TORONTO, March 21, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Star8 Corporation ("Star8") (Pink Sheets:IMNS) is pleased to announce the launch of its flagship mobile phones, the Axiom series.
The Axiom33, a Qwerty keyboard phone, comes equipped with Digifon mail, a mobile email application providing a seamless push email service. Be alerted every time a new email arrives, without using valuable data time. Star8's proprietary back end system will retrieve your email and let you know it has arrived on your Axiom33.
The most popular social networking applications such as Twitter and Facebook are included along with popular Instant Messaging applications.
Star8 is also pleased to announce The Axiom1000, a full-featured touch screen smart phone. The Axiom1000 runs on Android, the fastest growing mobile operating system in the world. Also included is Star8's exclusive and proprietary push email application, a first for the Android operating system. Manage your data consumption effortlessly.
The Axiom1000 includes social networking hub and instant messaging application as the Axiom33, along with a 4-inch touch screen, assisted-GPS and WiFi.
"The launch of the Axiom Series phones for Star8 is a very exciting time for the company," said William Car, President of Star8 Corporation. "We are very pleased to have reached this milestone and we are looking forward to the products entering our targeted markets."
Star8 plans to expand the Axiom Series in the near future to include additional form factors and feature sets.
For complete specifications of the Axiom33 and Axiom1000 or more information about Star8, please go to http://www.star8corp.com
About Star8 Corporation
Star8 Corporation (Pink Sheets:IMNS) is a global provider of low cost full-featured mobile email phones. The Company's focus is to provide a low cost alternative to the more expensive smart phones available in the market today. Star8 is strictly focused on emerging markets where the mobile operator subscriber base is predominantly prepaid. These markets do not provide their subscribers with a subsidy on phone purchases, which leaves a very small percentage of the subscriber base with the ability to afford the more costly smart phones.
Star8 is positioning itself to take advantage of the explosive growth in the Low Cost Mobile Messaging Handset market. Global shipments of mobile handsets is forecast to be 1.7 Billion in 2011.
Star8 is poised to take advantage of the tremendous growth in these markets and its products will be marketed to mobile users in South East Asia, Africa, and Latin America through existing relationships.
With management experience garnered on a global basis, Star8 has uncovered an opportunity to market a mobile handset in conjunction with a mobile email product in markets where the subscriber base in highly weighted by subscribers who are "prepaid."
Forward-Looking Statements
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