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Airtel gives free data usage with Samsung phones in India

kunal — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 14:09:03 +0000

Own a Samsung touchscreen equipped phone? Use an Airtel connection? If you answered yes to both the questions, there’s some good news for you. Airtel is offering three months of free data usage up to 100MB on Samsung phones. The phones include Corby S3653, Star (S5233), StarW, S5603, F480 and i8910. To activate, send an SMS to “my data” (without the quotes) to 543210.

[Via| Thanks, Ashish!]

Samsung E2210 and Star: Hello Kitty Edition

kunal — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 19:35:18 +0000

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 €169 ($250) will give the touchscreen enabled Star, again with the same color combination. Other features remain the same.

Just what the doctor ordered – Samsung releases Star with Wi-Fi

kunal — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 14:56:12 +0000

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 touchscreen display with TouchWiz UI, 3.2MP camera, Bluetooth, music player and microSD card slot.

The phone will be available in black, white, pink and silver for AED799 or USD217.

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Samsung expects S5230 sales to exceed 10m units in 2009

kunal — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 10:59:06 +0000

Samsung has got many touchscreen phones that caters to different segments. However, it’s the base of the touchscreen pyramid that is doing really well. Samsung’s cheapest touchscreen, S5230 has exceeded sales of more than a million units since its launch in April and now Jae Hyun Ryu from Samsung Taiwan expects that it may eventually surpass a whopping 10m figure by the end of this year.

Meanwhile, you can read our S5230 review over here.

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Samsung Star (S5230 / S5233) Review

kunal — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 07:22:16 +0000

If you want me to describe Samsung’s Star in a few words, that would be “a touchscreen phone for the masses.” Today, touchscreen phones are not a novelty as it was used to be a few years back and Samsung is only trying to give a touchscreen experience at an affordable price. We had a chance to test out the device for a few days and here is our verdict.

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