You may not want to root against Helio too much (despite the Scientology connection). Helio is targeting the segment we all belong to: people who want the best, most advanced phones available. If it fails, the big 4 can point to it and say "See, the public doesn't want advanced phones. They want cheap-ass free phones. Why should we offer phones and services like those available in Japan?" Hopefully, Helio can push out the really advanced stuff (not the mediocre crap like the Hero and Kickflip) before it's too late. Right now, you can get more advanced phones on Verizon, and that's just sad.
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Charles @ Jul 6th 2006 4:52PM
You may not want to root against Helio too much (despite the Scientology connection). Helio is targeting the segment we all belong to: people who want the best, most advanced phones available. If it fails, the big 4 can point to it and say "See, the public doesn't want advanced phones. They want cheap-ass free phones. Why should we offer phones and services like those available in Japan?" Hopefully, Helio can push out the really advanced stuff (not the mediocre crap like the Hero and Kickflip) before it's too late. Right now, you can get more advanced phones on Verizon, and that's just sad.