd place in the Hardware-Mobile Phone/Camera Phone category.
Frost & SullivanFrost & Sullivan selected Sprint as an award recipient for its 2007 US Technology Leadership Award for WiMAX.
Frost & SullivanFrost & Sullivan has selected Sprint Nextel as an award recipient for Location Based Services Company of the Year for 2007.
Hermes Creative Awards of the Association of Marketing and Communication ProfessionalsSprint received the gold award in special events for the Sprint Media Event introducing Power Vision Services and the Platinum Award in Product Launch for the launch of Sprint Power Vision Services.
LAPTOP MagazineSprint’s UpStageTM by Samsung was featured on LAPTOP’s Best of CTIA Wireless 2007, recognized as the “Best Multimedia Phone”.
MarketingSherpa AwardsSprint received two awards from MarketingSherpa recognizing the company’s virtual business efforts – Sprint’s Red MOTORAZR v3m Launch won the Gold Consumer Award for Best Promotional Blast, Direct Sale or Lead Gen Offer and the Sprint Holiday Base Campaign received the Gold Consumer Award for Best (or Most Dramatic) Test.
Network WorldSprint was featured on NetworkWorld.com’s “Top 5 Coolest Products at CTIA” list, with the UpStageTM by Samsung being named the #1 coolest product from the annual trade show.
Best of WiMAX World USASprint was recognized as a leader in industry innovation for Sprint Xohm Mobile Internet Service.