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March 26, 2007
Goodbye Sidekick, Hello Helio Ocean
Helio sorta surprised everyone this morning by unleashing its third device called the Helio Ocean. Although many people are calling it an iPod competitor, I think it's more of a Sidekick killer.
First the specs. The most unique aspect of the Ocean is its dual sliding keypad revealing a QWERTY keyboard in one direction and full numeric keypad in the other. The phone is equipped with a 2 megapixel camera with flash, a full HTML browser, 2.4" QVGA screen, stereo speakers, 200MB of internal memory with a microSD slot, bluetooth 2.0 and GPS all running on Helio's fast 3G network.
Design-wise the Ocean looks sorta like the Sony Mylo, but the comparisons end there. It has more in common with the Sidekick - currently champion of teenagers all across America. The Ocean is slimmer than the Sidekick, has a better camera and a screen with almost twice the resolution. Software integration is where the Ocean really beats out the Sidekick. You've got AIM and Yahoo chat, Windows Live, SMS, MMS, music, video, POP and IMAP email and surprise! It supports push-email.
With Helio's tight MySpace integration and bargain price plans for 3G service, I can't imagine why teenagers wouldn't want to drop T-Mobile and finally jump on the Helio bandwagon. For just $65 a month, you get 500 anytime minutes plus;
- Free nights and weekends
- Unlimited text messaging
- Unlimited picture messaging
- Unlimited video messaging
- Unlimited mobile MySpace
- Unlimited web browsing
- Unlimited file transfer
- High-speed 3G
- Buddy Beacon
- GPS enabled Google Maps
iPhone killer it ain't but jaded Sidekick users who want a messaging phone device with better tech, more features and 3G need to give the Helio Ocean a look. You'll be able to pick one up for $295 this Spring.
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Comments
Crap, I just bought my Sidekick 3 this weekend. Dammit! Well at least I have a few months before this beauty comes out. But christ, 10 minutes ago I couldn't stop touching my new Sidekick. Now, I could care less.
Posted by: Jason Bex at March 26, 2007 5:17 AM
my only complaint.....5 hour talk life....i wish it was longer....
Posted by: rayuen at March 29, 2007 1:41 PM
very,very,VERY smart of helio to price this lower than the sidekick 3. for 65 dollar u get 500 min which include web,tex,photo,picture and voice and for 5 dollars more u can watch your favorite tv program videos and more. it great games, myspace it kills the sidekick 3 i preoder minds. sidekick 3 is just to expensive. just think to all the service and feature from t-mobile it will cost about 90 dollars a month and that not including tv and video.
Posted by: chuck at May 5, 2007 5:20 AM
-and don't forget in is smaller than the sidekick 3 and i almost forgot that include video messaging aswell. i don't care about wi-fi i want a gadget that has gaming,web,texting,video + tv capablility. with web included just take look for yourself @ helio.com they great service program you can preorder @ finawireless.com for 275 20 dollars cheaper than helio.com
Posted by: chuck at May 5, 2007 5:29 AM
I never had a sidekick but I would like to have one now reading this helio ocean it looks and sounds more better
Posted by: Bryesha at May 18, 2007 4:56 PM
i have the sidekick LX and it is much more attractive and better than this phone.
i have heard about this , it's just a cheap version on a sidekick
SIDEKICKS ARE TOP OF THE LINE
IF THESE WERE BETTER, PEOPLE WOULD HAVE THEM
they aren't as good as you think
lol k thanks :)
Posted by: morgan at April 4, 2008 1:32 PM