Helio ocean

Pantech Matrix Dual Sliding Phone Has More Buttons Than Sense

Formed from the same genetic ooze as Pantech’s Slide Duo smartphone and rebranded Helio Ocean handset, the Matrix is a mildly frustrating device: spec’d with the best, but dressed in the worst. An HSDPA-enabled handset with GPS, a full QWERTY keyboard in addition to a dialpad, and two cameras should have the software to leverage…

Tech News John Herrman Oct 14

Opera Mini Browser Now on Helio Ocean, Officially

Sure, with a little third-party app hacking you’ve been able to get Opera running on some Helio phones for a while. But today Helio and Opera have released Opera Mini in what’s the first official deployment of the tiny browser by a US service provider. Apparently Helio listened to their enthusiast community and then worked…

Gadgets Kit Eaton Mar 19

Helio’s YouTube 2.0 Client Hands-on and Impressions (Verdict: It’s Good)

YouTube and Helio aren’t strangers in the least, but compared with the iPhone’s gorgeous implementation, Helio’s first version was found to be a little lacking. No more. The latest release, available today, bumps Helio up onto the same tier as Apple’s offering. Here’s what we think. https://gizmodo.com/helio-fights-apple-with-official-youtube-over-3g-and-t-271109 The video quality is definitely good, but not…

Tech News Jason Chen Dec 12

Helio Offers Unlimited Service for $99/Month, Refurbed Ocean for $99

Good news for people thinking of picking up a Helio Ocean: Helio has lowered its rates for its all-in plans, giving you all-you-can-eat service for $99 a month. It’s also starting to offer refurbished phones through the Helio Refreshed service, with the Ocean now available refurbed for a mere $99. That’s a pretty awesome deal…

Tech News Adam Frucci Nov 12

AT&T’s Dual-Sliding Pantech Duo In the Wild

The Pantech Duo, seen previously as the Helio Ocean, has just been spotted in the wild by a tipster. He takes some sample shots next to his V3xx RAZR, which should give you a good idea of how large it is in comparison. If it’s as thick as the Ocean, prepare to be either appalled…

Tech News Jason Chen Sep 19

Sizemodo: Helio Fin vs. Ocean vs. iPhone vs. HTC Touch

Here’s how the Helio Fin, the thinnest clamshell in the US, stacks up against other equally thin phones. As you can see, it’s pretty much the same thickness as the iPhone, which is amazing since the Fin actually flips open. It’s slightly thinner than the HTC Touch, and is dwarfed by the bulge-tastic Helio Ocean.…

Tech News Jason Chen Aug 16

Custom Apps Now Possible on Helio Ocean (Opera Mini)

Not only is the iPhone getting its third-party cherry popped, the Helio Ocean is now running third-party apps now as well. The first proof of concept app is Opera Mini, the smallish browser from Opera that lets even lousy phones browse like a star. To get it to work on your Ocean (even though the…

Tech News Jason Chen Aug 3

Helio Adds YouTube Features, New MySpace App

We told you the YouTube on Helio’s 3G was free now, but they’ve gone and added a couple more features to it since Monday. First, Helio users can record videos on their Oceans and upload them to Helio Album. Why’s that cool? Because if you configure your Helio Album correctly, it can push those videos…

Tech News Jason Chen Jul 6

Helio’s 3G YouTube Access Now Free

Helio originally wanted to charge a few bucks a month for YouTube, but in response to the iPhone’s free access, they’re doing it free, too. And that’s over 3G, so it’ll be fast where ever you have EVDO coverage. See? One-up-manship can be beneficial for all. Oh, did I mention that you can upload your…

Tech News Brian Lam Jul 2

Helio Fights Apple with Official YouTube Over 3G (and the Genius of the iPhone’s 2.5G/WiFi)

Sky Dayton, who has been quoted several times in the last week in iPhone critique pieces, is officially putting a more powerful set of YouTube features on his 3g phones. Here comes the bloodbath. This is going to be complicated to explain, so sit down and listen up. https://gizmodo.com/igod-has-steve-jobs-peaked-269892 With 3G high speed networks, that’s…

Tech News Brian Lam Jun 21

Helio Ocean: Do You Use the Keyboard or Dialpad?

