We ’ve had the Helio Ocean for a few hour now , so we thought it ’d be a good clip to go over the core feature and answer a few of your questions while we were at it .
First off , the heart and soul sport . The threefold slither works just as well as we saw back at CTIA . The sliding is nice an crisp and gives you a with child “ clapper valve ” sound as you slide . Very satisfying to do over , and over , and over again , but plaguey to the people around you . The projection screen impudent sentence is trifling — especially comapred to Windows Mobile phones .
Then , the package .
There ’s loads of “ comportment ” stuff in here . Besides have AIM , Yahoo , and MSN for IMing , there ’s Yahoo Mail , AOL Mail , Hotmail , GMail , Helio Mail and Earthlink Mail as well . For the IMing part , you’re able to integrate your inter-group communication ’s IM information into their impinging entry and see whether they ’re on-line just by searching for their name from the front CRT screen . Very commodious .
As for IMing itself , we ’re going to call this a background - class IM client . It ’s loads better than the material we get on Windows Mobile . However , we do wish it had parole culmination and suggestions , which would make it even easier to type on .
The stock menu are there ( monetary standard for Helio phones , that is ) , but the internet browser is meliorate as well as take an instant lookup - as - soon - as - you - type from the front screen . Convenient .
Helio ’s GPS / Google Maps and Buddy Beacon are also here , a favorite from the Helio Drift so you’re able to locate both your acquaintance and yourself .
The screen itself is super shiny , and we had to turn down the brightness just so we could capture it on video ( coming later ) .
Now for your questions : yes , you may browse while IMing , but once you get out the web browser app to go to your IM , your browser app close down . So it ’s not precisely like multi - tasking , but you wo n’t be disconnected from your IM either .
Yes , the keyboard is smashing to use . They ’re more like the Sidekick 3 than the HTC type of orotund keys , which is outstanding for the great unwashed who are migrating .
We ’ll have more opinion subsequently in the day as well .
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