Comments on: Helio’s Ocean granted hot new native YouTube app; Downloads and Uploads now both totally mobile http://www.crunchgear.com/2007/12/12/helios-ocean-granted-hot-new-native-youtube-app-downloads-and-uploads-now-both-totally-mobile/ Gadgets, gear and computer hardware. Fri, 05 Sep 2008 06:06:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: BOLTS http://www.crunchgear.com/2007/12/12/helios-ocean-granted-hot-new-native-youtube-app-downloads-and-uploads-now-both-totally-mobile/#comment-558426 BOLTS Wed, 09 Jan 2008 18:20:59 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/2007/12/12/helios-ocean-granted-hot-new-native-youtube-app-downloads-and-uploads-now-both-totally-mobile/#comment-558426 DON'T GO THROUGH THE HEART ACHE JUST GO THROUGH VERIZON OR SPRINT IF YOU7 HAVE SOME QUESTION HIT ME UP AT kn4ve84@yahoo.com DON’T GO THROUGH THE HEART ACHE JUST GO THROUGH VERIZON OR SPRINT IF YOU7 HAVE SOME QUESTION HIT ME UP AT kn4ve84@yahoo.com

]]> By: BOLTS http://www.crunchgear.com/2007/12/12/helios-ocean-granted-hot-new-native-youtube-app-downloads-and-uploads-now-both-totally-mobile/#comment-558424 BOLTS Wed, 09 Jan 2008 18:19:16 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/2007/12/12/helios-ocean-granted-hot-new-native-youtube-app-downloads-and-uploads-now-both-totally-mobile/#comment-558424 I'll let you guys know i owned a helio ocean for a little over 15 days it had problems. My phone would receive calls while idle aka black screen. when i tried to replace it under warrienty i went through three tech support people all making do the same things, take my battery out, then reprogram my phone then when that didn't work hard reset, and after that didn't the tech support dushe told me that i had to pay 50 dollars to replace my phone through my phone insurance. mind you i owned the phone for 15 days. so when i asked about a warrinty exchange the guy wanted to go through the three tests again. thats when i cancelled my phone when i went to get my refund on my phone they took 50 dollars off my refund for restocking. theres more but i want to keep it directed towards the phone itself. also while i was waiting for my refund another guy was getting a refund and too others had promblems with thier oceans glitching and a friend who has the phone calls people and 50% of the people she calls never receive her call. overall helio and thier phones get a 1 out of 5 and thats only cause 0 out of five is to harsh. I’ll let you guys know i owned a helio ocean for a little over 15 days it had problems. My phone would receive calls while idle aka black screen. when i tried to replace it under warrienty i went through three tech support people all making do the same things, take my battery out, then reprogram my phone then when that didn’t work hard reset, and after that didn’t the tech support dushe told me that i had to pay 50 dollars to replace my phone through my phone insurance. mind you i owned the phone for 15 days. so when i asked about a warrinty exchange the guy wanted to go through the three tests again. thats when i cancelled my phone when i went to get my refund on my phone they took 50 dollars off my refund for restocking. theres more but i want to keep it directed towards the phone itself. also while i was waiting for my refund another guy was getting a refund and too others had promblems with thier oceans glitching and a friend who has the phone calls people and 50% of the people she calls never receive her call. overall helio and thier phones get a 1 out of 5 and thats only cause 0 out of five is to harsh.

]]> By: Tom Ringfield http://www.crunchgear.com/2007/12/12/helios-ocean-granted-hot-new-native-youtube-app-downloads-and-uploads-now-both-totally-mobile/#comment-543199 Tom Ringfield Wed, 19 Dec 2007 04:02:00 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/2007/12/12/helios-ocean-granted-hot-new-native-youtube-app-downloads-and-uploads-now-both-totally-mobile/#comment-543199 The YouTube App is very nice. It blows the iphone away because you can actually stream the video in real time versus having to wait for it prebuffer. It's like comparing dialup to broadband. Some of the deals like www.heliobuy.com is prepackaging this application with the Ocean. Tom The YouTube App is very nice. It blows the iphone away because you can actually stream the video in real time versus having to wait for it prebuffer. It’s like comparing dialup to broadband. Some of the deals like http://www.heliobuy.com is prepackaging this application with the Ocean.

Tom

]]> By: bpm2000 http://www.crunchgear.com/2007/12/12/helios-ocean-granted-hot-new-native-youtube-app-downloads-and-uploads-now-both-totally-mobile/#comment-540029 bpm2000 Fri, 14 Dec 2007 18:02:31 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/2007/12/12/helios-ocean-granted-hot-new-native-youtube-app-downloads-and-uploads-now-both-totally-mobile/#comment-540029 @Dave - Word. @Dave - Word.

