Mysto from Helio drops today, sort of
- December 21st, 2007
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Not to toot our own horn or anything, but we’re going to have to on this particular occasion. The Mysto from Helio, which is keeping up with surf-related theme (I obviously dig that. Mysto is a ultra secret spot that no one else knows about and some may consider a myth), was outed by us a few weeks ago and we just caught wind that it’s hitting the market today. It’s not being widely released, though. Mysto is launching in the Korean American market today under the “Helio powered by SK Telecom” brand.
But don’t worry because those of you residing in the NYC or Santa Monica area will get first dibs on one starting December 26th. You won’t find any demos and you have to tell them a secret password to get one from “behind the counter”. Like we told you before, Mysto is going to retail for $149. Oh yeah, about that password. Just tell the Helio employees CrunchGear sent you. If you don’t live reasonably close to either of these Helio stores then you’ll have to wait till next month. But we’re taking orders so just send us your CC info and we’ll get that right out to you. Heh.
Spec wise, the Mysto loses the 3.2-megapixel camera with AF that’s found on the GSM version, u600. You’ll find a 2-megapixel camera sans AF and a microSD slot and some haptic touch controls.
Look for an unboxing sometime today.
bpm2000 (Who am I?)
6 months ago
Man - I have been waiting for a long time to get a phone w/ AF in my phone. Why do the US carriers keep crippling this feature? Hope the Ocean 2 has it up its sleeve…
wtf (Who am I?)
6 months ago
Yea, why in the world would you cripple the cam! Damn you Helio!!!!!!!!!
Peter Ha (Who am I?)
6 months ago
To keep it cheap?
victor
5 months ago
yup thats right to keep it cheap…because is replacing the heat ..the 50 dollar phone…but the 2.0 megapixel camera is not that bad. but if you want more pixels well switch up to the fin.
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Yeaiflex (Who am I?)
5 months ago
Ok to put an end to a lot of the rumors I have handeled the mysto and it klives up to the hype, everyone will be able to check it out for yourself on Jan 16th 2008( the offical unofficial release date) I t is in the state, It is teru that there are some functionally differences betewwn the US & KOR versions but that is to the benfit of the comsumers, It takes advanage of all the standard Helio services plus adds a few new tricks……