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’s 2009 roadmap is pretty clear – bring in as much as touchscreen phones in the market. And following the same, they have brought yet another touchscreen device dubbed as Tocco Lite (S5230) in UK. With an aim to take on LG’s KP500 Cookie, the phone packs in a 3-inch touchscreen display with TouchWIZ UI, GPRS/EDGE connectivity, 3.2 megapixel camera with face and smile detection, accelerometer, Gesture Lock (user can assign different menu items to alphabets A-Z and unlocking to a particular alphabet takes the user to the corresponding menu item), FM Radio, Bluetooth v2.1 and microSD card slot up to 8GB.

The phone is expected to launch in mid-May in Black and Pink colors.

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