Helio... Call it a phone and get your ass beat!
 

As some of you know... Helio is arguably the best phone (damn)out now. And Now they have just released a new addition to their repertoire. The Ocean is the world's first dual-slider device combining a traditional numeric keypad and a separate full QWERTY keyboard in a single handset. Designed primarily as a social networking tool. The Ocean merges Instant Messages, text messages, picture messages and emails from all the major portals in one location. The Ocean also delivers full over-the-air music downloads, video-on-demand, a 2 megapixel camera, an HTML browser, MySpace on Helio, GPS-enabled Google Maps for mobile, and Buddy Beacon.

http://www.letsgodigital.org/images/...cean_zoom2.jpg
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Form Factor – Dual Slider – alphanumeric keypad
+ full QWERTY keyboard
Color – Black
Dimensions – 4.33" x 2.20" x .86"
Weight – 5.61 oz
Display – 2.4 inch QVGA display, 240 x 320, 260K colors
3G Speed – EV-DO network support for fast multimedia downloads
Talk Time – Up to 5.1 hours
Memory – 200MB internal memory expandable via microSDTM
with USB Mass Storage Mode
Camera – 2.0 Megapixel, digital zoom, built-in flash
Video Camera – MPEG-4 video recording
Audio – Stereo Bluetooth® wireless technology
Personal Entertainment Center – Supports:
MP3, AAC, WMA, MPEG-4, H.264, VOD, MOD
(details taken from official website)

Their Previous devices includes (some discontinued)

Helio Kickflip (dicontinued)

http://www.helio.com/images/device/k...verview_01.png
Helio's very first device on the market. The Kickflip is a swiveling device. Some of the features included 2.0 megapixel camera, 90 minutes of video, side buttons, QVGA screen, and 8 day stand by/2.5 hour talk time battery life. Even though the Kickflip was possibly Helio's most popular device at the time, it was discontinued due to VK Mobile filing for bankruptcy.



Helio Hero (disontinued)
http://www.gadgets-weblog.com/502267...ntech_Hero.jpg
The Helio Hero was Helio's second device. It was a slider, available only in black. The Hero included 2.0 megapixel camera with opening and closing lens cover, QVGA screen, coprocessor chip for enhanced video and sound. Included speakers and gave stereo sound like you never heard before on a phone



Helio Drift/Heat (I currently own a drift)

http://www.crunkrockradio.com/style/...%20-%20225.jpg
The Drift is available in black and a limited edition white pearlescent. The Drift is the first to have Location Based Services bundled with the device. The Drift comes loaded with a version of Google Maps that uses the device's GPS to locate the user on a map and the Buddy Beacon application that lets friends share their current location with each other. It also features a 2.0 megapixel camera. This is Helio's third model. Also include Bluetooth

http://image2.sina.com.cn/IT/mobile/...93ce0aa243.jpg
The heat is the Sister device to the Drift as it only has 1.3 megapixels. But the cool thing is... it's touch based.

I have a few problems with helio though.... The customer Service sucks and they don't give you alot of information when first ordering it. Other than that this is a great device. If you have had previous problems with the Helio, Question about Helio, Or would just like to discuss how cool of a phone (SHIT... said phone again) this is. Post here

NOT A PHONE


Official website.... www.helio.com

OK, so it's not a phone.

It's just a very shitty and limited computer (hell, PDA.)

Your point?

Can you even get Helio phones in the US?

Whatever happened to phones that just call people?

Yeah! And 2MB RAM computers! I want those days back!

What the hell is the point of making phones more difficult to use, it's pointless cause if we be honest who actually uses all the functions on these phones.

they just get more confusing to use i say:confused:

the whole point of a phone is to talk to people over long distances.

Make phones, phones again.

http://www.jaunted.com/files/1865/old_cellphone.jpg

Yes, right away!

I'd tap that.

Does it dial numbers and connect to other phones an better than my current cell phone? No? Then why the fuck would I want one?