]]> By: Emma J http://www.crunchgear.com/2007/12/12/helios-ocean-granted-hot-new-native-youtube-app-downloads-and-uploads-now-both-totally-mobile/#comment-539517 Emma J Thu, 13 Dec 2007 23:54:59 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/2007/12/12/helios-ocean-granted-hot-new-native-youtube-app-downloads-and-uploads-now-both-totally-mobile/#comment-539517 I have the Ocean, downloaded YouTube and I have yet to view a full video as it continues to timeout. Not liking this application yet, it hurts because I was really looking forward to it. I have the Ocean, downloaded YouTube and I have yet to view a full video as it continues to timeout. Not liking this application yet, it hurts because I was really looking forward to it.

]]> By: Dave http://www.crunchgear.com/2007/12/12/helios-ocean-granted-hot-new-native-youtube-app-downloads-and-uploads-now-both-totally-mobile/#comment-539403 Dave Thu, 13 Dec 2007 20:33:25 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/2007/12/12/helios-ocean-granted-hot-new-native-youtube-app-downloads-and-uploads-now-both-totally-mobile/#comment-539403 @bpm2000 --- If you paid more for an inferior product and you're an image conscious person to begin with (Apple's are purty) you have to tell yourself something to not feel like a fool. Substance > Style @bpm2000 — If you paid more for an inferior product and you’re an image conscious person to begin with (Apple’s are purty) you have to tell yourself something to not feel like a fool. Substance > Style

]]> By: Dave http://www.crunchgear.com/2007/12/12/helios-ocean-granted-hot-new-native-youtube-app-downloads-and-uploads-now-both-totally-mobile/#comment-539402 Dave Thu, 13 Dec 2007 20:30:42 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/2007/12/12/helios-ocean-granted-hot-new-native-youtube-app-downloads-and-uploads-now-both-totally-mobile/#comment-539402 Just downloaded the You-Tube app and it rocks! Soooo glad I went with the Helio Ocean over anything else out there, this phone is fun. Just downloaded the You-Tube app and it rocks! Soooo glad I went with the Helio Ocean over anything else out there, this phone is fun.

]]> By: Risket http://www.crunchgear.com/2007/12/12/helios-ocean-granted-hot-new-native-youtube-app-downloads-and-uploads-now-both-totally-mobile/#comment-539298 Risket Thu, 13 Dec 2007 17:19:45 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/2007/12/12/helios-ocean-granted-hot-new-native-youtube-app-downloads-and-uploads-now-both-totally-mobile/#comment-539298 Yes WiFi beats 3G.... however 3G beats EDGE and when my girlfriend and I are driving from Las Vegas to Newport Beach or elsewhere in California for a vacation there are no WiFi spots in the middle of the desert during about 250 of those miles from here to there.... but that wouldn't matter too much anyway would it? Seeing as how iPhone doesn't have GPS capabilities. Don't get me wrong, I'm a huge fan of Apple and their products. The past few years I've been working on replacing all of my Windows computers with Apple's computers. However I think they could have done a LOT better with the iPhone. I also don't want to run around searching for a WiFi hot spot. My girlfriends sister recently got the iPod Touch and I had to wireless network her house just to use the best of it. My point is: Yes WiFi is great, but trying to find out isn't so fun.... and trying to find one you are allowed to connect to (that isn't private) is even more annoying. It's like someone waving a steak in front of you and just as you go to bite down you realize you're behind three inches of glass. Apple's iPhone has many great features but before I go out and spend $400 on a device I need to be damn certain I'm actually going to be able to use it when I need it. Which is why I'm getting the Helio Ocean as soon as my Verizon contract is up in a few months. Maybe, just maybe, by the time THAT contract is up two years from now the iPhone will have come a long way (and the price dropped a few more times). Yes WiFi beats 3G…. however 3G beats EDGE and when my girlfriend and I are driving from Las Vegas to Newport Beach or elsewhere in California for a vacation there are no WiFi spots in the middle of the desert during about 250 of those miles from here to there…. but that wouldn’t matter too much anyway would it? Seeing as how iPhone doesn’t have GPS capabilities.

Don’t get me wrong, I’m a huge fan of Apple and their products. The past few years I’ve been working on replacing all of my Windows computers with Apple’s computers. However I think they could have done a LOT better with the iPhone. I also don’t want to run around searching for a WiFi hot spot. My girlfriends sister recently got the iPod Touch and I had to wireless network her house just to use the best of it. My point is: Yes WiFi is great, but trying to find out isn’t so fun…. and trying to find one you are allowed to connect to (that isn’t private) is even more annoying. It’s like someone waving a steak in front of you and just as you go to bite down you realize you’re behind three inches of glass.

Apple’s iPhone has many great features but before I go out and spend $400 on a device I need to be damn certain I’m actually going to be able to use it when I need it.

Which is why I’m getting the Helio Ocean as soon as my Verizon contract is up in a few months. Maybe, just maybe, by the time THAT contract is up two years from now the iPhone will have come a long way (and the price dropped a few more times).

