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June 27th, 2008

Virgin Acquires Helio

postedby ericnguyen on June27th,2008 tagged personal, technology

My plan will be unchanged, it seems. I’m not sure what will come of the merger, but at the moment I’m just waiting for my contract to run out so I can get an iPhone. The Helio Ocean is not quite what it’s cracked up to be. Press release after the jump.

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