More complete details of the Ocean 2 for Virgin Mobile’s Helio service have finally emerged. The dual-slider offers many of the same features that the original Ocean carried. It runs EV-DO for 3G and also has stereo Bluetooth and GPS. The D-pad is an optical mouse that lets users scroll quickly through menus and content. [...]

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The long-rumored Helio Ocean 2 has finally shown in concrete form courtesy of an FCC filing made public today. Appearing under the codename OZII, the Pantech-made dual slider matches earlier leaks and appears to primarily change the looks of the original Ocean as well as improve the software; aside from chromed trim, the device would [...]

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Today Virgin Mobile USA announced that it is launching the Shuttle, made by PCD. The Shuttle is the first device offered by Virgin Mobile to take advantage of 3G data speeds. It will be added to the roster of phones that can use Helio’s services, such as Buddy Beacon. The Shuttle is a slider and [...]

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Helio and its POP/IMAP email partners are offering push email to users of the Ultimate Inbox on the Ocean, Mysto and Fin devices. When checking your email accounts from those phones, you’ll be prompted to enable the push functionality. Once enabled, Gmail or any other POP/IMAP email account you have will automatically push new email [...]

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Today Helio announced a new service that allows users to search for bars, clubs and restaurants. Helio subscribers can get to the search web site through a link on Helio’s home page. The search will also provide real-time information and reports from other users about what’s going on at specific clubs, including pricing, entertainment and [...]

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For a limited time, Helio subscribers can sign up for its unlimited everything plan for $99 month. The unlimited plan normally costs $145.

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Helio, an MVNO joint partnership between SK Telecom and Earthlink, announced that CEO Sky Dayton has moved out of the company’s top management spot and will now occupy the role as non-executive chairman of the board. Taking his place is current president and COO Wohnee Sull. According to Helio, Dayton has a history of relinquishing [...]

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Helio this morning announced the widespread availability of the Mysto. Previously only available in a Korean version for those willing to get the device early, this conversion of Samsung’s Ultra U600 slider continues to revolve around Helio’s signature GPS features but adds a pair of crucial software features. Called Tellme, the first feature lets users [...]

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Helio has announced the launch of the Mysto for its Korean-language customers. This slider from Samsung shares the same design as the popular U600 for Europe. It will have a 2 megapixel camera, GPS, music player, Bluetooth, and a microSD memory card slot. The version available tomorrow will have Korean-language keypads and documentation. A regular [...]

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Helio today announced the Helio Player for Windows. This software lets user manage and transfer music, movies and pictures between current Helio models from the Drift to the Fin and a host computer. It also enables members to download music bought on their Helio handset to a PC and transfer music bought on the PC [...]

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Helio today is launching a new version of YouTube mobile exclusively for their Ocean messaging phone. This new version of YouTube gives users far more options than just viewing and rating videos by letting them sign into their YouTube accounts. Once signed in, users can comment, leave video responses, and subscribe to or favorite videos [...]

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Today Helio made two new features available on the Ocean messaging phone that make it more business friendly. The Helio File Viewer will let members view Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Adobe PDF files on their Oceans, as well as an expanded number of image formats. The File Viewer software also lets users zoom in [...]

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