Sky Dayton stopped by the Gizmodo function today to visit about the launch of Helio , the new MVNO featuring , you acknowledge , fancy hooey — straight-out streaming telecasting , MySpace entree , the temptingness of Korean innovation . We sit down with him for a few minutes to ask our most pressing questions about this Modern contender to Amp’d , Virgin , and all the other mobile phone phone company . ( Just kid ; the questions were n’t very pressing at all . )
Rather than give you a vaunt - by - shock story , here ’s a mish - mash of quote , fact , and most salient bits you might be concerned in . ( We might put up an MP3 after of our interview if there ’s any demand . )
After the jumping , a bulleted list !
Quotes are from Mr. Dayton ; All else is us .
• raging ( Helio on Top ) is a feed proofreader practical program that even use line - received RSS on the backend , but you ca n’t add your own feeds . Silly !
• Why ‘ solicit ? ’ “ We took that full term from Korea … It ’s just unlike . ”
• Have you aimed at Myspace from the first ? “ Yes . ”
• Why is n’t your logotype a Dominicus ? ( This interrogative stumped Mr. Dayton . ) “ How can you argue with that ? ” ( He offered me a million dollars for stymying him , but I refuse . )
• Why no PC connectivity ? “ If you want to colligate a twist to a laptop , get a [ PCMCIA ] card . You do n’t need a battery . It just perish in and it ’s with you all the time . ” No plans to ever offer use of gadget as microcomputer modem .
• Who ’s providing the backhaul ? “ These devices [ Hero and Kickflip ] workplace on Sprint … We have deal with Sprint and Verizon . ”
• How about smartphones and/or QWERTY gadget ? “ We have a really cool roadmap … We ’ve make many new devices in the work and many new Robert William Service on those twist . ”
• You bozo seem worn out . Have you been doing this all daylight ? “ I got up at four in the break of day . I ’ve make make up on from CNBC . ”
More Fun Facts
• Allowing open phones to be activated on the meshing : Could be done but not with the data , essentially . Do n’t expect it .
• Helio hired the UI designers who did the Sidekick .
• carry the Earthlink Wireless business to be pluck up into the Helio brand in the future tense .
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