Helio Drift Gone, Helio Mysto Coming Soon

It's been only a year, but the Helio Drift slider has been phased out of Helio's lineup, and should be soon replaced by a Helio "Mysto." Heliocity discovered a new filing at the USPTO for the Mysto, but unlike the FCC, the USPTO doesn't tell tales of lovers gone by. It's unlikely that the Mysto is the next generation Helio Ocean, seeing as the Ocean's only been on the market for about half a year. So the only questions is whether the Mysto is a slider or a flip—Helio, unlike Kirstie Alley, doesn't seem to like candybars. [Heliocity]

Helio Copies Apple, Launches Retail Store Complete With Hipster Aesthetics

Helio, the "don't call is a phone" cellphone company behind the Drift, just launched its flagship retail store in Santa Monica and they've done a really good job at replicating the Apple Store style and motif. Just like the Apple Store, Helio's neighborhood shoppe features big, wide open spaces perfect for lectures, tutorials and other fun stuff sure to drawn in the "it's Saturday night, let's get wasted" crowd—the MySpace crowd. There's another pic of the shiny store after the jump. More »

Mio C250 GPS Device Hits UK Running: They Still Make Standalone GPS Devices?

Gizmodo loves it some GPS and resident GPS nerd Charlie White recently drove around his neck of the woods with several thousand of them simultaneously yelling at him to turn right . One of the featured GPS units is by Mio, who have just unleashed its C250 navigation system over in Albion. (The UK, folks.) The big news is that it combines a 3.5-inch touch screen, which is pretty roomy, with a price that won't leave you penniless (or penceless, as the case may be). It'll hit stores at £169.99, or about $323 in real money. That's great, right? More »

Helio Drift Phone with Google Maps Plus GPS Buddy Stalking

Helio's Drift, which we wrote about awhile back, has just gone official. What makes this phone special is that it ships with google maps, as well as an integrated GPS module. Cool, but cooler is that it adds dodgeball-like meat space social networking with its Buddy Beacon. Flip it on, and friend with the same phone can see where you are on the map. You can use buddy beacon to theoretically signal them by sms to turn on their beacons, too. I say theoretically because I don't know a single person who actually owns a Helio phone yet. Too bad—innovation should be rewarded. Anyhow, the phone has a 2.12 inch screen, stereo Bluetooth, 128MB and a microSD slot, a 2MP camera Anyhow, all that location based wonderfulness means that the Drift could be the GPS phone ever, especially in the attractive at $225. Available in gunmetal black and frost white.

Rumor: New Phone from Helio the "Drift"?

Helio, the young-and-fun media-heavy 3G cell service, will soon be enabling the MySpace habits of even more Gen Yers, according to third-party software maker XCE. Naughty, naughty, speaking out of order on Helio's behalf! More »