Hey, let's just keep it simple. I want a phone that I can call and text message with. Maybe a camera to take pictures and record with, and Bluetooth. Upgrades in those areas and some I'm forgetting is always welcome. But this thing is a fucking GADGET. It's almost not even a phone anymore. HE'S MORE MACHINE NOW. TWISTED AND COPPUPTED. I wouldn't even take that thing out of my house.

And is this advertisement spam or what? I got my finga on the button.

Yeah, I can get phones that have the cameras because that's actually really convenient and I use it all the time. But why does a phone need to surf the internet? My cell has the ability to surf and all it does for me is cost extra money and create a huge hassle. Pretty soon these cell phones are going to be too damned small and have too many pointless features to even be able to use it.

Oh wait, that's already happened.

I like how there's the people in this thread that only want a phone to make calls, others that only need to text, others that just want a camera, and I'm sure soon enough we'll have someone that says theirs works as an mp3 player and why should they bother with something more complex.

Is Helio also a service provider or do they just make phones for everyone else?

Sage for Viral Marketing.

All I need in a cellphone is something that makes and receives phone calls. Everything else is just techcandy.

How much was it again? Also when will "phones" have the power to make hamburgers, or at the very least, hot-dogs? I'd take that over being harrased via instant messaging, text messaging, email, etc. Just send me a hot-dog with your message please.

I want the korean version of the LG chocolate. It's so sexy. The American one is fat and has an ugly face.

Sexy:
http://i7.tinypic.com/4xwyhys.jpg

Ugly:
http://i6.tinypic.com/4zunr48.jpg

It sure smells like it.

No no... definitely not spam or advertising.... I made this thread cause I had some questions about some things and decided to introduce it first because no thread had been made about it before.

That's the point... Its not a phone

So sorry... I haven't created a thread in a minute. I guess I need to polish up on my thread making skills as so It won't seem like advertisement

YES IT IS. If it wasn't, it wouldn't have the necessary items needed to make phone calls.

God, I hate that sales campaign.

If you want a phone that's not going to be a phone because it's going to break one or two days after you get it, you should buy a Motorola RAZR, it's awesome; how can they produce such a shit cellphone, I don't believe it (grrrrr!)

Call it a phone and Helio sends 3 hairy Russian men to kidnap and press you into their cellular extortion racket.

I'm so confused here, is this an advertising thread for a phone or some kind of super computer that can push out Toy Story graphics like it's 1995? I have a mobile phone, it has numbers that you can press. With your fingers or even a stick. When you chain them together and press the little green go button, you can sometimes talk to someone on the other end. I can talk to people with my mobile phone. I can also avoid voice and send people text messages. Why ask someone where they want to meet like a caveman goon when I can send eighty messages instead?

"WHRE U WAN MEET"
"DUNNO"
"OTSIDE SHOP?"
"DUNNO WOT SHOP"
"COFE SHOP NXT 2 TTOTWTHEWHGOT905LOL"
"WHRE DAT"
"U NO OVA DER"
"OIC K"

I can also play a game on my phone where you walk slowly in a room and crates fall on top of you. Then it makes a loud beeping noise. I don't need Toy Story graphics for that!

Yeah, my cellphone has games, too. But it doesn't have "Snake" which is a shame because it's really the best game.

Yeah, if you're a careless tool or have a bad habit of throwing things. I had my Razr for a year and a half before it got stolen. Even dropped it on pavement a few times. The most it got was a few scratches.

As for this Helio bullshit, the only good thing about it is the commercials, like the one with the French guy attacking that dude with a fork, and the one with Carrot Top in it where the whale comes from nowhere and eats the girl.

Both quoted for ultimate truth.

The sad part is, half my friends send text messages like that to me, and become annoyed when I send a text with normal human language. I need new friends >_<.

As for the Helio... I stand firm that it's a goddamn phone. No matter how much crap you add to it, hell you could stuff a fully functional (full size, even) Super Nintendo on to the thing, and as long as I can call Checkmate's to order a Pizza, it's a goddamn phone.

