> Sprint will pay bloggers $20 to blog about the Samsung Instinct. The campaign, which is appropriately called "Sell Out," also promises to award $10,000 to the best Instinct video. Story

> Distributor Brightpoint scored a major win with Verizon Wireless. The firm will distribute phones and data devices to all Verizon agents and retailers. Release

> Verizon Wireless gets Loopt. Article

> Fierce 15 2008 winner Vlingo is now available on BlackBerry devices. Article

And finally... IDC says that 1.5 billion people will use the Internet on a regular basis in 2008. Release