We’ve got a bet going here about the Helio Ocean. I say Lam’s a weirdo because he uses the numbers on the QWERTY keyboard to dial, and Lam says I’m a weirdo because I use the dialpad (the numbers) to dial. Both of us use the quick-lookup contacts from the start screen. Lam says he…

Tech News Jason Chen Jun 18

Helio Ocean: The Cake

Our female-fearing cousins over at Kotaku are familiar with cakes made in the shape of their favorite things (games), but we don’t often get the pleasure of eating our own gadgets. That’s why this Helio Ocean cake made by a geeksugar reader is so sweet (heh). The cake itself looks gigantic, and features none of…

Tech News Jason Chen May 29

Fat Joe Reviews the Helio Ocean

What has the world come to? Why is Fat Joe trying to do our job and review the Helio Ocean? We’re not going out and mackin’ on the ladies and rapping it up. C’mon Fat Joe, stick to what you know! Wide scrizzle fo life. Helio Ocean walkthrough with Fat Joe [Boy Genius]

Tech News Jason Chen May 21

Ten Takes on the Helio Ocean

After scoring a few units of our own to play with, we talked about the Helio Ocean a ton last week—eventually posting an extensive features review that shouldn’t be missed by anyone seriously considering a smartphone. https://gizmodo.com/helio-ocean-feature-by-feature-review-259545 So for this week’s Frankenreview, we’re giving you a eight other opinions (that obviously don’t matter as much…

Gadgets Mark Wilson May 16

Helio Ocean Roundup: All The Hot Details in One Place

If you were around last week, you saw that we got ourselves a fever for the Helio Ocean and we covered the silly out of that thing. If you want to go back and see what all the fuss was about, this is the place to find it. We’ve got everything you could want to…

Tech News Adam Frucci May 14

Helio Ocean Available Today, Friday May 11

Hey folks, just a quick note to let you guys know that the Ocean is going to be available today, Friday, May 11. You can get one by going to helio.com, calling 1-888-88-HELIO, or going to one of their retail stores in Santa Monica, Palo Alto, San Diego, Denver or NYC. If you’re heading to…

Tech News Jason Chen May 11

Helio Ocean Feature-by-Feature Review

We’ve had lots of time to use, re-use, and digest every feature available on the Helio Ocean. We’ve done UI videos, hardware galleries, handset sharing tutorials and sync tutorials, but what you really want to know is what we think of it. Here’s our review, broken down feature by feature so you can easily see…

Reviews Jason Chen and Brian Lam May 10

How to Sync Your Contacts with the Ocean

The Helio Ocean is an emailing machine, allowing you to manage a whole slew of email accounts at once. Also, Helio, unsurprisingly, would love it if you stocked up on their phones. You know, if you grabbed an Ocean for going to work and a Heat for going out at night. But what about loading…

Tech News Adam Frucci May 10

The Helio Ocean’s Hardware Design Secrets

Along with the external hardware you’ll see in the shots below, the Helio’s triple decker mechanism has a special triangle-shaped spring that operates both the keypad and QWERTY. So interesting that MIT’s Tech Review put the phone on its May/June cover, along with a well-written and romantic feature, Soul of a New Machine, penned by…

Tech News Brian Lam May 10

Helio Ocean UI Walkthrough Part 2 and 3

Since we couldn’t get part 2 of our video walk-through up in time last night, we’re giving you a bonus video as well! This time we go through much of the UI elements and answer questions you posted in the comments last night. Hit the jump for part 3 (and if the video is too…

Tech News Jason Chen May 10

Helio ocean

Pantech Matrix Dual Sliding Phone Has More Buttons Than Sense

Opera Mini Browser Now on Helio Ocean, Officially

Helio’s YouTube 2.0 Client Hands-on and Impressions (Verdict: It’s Good)

Helio Offers Unlimited Service for $99/Month, Refurbed Ocean for $99

AT&T’s Dual-Sliding Pantech Duo In the Wild

Sizemodo: Helio Fin vs. Ocean vs. iPhone vs. HTC Touch

Custom Apps Now Possible on Helio Ocean (Opera Mini)

Helio Adds YouTube Features, New MySpace App

Helio’s 3G YouTube Access Now Free

Helio Fights Apple with Official YouTube Over 3G (and the Genius of the iPhone’s 2.5G/WiFi)

Helio Ocean: Do You Use the Keyboard or Dialpad?

Helio Ocean: The Cake

Fat Joe Reviews the Helio Ocean

Ten Takes on the Helio Ocean

Helio Ocean Roundup: All The Hot Details in One Place

Helio Ocean Available Today, Friday May 11

Helio Ocean Feature-by-Feature Review

How to Sync Your Contacts with the Ocean

The Helio Ocean’s Hardware Design Secrets

Helio Ocean UI Walkthrough Part 2 and 3

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