After months of silence Helio has announced two cutting edge phones Helio Hero and Kickflip. Helio is a joint venture between US based Earthlink and Korea's SK Telecom. The Hero is the first phone manufactured by Pantech specifically for the US market. The jet black Hero has a 2.2 inch QVGA LCD display capable of displaying 262k colors. Specs include Full duplex stereo speakers, removable memory and a 2.0 Megapixel camera with Flash for capturing pictures and video. Hero also packs a co-processor chip that delivers high-quality music and video. “We combine innovation directly from Korea, one of the most sophisticated mobile cultures in the world, with local consumer insight to give our members devices and experiences they’ve been craving but haven’t had access to before in the US.” said Sky
Dayton, CEO of HELIO LLC.

Helio has partnered with MySpace which will provide users the MySpace experience on their mobiles.
The mobile service will offer a look, feel and overall customer experience that are true to the online
MySpace environment while optimizing it for mobile including:
• Mailbox: Ability to read and write MySpace mail from your Helio device
• Bulletin: Send messages to all your friends anytime, anywhere from your Helio device
• Blogs: Read and write blogs on-the-go without a PC
• Photos: View photos on friends’ profiles optimized for your Helio screen
• Profiles: View profiles and add new friends as you meet them directly from your Helio device.
Helio service will launch this Spring.

Via - Gizmodo