The Drift was a groundbreaking device for Helio -- its first to be sourced from Samsung, its first to integrate GPS, and its first slider that didn't look like death -- so we'd be kidding ourselves if we didn't say we were getting just a little emotional over the news that it's been pulled from Helio's site.

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The X5000 is the high-end within Helio's media player lineup partly thanks to its high-end audio components that we are here to tell you, makes a difference.

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He finished second to team-mate Helio Castroneves in the 2001 Indy 500 and was 10th last year as Castroneves won again.

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The launch of innovation-focused virtual network operators like SK-Earthlink?s Helio will push the big carriers to deliver cool applications.

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"Companies need to make changes like this in a way that their customers understand and in a way that they can see the benefit, " said Helio Fred Garcia, a New York University crisis-management professor.

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Scott Dixon finished fourth and Helio Castroneves was fifth, putting him No. 1 in IndyCar points just ahead of Hunter-Reay.

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On a related note, Helio has recently filed for a trademark on the name "Mysto, " continuing the surf-themed naming convention (a "mysto spot" is apparently a rare, difficult to find break that typically occurs offshore) -- and while we don't know that the A523 will be called the Mysto, it seems like a good fit.

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