![]() Web pages load pretty quickly, as you'd expect from an EVDO connection. One excellent feature: a built-in RSS detector, so you can bookmark feeds from Web pages. It displays them in single column mode, not desktop-view mode, though you can read all the way down most pages. The Web browser handles full Web pages, though not Flash or other fancy accoutrements. Oddly, the phone seems to give you push-style alerts when Yahoo! mail and various IMs arrive, but not Helio or IMAP mail. I also logged into both Yahoo! and AIM IM systems simultaneously. Setting up the free Helio Mail account that comes with the phone, Yahoo! Mail, and my own IMAP account went very smoothly. What I have been doing is configuring the messaging software, the Ocean's star feature. It has a speakerphone, and supports mono and stereo Bluetooth headsets – but I haven't actually tested those out yet. Helio uses Sprint's network so network coverage is very good. Both keypads have enough space between the top row of keys and the screen, so you won't have any trouble typing on the top row (as happens on many slider phones.) When you switch orientations, the screen rotates almost instantaneously.įor details on how it is as a phone, wait for my full review. The Ocean's display slides smoothly two ways: vertically, to reveal a flat but very nicely sized number pad, and horizontally, to reveal a keypad of little, well-separated oval keys. The 320 by 240 screen is far higher-resolution than the Sidekick's 240 by160 screen. Most notably, it feels significantly smaller than the Sidekick. It'll fit in a pocket, but it'll weigh your pocket down. The Ocean is a chunky slider phone, narrower but just as thick and long as PDA-phones like the T-Mobile MDA. I've only spent a few hours testing it so far, but the Ocean looks very promising. As the number-one enemy of T-Mobile's Sidekick III and top competitor to Apple's upcoming iPhone, the excitement around this potential "ultimate messaging phone" is enormous. The Helio Ocean was released to reviewers today.
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