Helio's media services

by Ryan Block posted May 2nd 2006 at 12:47AM

That MySpace and Yahoo integration wasn't the only thing Helio rolled out for their user media services today; in addition to the leaned MySpace interface and customized Yahoo services portal, Helio users with the All-In Membership will get a slew of other things to keep them occupied when constantly fidgeting with the Kickflip's hinge. There's Helio On Top (H.O.T.) access, which is a simple 10-channel news and info aggregation feature, MMS picture and video messages, which can be sent up to 1MB per; free streaming video from major networks like MTV, Comedy Central, ABC, etc., $2.49 music video downloads (uh, what?), and of course those purchased, "gifted," or "begged" games, which are going for $5.99 to buy, or $0.99 to "rent" on your phone for a week. (The gifting and begging thing isn't only limited to games though, and can be applied to any purchasable content as well.) Not a whole lot in there that we're super interested in, ourselves; but you know us, we're more the Bluetooth DUN, A2DP, SlingPlayer, data overload types more prone to exploring mobile media on our own than holding a carrier's (or MVNO's) hand.

Filed under: Multimedia, Helio, MVNOs

Tags: ev-do, helio, media, multimedia, mvno, video

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RA @ May 2nd 2006 11:02AM

I think the whole point of Helio is to bring features that are available elsewhere to North America.

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steve wackadoo @ May 2nd 2006 1:11PM

Anybody find anything about web browser support for flash, shockwave, quicktime, etc... it seems like every portable device forgets to support these features which take up almost 50 percent of the web experience anymore.

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edge770 @ May 2nd 2006 3:13PM

I sent a email to Helio, telling them how disappointed I was in the "maiden voyage" apparently they are trying to hit the teeny boppers this first go around and then move to the power users. I hope so.. I think the DOJ should break up the cell carriers, and get some innovation going on, instead of strict school marms afraid of orb, youtube and google maps.

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Overpriced Carrier @ May 3rd 2006 11:37PM

Overpriced elite cell phone carrier if you can even call it that.

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