The Helio Fin: A Review of This Multimedia Feature Packed Phone

If you know anything about Helio, then you know that their relationship with Samsung has been ongoing and fairly successful. This flashy phone company continues a trend with Samsung with the introduction of the Helio Fin. This is the thinnest phone currently available in the US and comes in a bluish black magnesium body.

Helio is no slacker when it comes to the services they provide to their customers via their always exciting new phones. Just to name a few, Helio allows you to access MySpace, GPS enabled Google maps for turn by turn directions, YouTube, Flickr, and not to mention access to a plethora of instant messaging applications, text messaging, picture messaging, and e-mails all in one smooth sleek device.

"The Fin is smart, fast and powerful but thin enough to slip into your pocket without a crease," says Sky Dayton, CEO of Helio.

The Helio Fin, inside its 11.4 mm frame is packed with features. The 3 megapixel camera with a 4x digital zoom goes above and beyond the average device's specs. Of course, the the Helio Fin doesn't stop at just pictures. The 2.3 inch QVGA display also plays all of your high-quality video. Like media on your phone? How does an expandable micro SD slot of up to 4 GB suit you? The Fin also boast an HTML browser, GPS capabilities, stereo Bluetooth, and support for five different audio and video formats.

Text Messaging and Email

With the Fin, communication doesn't get much better. It allows you to combine instant messages, text messages, picture messages and e-mails in one messaging interface. Plus you have access to all your favorite instant messaging platforms as well as popular web-based e-mail applications. The Fin allows you to dive into Yahoo messenger, AOL's Aim, Windows Messenger, and e-mail applications like Yahoo Mail, AOL Mail, Hotmail, Gmail, Helio mail, EarthLink e-mail, and the ability to add additional IMAP or POP3 e-mail accounts.

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