Helio Ocean Giveaway

+ Posted by Josh Hallett on 07.18.07 // 11:30 PM

Update We have a winner.

I have a almost brand-new Helio Ocean that I'm going to give away. I bought the Ocean to test out the device and Helio's service. I used the unit for almost 30 days and then cancelled the service. I loved the Ocean and if I didn't have a contract with Cingular/AT&T I probably would have stuck with it. The built-in GPS with Google Maps and IM clients are the real killer apps.

Helio Ocean

How can you 'win' this Ocean? Easy:

1. Write a blog post about why you deserve/want/need/covet the phone.
2. Link your post to this post.
3. I'll find your post via my Technorati watchlist.
4. I'll pick a winner

I plan to pick a winner on July 31st and ship the phone out a few days later. The 'quality' of the winning entry will be judged solely by me. Who knows what will win, a sob-story, a tale of geek-lust, we'll see.

If you want to compare the size of the Ocean to the iPhone and Blackberry Pearl you can check out this picture.

Visitor Comments

2 words. Nick Starr will most certainly be writing a post.

I'm thinking about it and geek lust may have just gotten the best of me.

Josh - this is clearly a troll post for link backs. And God bless you for it! - Ed

Ed you're on to me :-)

Hi Josh I was going to ask you at the Houston iPhone Maddness meetup what you were going to do with the barely used Helio Ocean but you left early before I could talk to you about it.

Happy Katie Laird is probably even more happy now that she got an Ocean recently!

I'll play a long and write a post.

Oh You got my entry Buddy :D hahah..
dont forget the deep dark south ;)

and as you guessed Nick Star had his entry out :D


Cool Blog, you got me hooked

Sir to me the helio ocean means everything to me I just don't wnat it because of the features and stuff i want it because I really need a phone to contact my family... you see I got separated from them when the hurricane came and im now living with my aunt getting this phone will probaly be the only way to reach them. My aunt doesnt have long distance so i'm not able to reach them to me this phone would to bring my family and me back together again

~Hey Josh, Can i use my myspace blog and link it to yours?? if so, how can i?? i want that helio so so so bad i have a passion for it. i'm going to try to get my Myspace Blog up so i can try to link it but plez i'm begging you don't give it away those other4 guys!! plez~

I think I'm the best candidate to receive your Helio Ocean because I'd use it's GPS function to save the polar bears from having to swim in rapidly rising polar seas.

My proposal (which I've already sent to Al Gore) is to cross polar bears with kangaroos that former may benefit from the latters integral pocket. Once such pocket becomes part of the polar bear dna, subsequent generations will no longer have to rely on the notoriously intermittent Captain Nemo polar bear rescue sub to escape the devestating effect global warming.

Please throw in an extra battery...plugging in is darned near impossible.

Cordially Yours,
Stamatis Kounaris
President
Global Polar Bear GPS Rescue Project

The fact that I'm writing to you shows I must be as crazy as you are!

To get rid of such wow technology and a great looking piece just means you are basically a good soul looking for people with similar interests- and those that worship great stuff.

And I'm a believer!

I need a good phone that can use Outlook email and all the other email IM apps, take good pics and vids, GPS is a plus and I don't want to pay for it. This way I can use the money I have saved now to buy another one for my wife. She likes the buddy beacon feature. ;)
Rock On
- Patrick

So, I came across this blog of yours on the day before your contest ends. I posted a blog on my myspace. Hopefully you'll consider me. (If this is real....)

So... here goes nothin'!

http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=8586111&blogID=293865764

ok, I'm late... but maybe it's still worth a read?

Maybe your plane have been thrown off and you're just deciding... hmmm.

thanx for your time and I hope to see you on the road...

http://www.ayearatthewheel.com/page2/index.html

before i saw the helio ididnt want a phone now im tryin my best to get one. in the store the price is too high so im still tryin to get one

Shane: I saw the Helio Ocean for sale at http://www.hellohelio.net for $195 with a contract. Pretty good deal if you ask me.

not very familiar with blogs but i ran across this because i am desperately seeking an ocean. i have helio but the phone i have now has some damages that the insurance will not cover. i have tried ebay and alot of them are more than what i can spend, but yes i would say that i need and deserve this phone.
thank you.

listen I know all of these other people have alot to tell you but i really need a phone.1 because I am 15 and I have 3.8 GPA but I liv in a group home with many other boys my girl friend got pregnant by another guy so we broke up.Well I really need it because i cant afford a phone right now and i have never had a cell phone before so please help me out

quinn: have you looked into pre-paid phones? There are tons of companies out there doing pre-paid. You can check out some at
http://www.hellohelio.net/Hello-Prepaid-Wireless.cfm

Hi my name is Claudia. I think that I deserve the phone because its very cool hip and stylish and i like phones like that! I know that I cant get every new thing that comes out but i would really appreciate if i won this phone from you! This phone means a lot to me and if i win, lets just say ill be very very very excited! Thank you in advance whether you say yes or no. Just knowing I had a chance is great! Thanks. Talk to you soon I hope!

Hi my name is Anthony. I was wondering if I get the Helio Ocean from you can I still group it with the No Deposit Promo at

http://www.helioprepaid.com

I would like to get Helio service, but I have a $325 deposit so I will need to activate my service through them so that I can get my deposit waived.

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