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.
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 BBQ we were having in his honor," said LilPeaPod.
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, video, camera, e-mail, text messaging, AIM and audio with stereo bluetooth. Of course, it also supports
Helio Music, GPS-enabled services and applications and photo caller ID.
