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 […]
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NFC-equipped Samsung Star S5230 used as a room key in a Swedish hotel
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 introduces S5230 Fan Package and La Fleur Special Edition phones in Germany
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 […]
Samsung launches another Star variant – Star TV (S5233T)
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 […]
Samsung sells 50 million touchscreen devices
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 […]