iPhone Alternative: Helio Ocean
While we await "media" coverage for Apple's announcement today, here's another option to explore...
With all the iPhone hype, there's been some notable criticisms and limitations, and if you are on the fence, there is at least one interesting alternative.
Helio.com offers an interesting phone called Ocean which they describe as "The ultimate mobile machine".
The Ocean offers a dual-slide design, providing both a traditional alphanumeric keypad as well as a full QWERTY keyboard. It also offers 3G network capability, MMS, video recording, built in flash, Google Maps with GPS and Instant Messaging capabilties -- all notably absent on the iPhone. The Helio costs $295.
Helio is clearly positioning the Ocean as an iPhone alternative with their comparison chart detailing the differences between the Ocean and iPhone.
Obviously Mac integration and web browsing can't compare to the iPhone, but if messaging is a high priority for you, the Ocean looks like a viable alternative.
With all the iPhone hype, there's been some notable criticisms and limitations, and if you are on the fence, there is at least one interesting alternative.
Helio.com offers an interesting phone called Ocean which they describe as "The ultimate mobile machine".
The Ocean offers a dual-slide design, providing both a traditional alphanumeric keypad as well as a full QWERTY keyboard. It also offers 3G network capability, MMS, video recording, built in flash, Google Maps with GPS and Instant Messaging capabilties -- all notably absent on the iPhone. The Helio costs $295.
Helio is clearly positioning the Ocean as an iPhone alternative with their comparison chart detailing the differences between the Ocean and iPhone.
Obviously Mac integration and web browsing can't compare to the iPhone, but if messaging is a high priority for you, the Ocean looks like a viable alternative.
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59 months ago
I read about this awhile ago on mobiledia.com. I don't really think it is a full blown iPhone alternative, but it is nice.
edit: I didn't know iPhone couldn't take video! That really sucks, I take videos all the time on my phone. It is actually quite a nice phone for the price.
edit: I didn't know iPhone couldn't take video! That really sucks, I take videos all the time on my phone. It is actually quite a nice phone for the price.
59 months ago
Meh. Wow, thats the first time I ever typed that. Not as fulfilling as I thought it would be.
59 months ago
It's a nice phone for sure, but a completely different market to me... The ocean is not sleek and savy. It does suck to see all those awesome features for so cheap though....
59 months ago
Hmmm... someone please tell me that this is not blatant advertising money switching hands here. This is straight from a sell sheet from Helio. What's up with this Arn? Am I not on MacRumors.com?
Not sure about all of you guys but I am kind of shocked at MR. I can keep an open mind while on Endgadget but this is not why I read MR. This kinda sucks.
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Not sure about all of you guys but I am kind of shocked at MR. I can keep an open mind while on Endgadget but this is not why I read MR. This kinda sucks.
*/ This is lame */
=)
59 months ago
I actually got to play with the Ocean two months or so. It was activated or on, but the slider did look pretty good, was stiff so it would slide around a lot when you use it. I'm 6' 4" and have average size fingers for my height. I don't have "sausage" fingers, but for me the keys were a little small, but it typed real well.
59 months ago
For this case:
Function > design.
awesome phone though, i'd get that over the iPhone.
P.s. Ignore all the obvious apple fanboys above this post.
Function > design.
awesome phone though, i'd get that over the iPhone.
P.s. Ignore all the obvious apple fanboys above this post.
59 months ago
It has nice features but no "wow" factor.
No other phone has the "wow" factor like the iPhone does.
I can't believe how many people have come up to me and have just been in awe of the iPhone, it has great functionality and is the most visually impressive phone ever.
The Ocean will never get that sort of attention.
Nice price tag though for all of those options.
-J Snyd
Sent from my iPhone
No other phone has the "wow" factor like the iPhone does.
I can't believe how many people have come up to me and have just been in awe of the iPhone, it has great functionality and is the most visually impressive phone ever.
The Ocean will never get that sort of attention.
Nice price tag though for all of those options.
-J Snyd
Sent from my iPhone
59 months ago
Hmmm... someone please tell me that this is not blatant advertising money switching hands here. This is straight from a sell sheet from Helio. What's up with this Arn? Am I not on MacRumors.com?
No. No advertising money was exchanged.
Hey... if I were on a plane to SF to report on a certain Media event... then I'd be too busy to explore this sort of thing. :)
(fyi, this is a "real" story. debate the merits of the iphone vs the helio. This site's never been about fan-boy-ism, as much as enthusiasm about apple products. despite what people think, this is not an ad, the timing is not about pettiness, maybe a little bit of humor, and a few other reasons mixed in)
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