As expected, mobile phone sales dipped a bit in the first half of 2006, while sales of music-enabled phones rose to 10% of all shipments in the second quarter, up from 5% in the same period a year ago.

The U.S. mobile-phone market remained strong in the first half of the year, with sales for music-enabled devices doubling since last year.

Manufacturers shipped 67 million units, a decrease of less than 2 percent from the second half of last year, The NPD Group said. Sales reached nearly $4.4 billion, after rebates and promotions.

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Posted Wednesday, August 16th, 2006 at 3:11 pm
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