UPDATE 3: Phone will be launched in Feb in Italy for 129 euros. UPDATE 2: Other European countries will get the phone for about 149 euros. UPDATE: Star II will arrive in Russia by end of February. It will be an MTS exclusive initially and will be priced at 6,990 rubles (US$234). Star II […]
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Samsung Star sales surpass 30m units
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 […]
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 […]
Bluetooth headsets to complement your Samsung phones
Just like what Samsung did with Corby styled headsets, they’re adopting the same strategy for its other headsets. Now users owning Monte, Star or Wave devices will be able to pick similarly-styled Bluetooth headsets. The HM1600 has been designed similarly to Monte whereas HM3100 to Star and HM3200 to Wave. However, aesthetics is […]
Samsung India brings S3370 as Star Nano 3G
Samsung is already selling S3370 as Corby 3G in Russia and now they’ve announced it for the Indian market. However, this time the phone will belong to the Star family and will be known as Nano 3G. Samsung wants to provide a 3G handset on the cheap and Star Nano 3G enables it for […]