Recent Comments:
Helio is dead, long live Helio {Engadget Mobile}
Sep 9th 2008 6:49PM Everything's not cool with me though :(
Sorry Helio, the Ocean is horribly buggy, slow, and there's no excuse for not giving the people an update after over three years.
I know I'm not the only one to jump ship. I'm just waiting for the Touch Pro, switching to Sprint, and getting an Airave. Virgin is going to have to do a lot to pull Helio out of this one.
Sprint's HTC Touch Diamond: September 14 for $249.99. Honest. {Engadget Mobile}
Sep 4th 2008 8:11PM QWERTY vs touch screen?
The pro does have the touch screen key input as well, though why anyone would use it is beyond me...
So it's more like QWERTY + touch screen vs touch screen... The down side is a larger device. I've had a Helio Ocean for the past year, I've become used to the size (still, .3" thicker than the touch pro) and weight (a good 20g heavier than a touch pro), not an issue for me. I'm excited to switch.
The back shouldn't be red on the touch diamond? It's been black in all of the previous looks we've had at it, it just seems like the WSJ got a weird one. I'd imagine you can find a back cover from one of the euro GSM models and it would fit just fine -- though I'd rather have a matte softtouch finish instead of the gloss. Don't let the red back scare you!
Titan's air jack lifts your car with hot air, can't be used for a game of volleyball {Engadget}
Sep 3rd 2008 7:54PM There would be an increase in backpressure, I do wonder how they deal with that, seems like it's just an air balloon with a check valve.
On my car, this would be all but useless unless it can hook up to a dual exhaust. I could put it on one pipe but the exhaust will just all go out the other, thanks to my crossover. I can seal one exhaust with my hand at idle and the flow doesn't even flinch, just redirects out the other side with very little pressure.
OMG, US txtng brks rcrd {Engadget Mobile}
Aug 29th 2008 12:33AM Forgot to add, I have Helio (Sprint).
Most of my friends have Verizon. One has AT&T (iPhone, such an outcast!).
Someone I text a lot has Sprint. I'm not sure if they count whenever I text her as Helio is a Sprint MVNO...
OMG, US txtng brks rcrd {Engadget Mobile}
Aug 29th 2008 12:28AM I use full sentences in my texts, as do all of my friends. We all have unlimited texting, and lately, feel as if we have contributed greatly to that number. My birthday was recent, and through the day I got my normal batch of texts (I average 600-700 incoming per month), and that night my friends decided to text bomb me, I must have recieved over 800 in the span of an hour.
Last month I sent a touch over 3000, recieved the same (busy month!), but that isn't typical. Combine that with regular spam bombs of 200-300+ texts outgoing from me and others of my friends, its very easy to see how such a number is possible.
A stroll through the MVNO graveyard {Engadget Mobile}
Aug 28th 2008 2:10AM The method seems to be just cancel it and not worry about it. I'm considering calling up customer service and complaining till they let me go. I'm switching to Sprint and getting an HTC Touch Pro as soon as it comes out. Helio used to be good, but they haven't changed... nothing has changed, plans, phones. It seems like such a horrible waste. Even if I can't get them to let me out, I'm going to deal with the ETF one way or another, I don't want to be with Helio any more.
Being a Sprint MVNO, you would imagine you'd be able to get your hands on the Airave? I can't, Helio never replies to the e-mails about it, and Sprint says to contact Helio. I have horrible cell service at my house and an Airave would make me so much happer with my service, oh well. Too bad, goodbye Helio! It's been a good year, but I'm beginning to regret my choice!
Virgin Mobile formally seals the deal on Helio acquisition {Engadget Mobile}
Aug 23rd 2008 12:29PM I bought myself a Helio Ocean last year (pretty much exactly a year anyway, my 13th month bill is up on the 11th). I've been happy with it, despite the phone being slow. I've loved Helio's culture and the features the phone has.
When I saw the news about the merger, and the details (Helio name disappearing), I told myself I'd be dropping my service when it finally came through. I thought I had some time though.
Looks like it has, I'll just cancel before the 11th and pay the ETF.
Sprint here I come, waiting for the HTC Touch Pro.
Virgin Mobile USA: profit, ARPU down {Engadget Mobile}
Aug 19th 2008 12:08PM The Ocean 2 is a disappointment totally from what has been released so far. It's an Ocean with minorly improved features, NO THANKS! As much as I love my Ocean, I don't want to put up with the crap it has on another phone (poor battery life, VERY slow, sub-par signal reception, freezes and crashes often, etc).
I've been a loyal Helio owner, very happy to spread the word about the service. Now, since Virgin has bought Helio, and destroyed all of it's corporate culture, I'm telling people to shy away and I will be cancelling my service as soon as the Helio name disappears, even if my contract isn't up yet. Sprint here I come! (Hooray Airave!)
Sorry Virgin, you'll be losing me too.
Master Mechanics vote for 3,000-mile oil change interval {Autoblog}
Jul 14th 2006 8:04PM I've got an 04 Mustang GT (you know, 281ci v8, 16v) which I'll admit I do drive hard on occasion... MOST of my driving is proper, but I'm 18, and you only live once ;)
I change the oil every 3000-5000... Mobil 1 full synthetic... It's been a tossup to me on when to change. It's at 3900 miles on this change, and it's looking dirty... I can probably go to 5000 miles, but that'll be my cutoff. At the rate I drive it, I only put about 7500 miles a year on it... I've had it a bit over a year now and have changed the oil twice. I'm going approx 6 months, or 5000 miles.
