Jul
07
Helio’s latest phone is a sexy device; the Ocean is the first dual slider, with both a QWERTY keyboard and a keypad, theoretically giving you the best of both worlds. And it gets pretty darn close; the phone looks great, works well and has plenty of features. But it’s not quite perfect; some of the features are limited, for instance, the much-vaunted GPS feature is very useful (and the Buddy Beacon lets you keep track of your Helio owning friends), but it’s missing some features that you would get on even a cheap dedicated GPS receiver; It can’t track where you’ve been and doesn’t provide turn by turn directions. The Email and IM clients are the same; although the Ocean supports plenty of services for both, the list is not all-inclusive, and the proprietary OS means that you can’t download third party clients for services like ICQ that aren’t supported. Read the rest of this entry »
