Gadgehit.com writes: "Smartphone sales hit a milestone today with 1 billion smartphones now in the hands of people worldwide. Data from Strategy Analytics, a market research firm, suggests that 1 in 7 people now own a smartphone, as the amount of smartphone owners increased substantially in the last year. According to the company there were 708 million smartphone owners in Q3 2011, but that jumped to 959 million in Q2 2012." (Culture, Phones, Smartphone)