Spaniards have got a special edition of Samsung My Touch exclusively from Movistar. Samsung roped in renowned Spanish designer Custo Dalmau to launch this My Touch 2GB Custo Special Edition. This edition does not get any changes on the hardware front but gets a special artwork on the battery cover and a bag to please the lovely ladies.

The phone is an elder sibling to Star that features a 2.8-inch touchscreen display, 3G, 3.2MP camera, TouchWiz UI, music player, 2GB internal memory and microSD card slot (up to 8GB).

Samsung has teamed up with Spanish Federation of Breast Cancer (FECMA) and launched My Touch 2GB Pink Ribbon edition to spread awareness and fight against breast cancer. For those who’re wondering My Touch is the same as S5600, which is also known as Preston or Star 3G. The phone will be sold through Telefónica and for each unit sold, Samsung will donate 10 euros. This special edition comes loaded with Spanish singer Bebe’s latest album “Y” and also some animated informational guide (assuming related to breast cancer).

Samsung had introduced a Star Think-Pink (S5230) edition in Belgium last month.

Here’s the scenario of the Taiwanese touchscreen mobile market. LG Electronics is the leader with a 17 percent market share while Samsung holds 12 percent. Now to turn things around, Samsung is planning to launch at least 10 touchscreen devices in Taiwan in the remainder of this year as compared to LG who is planning to launch at least 7.

In fact, if we see it’s not really surprising for Samsung to bring more touchscreen phones because their roadmap is already filled with them ranging from entry level to high end.

Taiwan will see touchscreen devices like Jet S8000, Beat DJ M7600, Omnia II I8000, Galaxy I7500, S5600 and more.

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UPDATE: Apparently, all or most of Vodafone operated regions will get this revamped device. Vodafone Portugal has listed the phone and UK might get it soon.

Need not worry, this is not a new phone from Samsung. In fact, it’s the same S5600 but this particular Spanish version has got a minor design change too. As you can see, there’s a diamond stone like navigation key, which I must confess looks better than the navigation button on the regular S5600. Why such partiality Samsung? Anyways, the device is being sold by Vodafone Spain for free on selection of some plans.

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Samsung’s previously announced S5230 and S5600 have got an easy to remember name. S5230 also known as Tocco Lite in the UK will go as Star in rest of the markets while S5600 has been christened as Preston.

Star as we know, has a 3-inch WQVGA screen, TouchWiz UI, EDGE, 3.2MP camera, DNSe, accelerometer, Gesture Lock and microSD slot supporting up to 8GB.

Samsung Star will be available in Pink, White and Black colors and will sell across Europe, Africa and Asia.

Preston on the other hand, has a tad smaller touchscreen measuring 2.8-inches supporting QVGA resolution, TouchWiz UI, 7.2Mbps HSDPA, 3.2MP camera, Gesture Lock, Multi-codec support like H.263, MPEG4, WMV and microSD card slot up to 8GB.

Users from Europe and Asia can pick Preston from this month in colors of Sweet Pink, Snow White and Charcoal Grey.

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Samsung has announced S5600 and S5230 touchscreen phones that will reach the European markets soon. Both the phones are equipped with TouchWiz UI with widgets support and has Gesture Lock feature. A user can assign different menu items to alphabets A-Z and unlocking to a particular alphabet takes the user to the corresponding menu item.

The 12.9mm thick S5600 sports a 2.8-inch QVGA touchscreen display with haptic feedback, 3MP camera, Bluetooth 2.1, FM Radio, 7.2Mbps HSDPA, Google bundled services, microSD slot and slew of other smartphone features.

The S5230 is slimmer than S5600, measuring only 11.9mm. It has a 3-inch WQVGA screen, 3MP camera, DNSe, Bluetooth 2.1, microSD slot, accelerometer and a virtual QWERTY keypad.

S5600 will launch in May while S5230 in April.

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