The Helio Ocean, a Helio-branded QWERTY phone, is a triple-decker that slides up to reveal a number keypad. A separate layer slides sideways to reveal the full QWERTY keyboard. At 0.86-inch thick, the Ocean certainly isn't the thinnest phone in the world, but we're willing to forgive its bulk for all that added functionality, including it's 2.4-inch QVGA display with 262,000-colors.
The phone's features include EV-DO support, a full HTML browser, 200MB of internal memory, a microSD card slot, a 2.0-megapixel camera with digital zoom and built-in flash, an MPEG-4 video recorder, stereo Bluetooth, a music player that supports MP3, AAC, and WMA, built-in GPS, access to Helio's full stable of broadband services, including MySpace Mobile, Helio Music, Buddy Beacon, and POP/IMAP e-mail support, which can be integrated with Exchange and ActiveSync servers. The Helio Ocean will be available later this year for around $295. --Nicole Lee/CNET Reviews
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