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Global shipments of smartphones will reach 653 million by 2016, double the amount sold in 2010, according to a new forecast by the market research firm Ovum. The company believes that Google’s Android platform will be the driving force behind this upsurge that will see the smartphone device category experiencing a CAGR of 14.5 per cent between 2010 and 2016.