After a thorough review, the Helio Ocean 2 gets two big thumbs up. You can now pick one up from Virgin Mobile for $149. — Crave TechCrunch's Michael Arrington chatted with 28-year-old Etsy founder Rober Kalin at the World Economic Forum at Davos. — TechCrunch What is with exploding cell phones? Another incident has been reported in China where a man was killed when his phone exploded in Read more

Now 52, Microsoft cofounder and high-school dropout Bill Gates will work his last day at Seattle's Microsoft office before turning his undivided attention to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation he established with his wife. — Engadget Check out this funny video about how to cheat at the Wii Fit without breaking a sweat! — Crave UK Unfortunately the rumors are true. Virgin Mobile USA Read more

Rumors were swirling this week about the future of Helio. Two to be exact. First, that the Mobile Virtual Network Operator will be closing all of its retail stores in preparation of a buyout by Virgin Mobile, and that we should expect an official announcement this week of the final takeover. I contacted my local Helio store to get the details and although the number to the store was invalid Read more

I know that at least one of our readers will dig this little bit of news coming from Helio, because she's a die hard Ocean fan! If you use Gmail on your Ocean, Fin, or Mysto messaging center, then rejoice! The days of "sending/receiving" your mail are over. Yesterday, Gmail enabled a push feature on your handset that allows your mail to download right to your phone, without even so much as a Read more

Like it or not, text messaging and instant messages have become a staple part of our communication, flirting and daily life. After hearing romantic text messages are on the rise and getting news that 37 percent of you send more than 10 text messages a day, it seems clear that we need some sort of rules or texting etiquette guidelines to life by. Helio has created a witty online guide that's part Read more

As a thank you for their sponsorship I would like to take the opportunity to explain that there is a reason behind the Helio "Don't call us a phone company" ads. The devices aren't just phones, they actually are mobile, talking and messaging machines. Case in point: The Helio Ocean device released earlier this month is a dual-slider with both a numeric keyboard and a separate QWERTY keyboard. Read more

I must admit, I had a little warning that LilPeaPod was planning on making her boyfriend a special Helio Ocean Cake so it was all I could think about this weekend. It turned out a bajillion times more beautiful than I dreamed and certainly outdoes the Rubik's Cube cake, matching his and her TiVo cakes and even an assortment of geeky wedding cakes. "I wanted to do something really special for the Read more

The wait for the Helio Ocean ended last week and while it took a few days to get our hands on the hot device, our hardcore Helio fan LilPeaPod swooped hers up and shared her review of the device on TeamSugar. As I have told you before, the device is being marketed as the "world's first dual slider that has it all." The "all" includes: full keyboard, separate numeric keypad, idle screen search, Read more

The much anticipated Helio Ocean hit the market Friday and hardcore Helio fans like LilPeaPod couldn't be more excited. It's being marketed as the "world's first dual slider that has it all." The "all" includes: full keyboard, separate numeric keypad, idle screen search, video, camera, e-mail, text messaging, AIM and audio with stereo bluetooth. Of course, it also supports Helio Music, Read more

We wanted to give a big PopSugar thank you to Helio, who sponsored all of our Oscars Coverage this week. It's been a blast working with them and we are super excited to check out their brand new phone (but don't call it a phone! It's SO much more), Heat. Not only would the gold Heat match excellently with certain little gold men, but it's a great way to read PopSugar while on the go! With HOT Read more