Sales of mobile phones rose 13.8 percent to 326 million units in the second quarter

from Reuters.com:

>>Sales of smartphones rose by 50 percent and accounted for 19 percent of shipments as more affordable data plans encouraged more consumers to try them.

Gartner kept its forecasts for 2010 unchanged. It expects the overall phone market to grow by 14 percent this year, and the smartphone market to grow by 46 percent.