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Ryan Kim, Chronicle Staff Writer Mobile-phone sales continued at a torrid pace in the first quarter as consumers worldwide latched on to camera phones and cheap deals, according to a new report. The industry reported that 180.6 million units were sold in the first quarter of this year, a 17 percent increase from the same period a year ago. That continued a buying boom that began two years ago and really took hold last year, according to market research firm Gartner Inc. The new figures prompted Gartner to revise its mobile-phone sales estimates up to 750 million units from 720 million for 2005. Still, industry analysts predict a cooling-off trend as some of the emerging markets in China and elsewhere stabilize while existing mature markets in North America and Europe slow down after a recent frenzy in phone replacement sales. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2005/05/28/BUGV4CVUVP1.DTL

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