Gartner: 1.6 Billion Mobile Device Sales in 2010, Smartphones up 72 Percent

"A recent report released by technology research and business insight company Gartner revealed worldwide mobile device sales to end users grew to 1.6 billion units in 2010, up 31.8 percent from 2009. Furthermore, smartphone sales increased by 72.1 percent from 2009 and accounted for 19 percent of all mobile device sales in 2010."