Comments on: Ocean Helio vs. Apple iPhone

By: mike fernandez

mike fernandez — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 14:07:37 +0000

ive had the iphone

and mine broke after 4 months

and i take very good care of my phones

now i have the ocean and i love it

By: razhaun aka bear

razhaun aka bear — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 01:58:07 +0000

I have a helio and clearly i think it completly kills the iphone but 1 thing it should have is a touch screen with better mp3 player and it will be perfect.also with more memory hello!!!

By: Markus

Markus — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 15:06:17 +0000

Thanks for the suggestion, Steve. I like a lot of the phones T-mobile carries, but their service is terrible in my area – too many dropped calls.

I appreciate your writeup, though. Thanks.

By: Steve

Steve — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 09:40:32 +0000

I think you should also consider a Sidekick LX through tmobile. Although video is not supported, this is the most user friendly software I have EVER used. its internet is LIVE, and the web browser may not open more then one browser at a time, but it does resize each and every page to fit your phone, and it comes out sexy each and everytime. I have renewed my car registration with this device through its web browser. It offers jumping. What jumping is, is suppose you have an email link on a webpage simply push the trackball in to select that link and it will bring you right to the email client with the persons email already inputed. The same is with phone numbers if a web site publishes a phone number or you are texted or send a phone number via email it will bring you directly to the phone area and dial that as well. Danger has fixed almost any bug, and is constantly finding new ways to make things easier.

This phone multitasks very well. No matter what you do on the phone you know whats going on in your other applications… If you jump to web browser all of your IMs will still go off, and you will see who sent you a message in the scrolling marquee up top, you do not have to constantly go back to each application to see whats been updated. All in all this phone is AWESOME, except its lack of newer video technology and EDGE speed.

Yes no video sucks, but the LX is thin and has the best qwerty keyboard of any phone.. It remains hidden and flips open rather then slide or clam shell.

By: Markus

Markus — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 15:30:15 +0000

I’m sticking to my old Verizon Pocket PC for now – until the iPhone opens up or some other company comes out with something even better.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 22:20:22 +0000

Markus have you made a decision yet? I have also been thinking over the Ocean and the iPhone. All in all, the Ocean seems to be a better deal. I want something with a keyboard that is easy to use. But I cannot go without something like an iPhone. That is why this December I will be buying a Helio Ocean as well as a 16GB iPod Touch. You can modify the Touch to have all the applications as the iPhone except for the phone part, or course. Good luck if you’ve yet to make a decision.

By: calvin

calvin — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 04:22:04 +0000

iphone is ugly gag me!!!!!!!!

By: nick

nick — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 04:19:51 +0000

ocean is the best phone ote the iphone is good no great compared to ocean. duh ps i have a ocean my dad has iphone . my dad said he likes my phone better. helio is the best . iphone is just popular. get the ocean.

By: Ben

Ben — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 05:02:17 +0000

I love my Ocean!!! It’s a great device if you like to text alot. GPS is the main reason why I got it and because of myspace mobile…lol. The Iphone is great, but the price and features is what made me lean toward the Ocean.

By: Markus

Markus — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 12:55:34 +0000

That’s definitely a big minus – the iTunes requirement. I can’t stand iTunes – I’ve always dreaded using it.