With Helio burning through cash like it’s going out of style, the youth-targeted MVNO could really use a helping hand. And, what better way to position yourself as the premier MVNO in the US than to buy up your closest rival. Reports are circulating that SK Telecom, Helio’s only remaining parent company, and Virgin Mobile…
Helio serves up push email for any POP/IMAP email account
In a confusingly enterprise move, youth-targeting Helio has just announced that their “Ultimate Inbox” service available on the Helio Mysto, Helio Fin, and Helio Ocean handsets is now push-email enabled. Not only will Helio actively push emails to your Helio from any Gmail, Yahoo!, Hotmail email account, but the new push-email service is said to…
Helio Ocean 2 aka OZ2 appears on FCC
Eagle-eyed Engadget folks spotted the OZ2 hitting the FCC for the approval process. If you remember, prior to releasing it as the Helio Ocean, the Pantech-made dual-slider was known simply as OZ. Naturally, we think the OZ2 stands for Ocean 2 and hopefully, soon enough, we’ll see our assumptions confirmed, or not. CTIA is ahead…
Helio officially offering Opera Mini
Here’s some good news for Helio users, as the MVNO started offering Opera Mini web browser for select handsets. Owners of the popular Ocean model may have already found the way to get Opera Mini working with their double-sliding handset and they don’t want to “experiment” with Helio’s mumbo-jumbo. However, if you have some other-than-Ocean…
Another day, another patent infringement lawsuit – firm sues carriers over Caller ID
Here in the States, it wouldn’t be a complete day without hearing about another lawsuit in the IP world. The latest patent infringement suit comes from some outfit that calls themselves Intellect Wireless. The suit calls into play a handful of patents, one of which is in regard to Caller ID. Now, we’ve seen this…
Helio figures out how to make more money, still needs to learn how to turn a profit
Forget turning a profit, Helio needs to figure out how to stop bleeding cash (much like Sprint). On the upside, Helio’s fiscal 2007 revenues were $171 million, up from $46 million in 2006. But, what good is taking in more money when you’re burning greenbacks at a significantly faster rate? Not much. Helio posted a…
This is what Helio looked like before there was a Helio
Just what did Helio look like when it was still in its formative years, under the guidance of Earthlink and SK Telecom? It looked pimple-faced awkward. HelioCity got their hands on some sweet pics of the prototype devices in Helio’s lineup, and here they are. These early devices are actually so old that they still…
Helio lowers price on unlimited rate plans
Is this a sign of things to come? Following on luxury MVNO Voce’s abrupt (and unethical) bankruptcy, Helio has just lowered the price of their unlimited rate plans. The Helio unlimited plan offers unlimited voice minutes, data, and SMS text messages for a new, low price of $99. The price has been slashed from the…
Sky Dayton goes from Helio’s CEO to Chairman
Sky Dayton is stepping down as a CEO of Helio only to become the company’s chairman. Helio’s current president and COO Wonhee Sull, a former executive at SK Telecom, will supersede Sky and will hopefully cut some costs along the way. In addition to cost cutting, the personnel change may also reflect SK Telecom’s intent…
Helio Mysto hits the mainstream – available at all Helio retailers
Helio’s move to launch the Mysto to the Korean-American community before going mainstream was something of surprise. Nonetheless, with huge backing from South Korean wireless provider SK Telecom, the move made sense – you want to keep your investors happy, right? Well, Helio has just pushed the Helio Mysto into the mainstream and has made…