Mobile phones have served us humans beyond their intended purpose. Today, these gadgets are not only for communicating, but also are fashion accessories for young mobile fanatics and old ones alike. Where else can you get both a smart phone and stylish device but with the new Helio Ocean?
Helio is a relatively young Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO) not more than two years old, founded in Los Angeles, California. Helio basically buys minutes of use (MOU) from the Sprint Nextel Company, and sells it to their subscribers. One of Helio’s targets is their young fan base, since they are a great majority of the mobile users today. Helio promises to give their subscribers an even
better wireless experience than other service providers can do. Helio already came up with models like the Fin and the Drift. Their newest unit off the assembly lines is the hip and sexy Helio Ocean, which was released in May 2007.
The Helio Ocean is both a ladies’ phone and a man’s phone. Anybody with this in his or her hand will make other mobile users jealous. The smooth curves of the Ocean come with rubberized edges so it’s comfy to hold and more resistant to scrapes. The trendy thing about the Ocean is its one-of-a-kind dual-sliding design. Slide the phone vertically, and you can use the number keypad. Slide it horizontally, and you have access to a QWERTY keyboard with bubbled keys.
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Helio is a Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO) founded by Dr. Wonhee Sull and Todd Tappin in 2005. The company was born from a joint venture between South Korea Telecom and Earthlink. Helio officially launched as a wireless carrier in the United States in May 2006. Since then, the company has had several innovative phone models under their belt, from their very first Helio KickFlip (July 2006) to one of the latest, the Helio Ocean (May 2007). With their latest contenders currently out in the market, Helio has shown its potential to gain ground in the telecoms race, versus other mobile giants.
The Helio Ocean is considered by critics to be one of Helio’s smartest moves yet. Bravely enough, Helio thought up their first-ever dual-slider and made it into a reality. Packaged in a 4.3 x 2.4 x 0.8 inch unit, the Ocean weighs 5.6 ounces. The phone comes in black finish with rubberized edges on the casing. Its three-tiered body is attributed to the unique sliding feature of the phone.
The top tier of the Ocean contains the navigational soft keys which flank the 2.4 inch QVGA screen that has a display capability of 262,000 colors. When the top tier is slid vertically, the second tier is revealed, containing a numeric keypad with silver buttons. The fun part comes when the third tier is revealed, but to do that, one must lock in the first two tiers and slide them horizontally. An amply-spaced QWERTY keypad with bubble buttons is accessible, and the LCD screen appears in widescreen view.
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Remember when you used to go to the beach when you were a kid? You would always take a shell or a piece of coral and put it in your pocket, so you have a memory of the beach to take home with you. With the Helio Ocean, the experience is similar, only you get to keep more memories of all your activities with you, wherever you go. The great thing is that you can share these memories with anyone in the world, too.
So what is the Helio Ocean? It’s one of the latest models of mobile phones created by Helio, a Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO) based in California, USA. This mobile phone is one of many units developed by Helio, designed to give people all over the country the power of high speed wireless technology in the palm of their hand. The Helio Ocean was first sold in the US in May 2007, at a suggested retail price of $295, inclusive of Helio subscription.
How does the Ocean help you store memories? First of all, this phone has an internal memory of 200MB, plus a removable SD card with 2GB of memory. You can store a lot of data on this small machine. Aside from that, the Helio Ocean is equipped with a 2.0 mega pixel digital camera, with 4x digital zoom, LED flash, and self-timer. This camera can take still photos in eight resolutions, or record varied lengths of video with audio. Photos can be edited using color balance, brightness and contrast, color effects, and picture frames.
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