Is my desktop a phone because it can use VOIP?

What makes the Helio so special that it's not a phone? I have a LG VX8600 (also known as the Chocolate clamshell), and it has every single feature that the Helio has. I also think it looks a lot cooler. And I also don't have to do that whole "don't call it a phone" schtick every time I refer to it. That shit's just annoying.

http://www.digitaltechnews.com/photo...flip_phone.jpg

I was referring to the Helio, but if you want to get into semantics, sure.

The Helio's main purpose, no matter how much they don't want it to be, is that of a phone. All the other crap it does is nice, but in the end, if I'm dialing a number to call someone, it's a damn phone.

No. It's a computer. Everything else is extra.


I've been thinking about upgrading my phone just so I can put my MP3s on there and use them as ring tones. But then I realized that other than my girlfriend, I rarely get calls so I won't be able to show off my ring tones. So no to that idea, so far.

Seriously, if it calls people like a phone, texts people like a phone, and takes pictures like a phone.

Then it's a fucking phone.

I don't see why Helio has to be so different. It's still a phone no matter what anyone says. And even if you have a full QWERTY keyboard people will still talk shorthanded because they think it's cool to confuse people.

OMG, INBD!

INBD? In bed, can't respond?

But if it can download music, play music, store music, isn't it an MP3 player? Guess it just depends on what it's initially marketed as in the end.

INBD = It's no big deal.

It's from the Cingular AT&T text messaging commercial.

THAT'S WHAT'S ...S...N..F!!!
Same time I was reading this another commercial came on... There are too many of those thing these days

Sadly, I always text with correct pronunciation and grammar when texting, unless I'm in an extreme hurry. I think it might annoy my friends, but I think it's more annoying getting the "one word" aka acronym responses.

This is really what e-mail is for. Text messaging is like e-mail, except for prepubescent children.

HI DO U LYK HRNY BNEEZ?

Ironically, it also shows the sad state of things today: fucking 10 year olds shouldn't have a cell phone, much less have a cell phone and be allowed to text on them.

BUT I HV 2 MSG MY BFF JILL!1

OMFG!! LOOK AT THE SHIT I JUST FOUND!! EVERYBODY GO THE THE OFFICIAL HELIO WEBSITE (www.helio.com) LOOK AT THE FUCKIN TITLE BAR!!
GOD DAMN HYPOCRITES!!

In broad daylight it says Helio|Ocean, Heat & Drift Cell phones

They don't want US to call em Phones, but when people search for "cell phones" on a search engine... they sure as hell wanna be in the results

(Somebody's due an ass whoopin according to my thread title...)

Sounds like something Seris would say. Get ahold of yourself you wreckless bottlenose.

Text messaging is like an economic crutch for cell phone owners in this country.

Not to mention the fact that it'll make people believe that using those godforsaken acronyms in ACTUAL SPEECH is acceptable. If someone ever tried to talk to me that way, I'm pretty sure I'd never talk to them again.

Ironically, I only use WTF if school when I can't really say it out loud in front of my teacher, but I still need to express my anger. Minus that, I don't really do that .

Yeah... I had someone actually say "LOL" instead of laughing on a few occasions. I had to really resist the urge to punch them square in the mouth.

The phones' features are awesome, but the network is pretty wimpy compared to the other big hitters in the cell industry. I can't even find a full coverage map - just coverage by zip code. Other service providers are going to pick up on Helio's cues and start integrating this sorta stuff into their phones, all they've gotta do is strike a big enough deal with the manufacturers. I'll stick with my service.

Erm... the only thing the Helio has over most phones these days is a better camera (and that's just over most phones). Some phones don't have friend locators, but a lot do. So, there's really not a whole lot setting it apart. Maybe 2 years ago when Helios were new, they would have been pretty cool (but I'm sure the network sucked pretty hardcore at that point).