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Article: Touch screen smart phones being snatched up in US.
- Article from:
- Times of Oman (Muscat, Oman)
- Article date:
- November 4, 2009
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Byline: AFP
SAN FRANCISCO: US smartphone buyers can t wait to get their hands on touchscreen devices, according to figures released Tuesday by industry tracker comScore.
The ranks of touchscreen mobile telephone users led by Apple iPhone lovers swelled to 23.8 million in August, soaring 159 percent during the preceding year, according to comScore.
The overall smartphone market in the United States reportedly grew by 63 percent during that same period to 33.8 million users.
"Touchscreen phones have quickly gained adoption as new devices have flooded the mobile marketplace," said comScore senior vice president of mobile devices Mark ...