Photos: Helio Fin

Helio Fin in the hand

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Helio calls its new Fin phone the thinnest flip phone in the U.S., and at 0.45-inch, it's true. It's also Helio's first clamshell, with a wide and long rectangular shape plus a tiny OLED external display. The Fin's design leaves me somewhat cold, with its staid-looking appearance and obscenely flat keypad (seriously, it feels almost completely flat), and is just a tad too skinny for my liking. However, we do like the large internal display, and performance was great. Also, the Fin has an impressive set of features--a 3.0-megapixel camera, built-in GPS, EV-DO support--plus a slew of innovative software applications as well. They include a new GPS turn-by-turn maps application courtesy of Garmin, an uploader that can transfer your images and video to Flickr and YouTube, and a simple RSS feed aggregator that will stream your favorite news feeds directly to the Fin's home screen. Take a closer look at the Fin with our slideshow or check out the review for more information.

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Helio Fin may be as popular as the Razr

Helio Fin is still new, so we have not seen the popular demand as we did for the Ocean, but we believe that it is still couple of months aways from really hitting popularity. Helio Fin roughly makes up about 20% of our Helio orders right now, but is has climbed from 10% just a few weeks ago. We predict that the Fin will gain momentum especially with the new Myspace Mobile platform that Helio just launched.

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$99 Promo Unlimited Talk and Text

Helio is currently running an unlimited talk and text promotion for under a $100. This makes this the lowest priced unlimited plan when data is factored into the equation. You can find out more by going to www.unlimitedhelio.com .