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Helio News

Virgin Mobile finally killing Helio service

March 2, 2010 by Marin Perez - 1 Comment

As a former Helio Ocean owner, it’s a sad day for me because Virgin Mobile USA said it would be cutting off its postpaid services. The prepaid provider had purchased the tattered remains of Helio in 2008 because it was really cheap to do so, and it wanted to have more postpaid users. Sprint bought…

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Helio Ocean 2 spotted with 3 megapixel camera!

January 21, 2009 by Will Park - Leave a Comment

The Helio Ocean 2 might just be the most anticipated device to ever grace Helio’s network. With a dual-sliding design that sports both a numeric keypad and QWERTY keyboard, the Helio Ocean 2 is a flexible, text-messaging powerhouse that’s sure to appeal to Helio fans all over. Following on rumors that the Ocean 2 will…

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Helio Ocean 2 to launch in Q1 2009?

January 19, 2009 by Will Park - 1 Comment

The word on the street is that the successor to the Helio Ocean, the aptly-named Helio Ocean 2, will be making its US debut sometime soon. Following on the Ocean 2’s FCC approval last year, Helio reps have apparently told Silicon Alley Insider that the Helio Ocean 2 will be going live on Helio’s Virgin…

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Virgin Mobile USA posts positive 3Q 2008 with Helio under belt

November 16, 2008 by Will Park - 1 Comment

Virgin Mobile USA apparently made a good move in their decision to acquire defunct post-paid wireless carrier Helio. Following a negative 2Q 2008 that had costs associated with the Helio acquisition dragging down Virgin Mobile USA’s bottom line, the affordable wireless carrier has announced a profitable 3Q 2008. Virgin Mobile USA added 821,491 gross subscribers…

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Helio Ocean 2 gets FCC’ed

September 19, 2008 by Simon Sage - Leave a Comment

See, these pics beat the snot out of those blurry leaked ones from May. The dual-sliding Helio Ocean 2, not due out until 2009, went through the FCC ringer in March and dropped some pictures along the way.  It’s looking a helluva lot sleeker, although still a bit chubby to accommodate all the extreme sliding…

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Helio Ocean 2 won’t be around until 2009

September 12, 2008 by Simon Sage - 1 Comment

U.S. MVNO Helio is still hard at work on the successor to their original dual slider, but recent commentary from Virgin spokesperson Jane Wallace at CTIA has indicated that it sadly won’t be available this year. Rumored specs include a 3 megapixel camera, 30 fps video recording, 1 GB storage, microSDHC card slot for memory…

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Helio rises from the flames – Virgin Mobile USA re-launches Helio

September 9, 2008 by Will Park - 1 Comment

Helio has risen again! After being gobbled up by Virgin Mobile USA, Helio has emerged with new branding. Virgin Mobile USA will be pushing their newly acquired Helio brand with the slogan, “Helio By Virgin Mobile: Plan To Have It All.” Not a bad way to cater to the post-paid side of the US wireless…

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Virgin Mobile USA completes acquisition of Helio

August 25, 2008 by Dusan Belic - Leave a Comment

A month ago Virgin Mobile USA said that it will acquire Helio for $39 million. The Richard Branson-Sprint’s MVNO has announced that it’s a done deal. Under the terms of the agreement, Helio shareholders (SK Telecom and EarthLink) got 13 million shares of Virgin Mobile USA Class A common stock, or about $38 million based…

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Helio closes all of its stores except the one in New York

August 21, 2008 by Dusan Belic - 2 Comments

In an effort to cut some of its costs and make the business more attractive to Virgin Mobile USA (part of acquisition agreement?), Helio has closed all of its stores except the one in the New York City. Apparently, the NYC store won’t be closed for now and Virgin Mobile will decide (or at least…

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Helio releases new handsets to Korean community – Helio’s White Mysto and Red Heat are live

July 16, 2008 by Will Park - Leave a Comment

It seems the not-quite-defunct MVNO has been so inspired by its recent Virgin Mobile buy-out deal that they’ve decided to release a couple. Helio isn’t exactly known for rolling out new handsets on a timely basis, but there’s something about being gobbled up by another carrier that has apparently spurred Helio to go live with…

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