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Helio Names Sky Dayton Chairman Of Board Of Directors

admin — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 13:21:25 +0000

Wonhee Sull Elevated To CEO; Helio 2007 Usage Statistics Continue to Exceed Industry Averages Annualized Revenue Run Rate Already Over $240M in First Calendar Year Since Launch

LOS ANGELES, CA — January 28, 2008 — Capping off a year of strong growth, Helio today announced that founding CEO Sky Dayton has been named non-executive Chairman of Helio's Board of Directors, and Wonhee Sull, formerly Helio's President and COO, has been elevated to CEO. The promotions are the culmination of several years' work and will allow both to continue to focus on key initiatives for Helio's success. » read more »

The New Helio Ocean

admin — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 06:46:04 +0000

Dual-Slide Device Serves Up Definitive Mobile Experience in Uncompromising Form Factor

Introducing Ocean™, the world's first dual-slider combining a traditional numeric keypad and a separate full QWERTY keyboard in a single device.

Designed to be the ultimate social networking tool, Ocean merges Instant Messages, text messages, picture messages and emails from all the major portals, ISPs and even corporate Exchange servers, in one location.

A 3G media and content powerhouse, Ocean also delivers full over-the-air music downloads, video-on-demand, a high-resolution camera, an HTML browser, MySpace on Helio, GPS-enabled Google Maps™ for mobile, Buddy Beacon™ and much more. » read more »

Helio Ocean

WiderThan Partners With Helio On Helio Music And AnswerRings Services

admin — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 12:49:42 +0000

Rogers' Wireless Customers Can Discover, Download, and Enjoy Music Anytime, Anywhere

WiderThan, a subsidiary of RealNetworks, Inc. (Nasdaq: RNWK), announced that it has partnered with Helio on the launch of their Helio Music (MOD) and AnswerRings (RBT) services.

Utilizing WiderThan's full-function Music-on-Demand (MOD) platform, Helio Music lets members download full music tracks over-the-air directly to their device. This Spring, Helio plans to debut a PC version of Helio Music utilizing the WiderThan platform for dual delivery of full tracks to a member's PC and device.

WiderThan's complete, end-to-end ringback tone (RBT) platform was utilized for Helio's AnswerRings service, allowing Helio members to personalize the audio heard when people call with music from a variety of genres, personal messages, comedy, and other types of audio content. » read more »

Helio Turns Up The Heat

admin — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 08:48:01 +0000

Exclusive Samsung Device with Electrostatic Touchpad; More Popular Online Sites Available for the First Time on a Mobile Service

Samsung Heat

LOS ANGELES -- March 1, 2007 -- HELIO LLC today announced the newest addition to the company's portfolio of exclusive mobile devices - the Heatâ„¢ - and the addition of popular online sites Boing Boing, Diggâ„¢, MetrobloggingÂ® and WikipediaÂ®, to be available for the first time on a mobile service WAP deck. A slim, gleaming slider with an electrostatic touchpad integrated into a chic form factor, Heat is a high-tech device combining Helio's line-up of 3G content and services into a fashionable package worthy of the most style conscious consumers. » read more »