Helio Fin works with GPS enabled Google Maps and Garmin Mobile

Published on August 15th, 2007 in gps navigation, phones

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Helio just introduced a super slim mobile phone from Samsung called Fin that is already available across retailers and www.helio.com. In addition to a sexy ultra thin blue-black magnesium body Helio Fin also offers 3G content, including MySpace, GPS-enabled Google Maps, YouTube, and much more. With Fin, Helio also debuts Garmin Mobile for voice-guided navigation.

Fin’s capabilities are almost endless including a 3MP camera with 4x zoom, 100MB internal memory, a microSD slot that can support up to 4GB of storage, and a full HTML browser - all of this on a high-speed 3G network. Also you get stereo Bluetooth and support for various audio and video formats including MP3 and AAC audio, and MPEG-4 and H.264 video.

Helio also took advantage of having GPS on board with Fin (unlike other providers who just disable GPS) allowing users to geotag their photos and upload them instantly to sites such as Flickr. What’s new for Helio with Fin is that now they offer Garmin Mobile on this slim phone providing a moving map with turn-by-turn directions in near!! real time. (why not real time? - we’re not sure) For $3 this service can also check weather for driving conditions and find alternate routes in the event of heavy traffic. This sounds quite pricey and probably doesn’t have much to add to free-for-all GPS enabled Google Maps.

Fin costs $175 for new members who are willing to sign a contract and you can expect to pay somewhere between $65 and $120 depending on how many minutes of talk time you’ll need.

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2 Responses to “Helio Fin works with GPS enabled Google Maps and Garmin Mobile”

  1. Keene Says:
    August 18th, 2007 at 3:36 pm

    Looks great but how well will the battery hold up? That is big issue with the Nokia N95 and all it can do. Using GPS, Bluetooth and WiFi eats batteries like crazy on the Nokia. So I would love to hear people’s experience with battery life once this phone gets out there.

  2. freakZoid Says:
    August 31st, 2007 at 1:40 pm

    The battery sucks, you can only have around 10 hours even on stand by

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