http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/29/helio-continues-to-bleed-money-now-560-million-in-the-red/ Engadget Comments for Helio continues to bleed money, now $560 million in the red http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/29/helio-continues-to-bleed-money-now-560-million-in-the-red/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/29/helio-continues-to-bleed-money-now-560-million-in-the-red/
I hope they pull it out, competition is good - I'll check them out in 2 years when my contract's up!]]>Feb 29th 2008 6:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/29/helio-continues-to-bleed-money-now-560-million-in-the-red/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/29/helio-continues-to-bleed-money-now-560-million-in-the-red/Feb 29th 2008 9:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/29/helio-continues-to-bleed-money-now-560-million-in-the-red/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/29/helio-continues-to-bleed-money-now-560-million-in-the-red/I bit the bullet when I was with AT&T and paid the ETF just to jump ship to Helio and get the Ocean as soon as it hit the market.

I really hope Helio's marketing dept starts to get their act together SOON (as I STILL have people asking me what provider I use my Ocean on)... If things keep going in the direction it is, I'm wondering how difficult it would be to port my number back to the Deathstar.

I hear it's a pain in the rear to do, but I've actually had pretty good experiences with their CS folks whenever I do have a problem, so hopefully it won't be any trouble to pull off if worse comes to worst...]]>Feb 29th 2008 10:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/29/helio-continues-to-bleed-money-now-560-million-in-the-red/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/29/helio-continues-to-bleed-money-now-560-million-in-the-red/Maybe KDDI Mobile & Helio should merge and freeze hell over! Now there's an idea! :D

(as long as they hype it properly and start calling their products "phones")]]>Feb 29th 2008 10:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/29/helio-continues-to-bleed-money-now-560-million-in-the-red/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/29/helio-continues-to-bleed-money-now-560-million-in-the-red/
okay, we get it. helio doesn't want to be called a phone company but then why are they acting like one? two-year contracts. not much innovation. their latest phones are boring. their price plans are similar to the larger carriers. their customer service sucks beyond belief.

it seems like all they can do now is turn up the marketing B.S. to full blast. or they could actually be different. throwing out the two-year contract would be a damn good start.]]>Mar 1st 2008 3:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/29/helio-continues-to-bleed-money-now-560-million-in-the-red/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/29/helio-continues-to-bleed-money-now-560-million-in-the-red/
These MVNOs decide to go into business because they have some trendy idea that's "sure to be a success." But they aren't. In fact, they never are. It's like any other trend: ephermeral.

What's worse, it never gained any real importance: who do you know with a Helio device?]]>Mar 1st 2008 5:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/29/helio-continues-to-bleed-money-now-560-million-in-the-red/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/29/helio-continues-to-bleed-money-now-560-million-in-the-red/Mar 1st 2008 9:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/29/helio-continues-to-bleed-money-now-560-million-in-the-red/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/29/helio-continues-to-bleed-money-now-560-million-in-the-red/Mar 1st 2008 12:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/29/helio-continues-to-bleed-money-now-560-million-in-the-red/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/29/helio-continues-to-bleed-money-now-560-million-in-the-red/Mar 1st 2008 3:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/29/helio-continues-to-bleed-money-now-560-million-in-the-red/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/29/helio-continues-to-bleed-money-now-560-million-in-the-red/Mar 5th 2008 2:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/29/helio-continues-to-bleed-money-now-560-million-in-the-red/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/29/helio-continues-to-bleed-money-now-560-million-in-the-red/Mar 10th 2008 5:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/29/helio-continues-to-bleed-money-now-560-million-in-the-red/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/29/helio-continues-to-bleed-money-now-560-million-in-the-red/Mar 19th 2008 9:34PM