Helio's portfolio of innovative mobile devices just got thinner with the introduction of Fin by Samsung. With Fin, Helio also debuts Garmin Mobile for GPS-enabled voice-guided navigation and the addition of customizable RSS feeds to H.O.T. (Helio On Top), letting members sign up for updates on news and information they want delivered to their device home screen, no clicks required.

True to Helio form, Fin's ultra thin blue-black magnesium body comes packed with Helio's full line-up of 3G content and services including MySpace on Helio, GPS-enabled Google Maps for mobile, YouTube, HelioUP for instant upload of photos and video to YouTube, Flickr and other destinations, plus Helio's messaging suite which combines Instant Messages, text messages, picture messages and emails in one ultimate inbox.

With Fin, Helio also debuts Garmin Mobile for GPS-enabled voice-guided navigation and the addition of customizable RSS feeds to H.O.T. (Helio On Top), letting members sign up for updates on news and information they want delivered to their device home screen, no clicks required.

The Fin by Samsung runs on a high-speed nationwide 3G network, has a 3 megapixel camera with 4x digital zoom, night mode and built-in Photo Studio for high quality photos and video, a 2.3 inch QVGA display, 100MB available internal memory expandable via microSD to 4GB, an HTML browser, GPS capabilities for integration with Helio's GPS services like Buddy Beacon and Google Maps for mobile, stereo Bluetooth and support for an array of audio and video formats including MP3 and AAC audio, and MPEG-4 and H.264 video.

Fin also has communication covered with a version of Helio's ultimate messaging suite, combining Instant Messages, text messages, picture messages and emails in one messaging paradise. Fin has out-of-the-box access to Yahoo! Messenger, AOL's AIM Service and Windows Live Messenger, email from Yahoo! Mail, AOL Mail, Windows Live Hotmail, Gmail, Helio Mail, EarthLink email, the ability to add additional IMAP or POP3 email accounts and push mail support for Yahoo!, AOL, Windows Live and Helio Mail.

With HelioUP, photos and video shot with Fin's 3 megapixel camera can be automatically uploaded to popular sites like YouTube and Flickr directly from the device. HelioUP is GPS-enabled so users can geo-tag photos and video with location information and other metadata. Users will be able to post geo-tagged photos from their device directly to Flickr's World Map (flickr.com/map)

Fin is now available at Helio retail locations for $175 through a limited time offer for Helio Samsung devices.

Source [samsungforums]