]]> By: Applecrap http://www.crunchgear.com/2007/12/12/helios-ocean-granted-hot-new-native-youtube-app-downloads-and-uploads-now-both-totally-mobile/#comment-538994 Applecrap Thu, 13 Dec 2007 02:19:20 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/2007/12/12/helios-ocean-granted-hot-new-native-youtube-app-downloads-and-uploads-now-both-totally-mobile/#comment-538994 I hate iphone fanboys!!! I hate iphone fanboys!!!

]]> By: bpm2000 http://www.crunchgear.com/2007/12/12/helios-ocean-granted-hot-new-native-youtube-app-downloads-and-uploads-now-both-totally-mobile/#comment-538958 bpm2000 Thu, 13 Dec 2007 00:32:04 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/2007/12/12/helios-ocean-granted-hot-new-native-youtube-app-downloads-and-uploads-now-both-totally-mobile/#comment-538958 why do all the iphone fanboys always clamor about wifi>3G? Do you live in the boondocks or something? In any metro city 3G>wifi. I'm not running around tryin to find a hotspot - it comes to me. why do all the iphone fanboys always clamor about wifi>3G? Do you live in the boondocks or something? In any metro city 3G>wifi. I’m not running around tryin to find a hotspot - it comes to me.

]]> By: chris http://www.crunchgear.com/2007/12/12/helios-ocean-granted-hot-new-native-youtube-app-downloads-and-uploads-now-both-totally-mobile/#comment-538874 chris Wed, 12 Dec 2007 22:28:04 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/2007/12/12/helios-ocean-granted-hot-new-native-youtube-app-downloads-and-uploads-now-both-totally-mobile/#comment-538874 @Matt Glad I had to read the comments to find that out. Any ways wifi beats 3G @Matt
Glad I had to read the comments to find that out. Any ways wifi beats 3G

]]> By: Matt Hickey http://www.crunchgear.com/2007/12/12/helios-ocean-granted-hot-new-native-youtube-app-downloads-and-uploads-now-both-totally-mobile/#comment-538859 Matt Hickey Wed, 12 Dec 2007 22:00:54 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/2007/12/12/helios-ocean-granted-hot-new-native-youtube-app-downloads-and-uploads-now-both-totally-mobile/#comment-538859 @ Jeremy: dude, it lets you upload to YouTube as well. iPhone can't do that. Thus it's better by a wide margin. In addition, it's on a 3G network, not a silly 2.5G EDGE connection, so you don't have to hound around for a hotspot to get your fix. I get the feeling that you're a big iPhone fan not wanting to see that the emporer has no clothes. Or a video cameras. C'mon, dude, get cynical. @ Jeremy: dude, it lets you upload to YouTube as well. iPhone can’t do that. Thus it’s better by a wide margin. In addition, it’s on a 3G network, not a silly 2.5G EDGE connection, so you don’t have to hound around for a hotspot to get your fix. I get the feeling that you’re a big iPhone fan not wanting to see that the emporer has no clothes. Or a video cameras. C’mon, dude, get cynical.

]]> By: Jeremy http://www.crunchgear.com/2007/12/12/helios-ocean-granted-hot-new-native-youtube-app-downloads-and-uploads-now-both-totally-mobile/#comment-538832 Jeremy Wed, 12 Dec 2007 21:11:09 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/2007/12/12/helios-ocean-granted-hot-new-native-youtube-app-downloads-and-uploads-now-both-totally-mobile/#comment-538832 Bad article (written by teenager?) You have an entire article here premised on the fact that the Ocean app "blows the iPhone app away" or whatever, but you never say why. Here's a tip. You can't just write junk you feel and call it a review. You have to be objective, logical, and have an actual argument. Bad article (written by teenager?)

You have an entire article here premised on the fact that the Ocean app “blows the iPhone app away” or whatever, but you never say why.

Here’s a tip.

You can’t just write junk you feel and call it a review.

You have to be objective, logical, and have an actual argument.

]]> By: UncleFunk http://www.crunchgear.com/2007/12/12/helios-ocean-granted-hot-new-native-youtube-app-downloads-and-uploads-now-both-totally-mobile/#comment-538825 UncleFunk Wed, 12 Dec 2007 20:56:55 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/2007/12/12/helios-ocean-granted-hot-new-native-youtube-app-downloads-and-uploads-now-both-totally-mobile/#comment-538825 My god that device is ugly! My god that device is ugly!

]]> By: bpm2000 http://www.crunchgear.com/2007/12/12/helios-ocean-granted-hot-new-native-youtube-app-downloads-and-uploads-now-both-totally-mobile/#comment-538752 bpm2000 Wed, 12 Dec 2007 18:36:26 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/2007/12/12/helios-ocean-granted-hot-new-native-youtube-app-downloads-and-uploads-now-both-totally-mobile/#comment-538752 vid quality still goes to iphone but the feature set is very nice. - i am getting all kinds of buffering errors right now tho - hopefully they will iron out in a few days. vid quality still goes to iphone but the feature set is very nice. - i am getting all kinds of buffering errors right now tho - hopefully they will iron out in a few days.

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