Tag archive: Helio

Youth-oriented MVNO Helio has announced a new partnerhip with Buzzd that will enable Helio subscribers to tap into real-time information on local restaurants, bars, clubs, and entertainment venues based on the user's current location. The option will appear on all Helio devices, and currently offers information for all major cities in the United States. “Buzzd is the slick new way to find the best local events and venues for… Read More

Sky Dayton—who previously founded a little ISP called Earthlink and Wi-Fi hotspot operator Boingo—is stepping down as CEO of the youth-oriented MVNO Helio to become a the non-executive chairman of the company's board. Helio's new CEO will be former president and COO Wonhee Sull. As chair, Dayton will replace Jinwoo So, SK Telecom's president of global business. “Helio has reached a point in its… Read More

Youth-oriented MVNO Helio has quietly stopped offering its Drift phone, but now the company has a new slider handset to capture the hearts and minds of folks who live and die by their phone's capabilities. The Helio Mysto is another rebranded Samsung handset (this time, the U600) Helio has brought over from South Korea and gussied up with new applications and services. Chief among the new capabilities is an integrated GPS… Read More

Youth-oriented MVNO Helio has brought a new phone to its lineup of Samsung devices translated to the U.S. market from their more-unwired South Korean origins. The new Helio Heat is a slim slider phone with an electrostatic touchpad, a 2-inch QVGA display, stereo Bluetooth support, 136 MB of user memory, and built-in GPS functionality. Like previous Helio offerings, the Heat supports MP3 audio, MPEG-4 video, and VOD, hooks into Google Maps,… Read More

The youth-oriented mobile phone operator Helio, run by Earthlink founder Sky Dayton, has launched Helio Music, a new music download service which lets Helio users buy tunes from major labels using their mobile phones for $1.99 each. But that's not all: Helio promises its catalot and interface will put other over-the-air music download services to shame, and, soon, users will be able to buy tunes via Helio for just $.99 apiece using… Read More

If your idea of entertainment includes playing with your cell phone, upstart mobile service Helio just got a whole lot more appealing, announcing today that it will be carrying 25 mobile games from award-winning studio Digital Chocolate. “We're excited to bring Digital Chocolate's entertaining games and inventive applications to Helio members from day one,” said Leo Jun, Helio's senior manager of games.… Read More

Helio, a joint venture between Earthlink and South Korea's SK Telecom, has formally launched its new mobile service aimed at today's technologically-savvy youth (and young at heart). Headed up by Earthlink founder Sky Dayton, Helio aims to bring advances from the South Korean mobile market to U.S. users who can most appreciate it: kids and 20-somethings who've grown up in a world of mobile technology. At first glance,… Read More

Helio, the youth-oriented mobile company headed up by Earthlink founder Sky Dayton which aims to bring advanced 3G mobile technology (primarily from SK Telecom) to the U.S. market, today unveiled part of its mobile gaming strategy. “We have created a unique gaming experience that shows off the high resolution screens and advanced capabilities of our devices, while tapping the potential of the 3G network,” said Sky Dayton,… Read More

Just-getting-started mobile service operator Helio has announced (PDF) a wide-ranging partnership with Yahoo to put Yahoo services and tools (like Yahoo's search, mail, and instant messaging services) on Helio devices