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Helio LLC has opened its first branded retail store in Santa Monica, Calif., stating it as a unique wireless shopping experience.

As the company says the stores were “conceived with influences from the hottest nightclubs and boutiques around the world” centered around a main lounge where customers can test out Helio devices and watch programming on a 60-inch plasma TV.

The new handset - the Samsung Drift was launched by Helio, mobile virtual network operator. The phone is in two versions white and black. Helio announced that it is just the first of many coming handsets from Samsung. Helio added that GPS will be a default feature in all coming phones.

The Samsung Drift has rich features such as:

• GPS
• QVGA display
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Helio (MVNO) declared a new data card – the Hybrid and thus becoming the first mobile virtual operator who can offer such a card. Sierra AirCard 580 represents a base off for the card. Connectivity of Helio's Hybrid card is only EV-DO Rev 0. Its software allows a connection between WiFi and the data card for Windows notebooks (those that have an in-built WiFi).

$85 monthly is a cost for unlimited data access with the Hybrid and the card is provided for free with a 2-year activation.