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  Samsung maybe doing well with its touchscreen-equipped Android and bada phones but we cannot undermine the fact that Star (S5230) – running proprietary OS – was the one that set the ball rolling. Samsung has announced that Star sales have surpassed a whopping 30 million units. Launched in May 2009, it is the second [...]

  Clarion Hotel Stockholm in Sweden has initiated a pilot project that replaces a conventional hotel room key to a mobile phone and the first phone to be used in the project is Samsung’s Star S5230N. Selected guests were handed out the device with the pre-loaded software which allowed them to check in or check [...]

  Samsung’s Corby range might have taken Star S5230’s cheapest touchscreen phone tag but the hot selling Star is living in the form of special editions. Two special editions of Star S5230 have been rolled out in Germany – one to please the football fans and the other to please the women. The Fan Package [...]

  UPDATE: Check out a small hands-on video of the phone from Mobile-review. Samsung’s aging Star phone has got a new lease of life with the addition of TV viewing feature. No it’s not the DMB that the Koreans are used to get in almost every phone but an analog mobile TV receiver where consumers [...]

  With plethora of touchscreen handsets available from Samsung, this milestone was somewhat expected. They’ve announced to sell its 50 millionth unit this month ensuring touchscreen handset market is where the volume (and money) is. The total figure is cumulative of 10m units from 2008 and 40m this year. However, if we consider the growth [...]

  Samsung’s hot selling S5230 Star has reached the iconic milestone. The phone has surpassed sales of 10m units and is the fastest selling Samsung device till date. Star achieved this figure in just 6 months, about 4 months faster than Samsung’s E250 that reached the 10 million landmark. Star boasts a 3-inch WQVGA touchscreen, [...]

  Hello Kitty lovers in Belgium are in for a treat as Samsung has launched E2210 and Star (S5230) Hello Kitty Edition exclusively available at The Phone House. With its affordable price tag of €69 ($100), the simple E2210 comes in white and pink shade with the Hello Kitty pictured on the phone while spending [...]

  Samsung Star (S5230/S5233) is doing well but to propel its sales further, they’ve released the phone with Wi-Fi connectivity. Star WiFi has been officially outed in Middle East and there’s a fair chance this baby will roll out in other regions soon. Rest of the specs remain the same – quad-band GSM/EDGE support, 3-inch [...]

  Samsung has launched a limited edition of its fastest selling touch phone in Belgium. The Star Think-Pink limited edition will be available from October 1 and has been created to support Think-Pink, an organization that spreads awareness against breast cancer. Every limited edition phone bears a cancer ribbon at the back and for every [...]

  Samsung today announced that their cheapest touchscreen, Star (S5230) sales have surpassed the 5 million mark making it the fastest selling model in Samsung’s history. In fact, if sales continue to thrive at this rate, Star is well on track to achieve the next the 10 million milestone by November, very much in line [...]