By blanketing every corner of virtually every carrier in the American market, Samsung's mobile division has now laid claim to the rather lofty mark of 150 million handsets sold in the US market since it first set up shop this side of the pond eleven years ago. Though glitzy, marketing-heavy efforts like the Instinct, Glyde, and BlackJack series get the better part of the spotlight, Samsung likely owes almost all of its success to its stunning effectiveness in getting series after series of carrier-customized, low-cost flips into customers' hands at a blistering pace -- a pace that has left competitors like Motorola just a little shellshocked. A company rep is boasting that they'll push another 30 million in total this year, so no rush getting down to the store; if you want a Sammy, odds are they'll have what you're looking for.

[Thanks, fkl]