Helio Ocean, the ultimate social networking tool

Hot gadget alert! The Ocean from Helio is a dual-slider phone which means it features both a numeric keypad and a full QWERTY keyboard, making it a bliss to make calls, chat via IM or write e-mails:

Ocean’s integrated messaging dashboard includes out-of-the-box access to Yahoo! Mail, AOL Mail, MSN Hotmail, Gmail, Helio Mail, and EarthLink email, as well as the ability to add additional IMAP/POP3 email accounts. Want instant gratification? Ocean incorporates Instant Message access through Yahoo! Messenger, AOL’s AIM Service and Windows Live Messenger all in this single messaging paradise. Ocean will also support push mail from Yahoo! and other providers, as well as Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync, combining business with pleasure as Ocean wirelessly synchronizes Microsoft Office Outlook email, calendar and contacts from a corporate Exchange Server.

Need more buzzwords? What about: 3G, over-the-air music downloads, video-on-demand, 2.0 megapixel camera, MySpace on Helio, GPS-enabled Google Maps for mobile, Buddy Beacon and much more.

The Ocean will be available in the United States this Spring for $295 (no word on other regions).