Helio's Ocean 2 coming -- but not until 2009

This is one of those classic tales of joy and sorrow -- a tale of a phone that could've been Helio's undisputed flagship model of the year, a phone that could've saved the scrappy little MVNO from Virgin Mobile's gaping maw (alright, it couldn't have even come close to doing that, but we're running with it for the drama factor). On the high side, we've now heard confirmation straight from the source that the Ocean 2 is, in fact, a real device, but the problem is that it won't be coming out until next year because they "want to put it out when it's the best it can be." It's sure looking just about the "best it can be" from the videos we've seen recently -- and frankly, we think they should just throw this out there while kicking off development on an Ocean 3 ASAP -- but it looks like the decision's already been made, and we all know there's no such thing as moving a release date forward.

[Thanks, Blade G]

[bpm2000 Posted Sep 12th 2008 12:52PM]

as a current (trapped) helio ocean user: Yawn.

[Roger A Posted Sep 12th 2008 1:16PM]

So... whats new with this post? Nothing....

We already knew it would be another year before launch, it WONT be "Helio" it will be "Virgin Mobile" and they are going to use this as THEIR official 3G Flagship phone. Helio is DEAD, its only a brand name like "Nextel" is to Sprint.

I got out of my contract, with Helio, never saw the $150 deposit back, even when I "moved out of the coverage area".... So SCREW both Helios dead departments and Virgin.

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 15th 2008 8:21PM]

Get ready! Here it comes. http://www.HelioCellular.com/ARTICLE-Helio-OZ2.html

[TechGurus1 Posted Sep 15th 2008 8:26PM]

Get ready! Here comes another exciting phone from Helio, The Helio Ocean 2 aka Helio OZ2. http://www.HelioCellular.com/ARTICLE-Helio-OZ2.html