Samsung, LG each sell more than 20 mln touchscreen phones

from TradingMarkets.com, HT to cellodude on the IV MB:

>>SEOUL, May 18, 2009 (Asia Pulse Data Source via COMTEX) --

Samsung Electronics Co. and LG Electronics Inc., the world's No. 2 and No. 4 makers of mobile phones, each reported Sunday that sales of their touchscreen handsets have surpassed 20 million units.

The global market for smartphones with touchscreens is expected to triple to 500 million units in 2012, compared with an anticipated 170 million units this year, industry data showed.