The Samsung Mysto (SPH-A523) slider features a large QVGA display, 100MB of internal memory, 2.0 megapixel camera, stereo Bluetooth, voice control and search feature plus GPS and video capture capability.
What’s Good: All kinds of multimedia, Web, and location-based features; Super slim profile; Speedy EV-DO access; GPS; 106MB Internal Memory
What’s Not Good: Touch sensitive controls are very finicky; End key in an odd place; Call quality only so-so; Camera not as good as original U600
Bottom Line: Samsung brings their Ultra U600 sliderphone to the US in the form of the Helio Mysto. While Mysto’s thin profile is sexy and Helio’s myriad features are excellent, this handset’s electrostatic touch controls are more trouble than they’re worth. Helio fans may love Mysto as a companion to their Oceans, but others may look elsewhere.
Specs: Make/Model: Samsung Mysto Network: CDMA Data: EV-DO (1x Rev. 0) Carrier: Helio (Locked) Size: 105 x 50 x 12.7 mm Weight: 95 g Form Factor: Slider Display: 2.2” Color LCD, 320 x 240 (QVGA) resolution, 262,000 Colors Memory: 106 MB built-in, microSD card slot Notable Features: Integrated GPS with location based services; 2MP camera with LED flash; Email and IM clients; Music Store access; Flickr and YouTube upload clients; Helio on Top RSS feed reader
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At a Glance:What’s Good: All kinds of multimedia, Web, and location-based features; Super slim profile; Speedy EV-DO access; GPS; 106MB Internal Memory
What’s Not Good: Touch sensitive controls are very finicky; End key in an odd place; Call quality only so-so; Camera not as good as original U600
Bottom Line: Samsung brings their Ultra U600 sliderphone to the US in the form of the Helio Mysto. While Mysto’s thin profile is sexy and Helio’s myriad features are excellent, this...
IntroductionSlim’s still in, and sliderphones don’t get much slimmer than Samsung’s Ultra U600. Samsung and Helio brought a CDMA version of the U600 to the States in the form of Mysto, Helio’s successor to the Drift. Mysto packs just about all of Helio’s many, many features and services into a sleek, pocketable form factor that offers an alternative to the chunky, QWERTY-packing Ocean. In fact, I could see Mysto becoming popular as a second handset for Ocean owners,...
Design & FeaturesMysto is one sleek, thin cell phone, and it looks great. Measuring just over 12mm from front to back, Mysto will fit in all but the tightest of pockets and won’t weigh you down when you head out the door with it in tow. The front panel of the phone features a gorgeous 2.2” QVGA display that’s really one of the best screens you’ll find on a slider right now. Beneath the display is a navigational array built around a circular four way D-pad that looks like...
Usability & PerformanceHelio phones make use of Sprint’s CDMA cellular network, and Mysto is compatible with Sprint’s EV-DO network for high speed data usage, as well. I tested Mysto in the San Francisco Bay Area and found voice call performance to be so-so. Signal strength was fine, but calls were too often staticky and/or muffled sounding. When voice quality issues arose, they were more often of the callers having trouble hearing me ilk than the other way around....
ConclusionHelio offers an amazingly comprehensive set of multimedia, Web-based, and location-based services for their devices. Their new $99/month Unlimited All-In plan offers one of the best values in the industry if you make heavy use of messaging and data services in addition to voice calling on your mobile device, and their use of Sprint’s EV-DO network ensures speedy data transfer for all of that Web surfing, streaming media, and location-based services activity.
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Helio's newest handset, the Samsung-made Mysto, is now available to anyone with the desire and $149 (with contract) or $320 (without). I actually got to play with a Mysto awhile back under "promise not to tell" embargo and came away impressed. The handset feels super solid and luxurious, packing a nice heft (not heavy, just substantial) into a slim body and offering up basically all of Helio's services and applications.
Mysto features that front-mounted jog dial cropping up in...
By: Mit Hol on Thursday, January 24, 2008 From: Lubbock, TX (United States) Experience: 5 Days
Pros: Light weight, Slider, friggin sweet displayCons: Hard to purchase do to Helio's inability to produce Summary: First of all the weight on this phone is exceptional I have never owned a phone that has been so light and user friendly. The features on the phone are far beyond what I have become fond of with other slider devices including the heat also made by Helio.
What’s Good: All kinds of multimedia, Web, and location-based features; Super slim profile; Speedy EV-DO access; GPS; 106MB Internal Memory
