The story behind Helio's never released A533 handset
by Joseph L. Flatley 
posted Jan 23rd 2009 at 2:25AM
Fans of rare and obscure handsets, this one's for you. Our man over at Mobile Crunch got his paws on the A533, a Helio-branded and modified version of the Samsung F400 that never made it to market. All told, he spent a few weeks with the device, and put the time to good use -- constructing a fairly comprehensive overview of this diminutive media-playing, slide-out-speaker-sporting, threaded-SMS supporting, tabbed browsing device. Choc full of photos, this is the hands down, must-read unreleased Helio post of the afternoon.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Tim @ Jan 23rd 2009 2:56AM
I dont see more than 1 photo. Is the main picture supposed to have a link embedded to the gallery?
-About the phone- So rare and obscure, oh my!!!
"Rare and obscure" reminds me of my European (i live in Kirkland, WA. I work within 3 blocks of Microsoft and Nintendo)
LG U800. Man, good memories.
Steven @ Jan 23rd 2009 3:36AM
Here's the link to the pics and such. Just in case no one else wanted to look for it.
http://www.mobilecrunch.com/2009/01/20/a-closer-look-at-the-helio-that-almost-was/
ananimus3 @ Jan 24th 2009 11:00PM
Yes, the articles referred to by most posts can be quite difficult to find. What with being hidden in the obscure little "READ [ ]->" link at the bottom of every post and all.
Yes @ Jan 24th 2009 11:52PM
Aww i know! i'm always lost when it comes to finding a read link. I mean really a word that says read is supposed to link us to an article? I mean i'm always straining my eyes night and day. But the night of this was posted, i took a look and well low and behold there wasnt a read link! :O ! I guess the guy who added a link just wanted to help out while people wait for the great people at engadget to fix things and add the links. I i couldnt live with myself when i first saw this mistake but i cant blame anyone. Everyone makes mistakes. But yeah man my eyes wont survive any longer if the obscure little read links ever get smaller.
ananimus3 @ Feb 4th 2009 3:24AM
"low and behold there wasnt a read link!"
My bad.
phil @ Jan 29th 2009 11:00AM
sell it to me