http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/02/02/helio-ocean-2-review/ Engadget Mobile Comments for http://mobile.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://mobile.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2009 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/02/02/helio-ocean-2-review/http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/02/02/helio-ocean-2-review/Feb 2nd 2009 8:49AMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2009/02/02/helio-ocean-2-review/http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/02/02/helio-ocean-2-review/Feb 2nd 2009 9:46AMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2009/02/02/helio-ocean-2-review/http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/02/02/helio-ocean-2-review/it was a good phone like a yr and a half ago....
only real competition was the iPhone 2G....

now there's iPhone 3G, HTC Touch Diamond,
Samsung Omnia, Palm's Pre.... etc etc...

i have no idea why helio (now owned by virgin)...
even bother with this device....

as much as i like my ocean now, i'm parting wit helio as soon as my contract ends in june...]]>Feb 2nd 2009 9:23AMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2009/02/02/helio-ocean-2-review/http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/02/02/helio-ocean-2-review/Feb 13th 2009 12:55AMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2009/02/02/helio-ocean-2-review/http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/02/02/helio-ocean-2-review/Mar 3rd 2009 10:09PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2009/02/02/helio-ocean-2-review/http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/02/02/helio-ocean-2-review/
Almost immediately you saw look alikes and big box companies trying to solicit Pantech to create 'like' devices for them to sell...kind of like how record lables release artists with songs similar to other artists on other lables...so they can grab a piece of the $$$. Now:

US June 29 (Original iPhone Release Date) vs 5-06 (Original Helio Release Date)

Almost exactly at the same time this was happenning, iPhone comes out and blows everything about expectations out of the water in regards to competition including every competitor and even Helio, except by this time...which is only a few short months...you are seeing really shitty phones hit the market, overshadowing Helios dominance by a plastic device with a radio on it or maybe a scatchy TV app.

Helio Followed suit and release cool 'other' phones like the heat and the drift (which I think both sucked but were kind of cool, just not as cool as the iPhone..ala really plasticky and flimsy)

Then comes Ocean...the closest thing to the pinnacle of Helios acheivements which also mark the exhausted companies trek into the cell phone market...the Ocean basically set up Helio to be sold. Helio sells with the bad reviews coming in about the Ocean because its not an iPhone and Virgin Mobile buys up Helio which allows Helio to produce the Ocean 2 to compete with the iPhone.

By now anyone whose known Helio knows that the Ocean 2 is the absolute Pinnacle of Helio production incorporating userfriendly apps with less focus on the myspace and facebook crown while catering to them at the same time...add a haptic optical mouse with click option and you are good to go.

Now when you hold the Ocean 2 you know its a bit heavy but at least its not plasticky like all those other phones out there and the fact that its NOT an IPHONE but creates a similar satisfaction...you then know why they created the Helio Ocean 2. No I dont work for them but with all these stupid ass comments about how its not an iPhone makes me glad I have the Ocean 2 instead. So, maybe instead of making the comment of "I dont see why they wasted thier time with this device" why dont you try one? My roomate has the original Ocean and the Ocean 2 blows it away actually with a better interface and more custom functions that its Ocean Predecessor fails on but at least you can actually see that they are making improvements instead of coming out with cheap ass crap like t-mobile (well okay maybe the andriod is cool) and Verizon (who keeps coming out with plastic crap).

So, I guess you guys can eat one :)]]>Apr 8th 2009 7:08PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2009/02/02/helio-ocean-2-review/http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/02/02/helio-ocean-2-review/Feb 2nd 2009 10:55AMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2009/02/02/helio-ocean-2-review/http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/02/02/helio-ocean-2-review/Feb 2nd 2009 11:20AMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2009/02/02/helio-ocean-2-review/http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/02/02/helio-ocean-2-review/Feb 2nd 2009 11:33AMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2009/02/02/helio-ocean-2-review/http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/02/02/helio-ocean-2-review/Feb 2nd 2009 12:33PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2009/02/02/helio-ocean-2-review/http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/02/02/helio-ocean-2-review/Feb 2nd 2009 12:56PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2009/02/02/helio-ocean-2-review/http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/02/02/helio-ocean-2-review/Feb 13th 2009 10:20AMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2009/02/02/helio-ocean-2-review/http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/02/02/helio-ocean-2-review/There are definitely features I miss moving to the iphone, but ocean 2 is not enough to have come back.

Trivee,
why cant September can't come fast enough?

Rwilsoon:
What does WiMax have to do with VOIP, WiMax is a new wireless protocol and is only available in Chicago right now You don't need WiMax to do VOIP. You can do it over any data network if the provider allows it and has an app.
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As for the Buddy Beacon, they upgraded that months ago, and it got even worse than the original.

The question remains, flash-supported browsing?]]>Feb 2nd 2009 3:00PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2009/02/02/helio-ocean-2-review/http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/02/02/helio-ocean-2-review/
Well all I can say is when my contract is over, I will be going to get an iPhone or a Pre.......more likely to be a Pre, better features and better plans..............byebye Helio, your new phone sucks!]]>Feb 2nd 2009 3:13PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2009/02/02/helio-ocean-2-review/http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/02/02/helio-ocean-2-review/Feb 2nd 2009 6:51PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2009/02/02/helio-ocean-2-review/http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/02/02/helio-ocean-2-review/Feb 3rd 2009 11:04AMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2009/02/02/helio-ocean-2-review/http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/02/02/helio-ocean-2-review/Feb 2nd 2009 6:38PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2009/02/02/helio-ocean-2-review/http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/02/02/helio-ocean-2-review/Feb 2nd 2009 7:01PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2009/02/02/helio-ocean-2-review/http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/02/02/helio-ocean-2-review/Chance that Virgin Mobile Oz will offer it: None]]>Feb 3rd 2009 2:39AMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2009/02/02/helio-ocean-2-review/http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/02/02/helio-ocean-2-review/Feb 3rd 2009 9:09AMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2009/02/02/helio-ocean-2-review/http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/02/02/helio-ocean-2-review/Feb 5th 2009 7:10PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2009/02/02/helio-ocean-2-review/http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/02/02/helio-ocean-2-review/Feb 4th 2009 6:02PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2009/02/02/helio-ocean-2-review/http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/02/02/helio-ocean-2-review/Feb 3rd 2009 7:54PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2009/02/02/helio-ocean-2-review/http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/02/02/helio-ocean-2-review/Feb 3rd 2009 11:29PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2009/02/02/helio-ocean-2-review/http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/02/02/helio-ocean-2-review/Feb 27th 2009 3:03PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2009/02/02/helio-ocean-2-review/http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/02/02/helio-ocean-2-review/Feb 5th 2009 4:42PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2009/02/02/helio-ocean-2-review/http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/02/02/helio-ocean-2-review/Feb 9th 2009 9:37PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2009/02/02/helio-ocean-2-review/http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/02/02/helio-ocean-2-review/Feb 9th 2009 10:15AMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2009/02/02/helio-ocean-2-review/http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/02/02/helio-ocean-2-review/t view and I hate it. I am glad to see multi tasking though I have wanted to throw my phone out of the window plenty of times because it wouldn't multitask.]]>Jul 30th 2009 11:19AMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2009/02/02/helio-ocean-2-review/http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/02/02/helio-ocean-2-review/
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HELIO ROCKS!]]>Feb 27th 2009 2:59PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2009/02/02/helio-ocean-2-review/http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/02/02/helio-ocean-2-review/
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I love it!!!!!!!]]>Mar 15th 2009 5:08PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2009/02/02/helio-ocean-2-review/http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/02/02/helio-ocean-2-review/Mar 27th 2009 11:14AM