Korea based SK telecom and Earthlink’s joint venture “Helio” is officially launched today with their two multimedia phones Hero and Kickflip. There are two plans to choose from the All-In Membership, which includes unlimited data, video, MMS, texting, nights and weekends, roaming, and long distance with the plan; and the A La Carte plan which is as the name implies. The All-in buys you 1000 minutes of talktime for $ 85, 1,500 for $100, or 2,500 minutes for $135. You get 500 minute $ 40 monthly plan with the La Carte. The handset pricing is also announced with the Hero and Kickflip selling for $ 275 and $ 250 respectively.

In addition to Myspace integration and Yahoo portal there is Helio On Top (H.O.T.) access which is a simple 10-channel news and info aggregation feature, MMS picture and video messages, which can be sent up to 1MB per; free streaming video from major networks like MTV, Comedy Central, ABC, etc., Music video downloads are priced at $ 2.49 and games at $ 5.99. Games can also be rented at 99 cents per week. You can switch your carriers with the retail rollout by end of this month or join Helio as your first by ordering online now.
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