Helio File Viewer Spotted In Wild
Posted by Justin B. on November 16th, 2007 at 11:52 PM
Image borrowed from Helio.com
After many decades of waiting (or months), the Helio File Viewer is finally out of the cage! And best of all… it’s free! Wee! (And only for the Ocean)
What is the Helio File Viewer you ask? It enables you to view Microsoft Office documents (Word, Excel, Powerpoint), PDF, TXT, images (BMP, GIF, JPG, PNG, WMF, EMF) and HTML.
There are a couple of ways to get this little app;
1. Navigate on the Helio browser to Store > Apps > Helio File Viewer
2. Dial 438 on your phone, go to JUMP, and you will be taken to the download page for it.
Pretty cool, huh? You can open files from e-mail storage, or from your microSD card. Everything appears to run very well, and the files that we have tested all rendered correctly.
Thanks to azjay4u from the forums for notifying us!
Enjoy!
November 17th, 2007 at 1:50 am
I just tried it out on my Ocean and my friend’s Ocean, and it works… somewhat.
I had a low battery, so I don’t know if that had anything to do with this, but when I tried to browse my external micro SD card’s music folder… my phone locked up. I waited for about 15 minutes to make sure it wasn’t just thinking really really hard about something, and I eventually just took the battery out. When I put it back in, it seemed to be stuck in a boot loop. I thought maybe the battery was dead, so I put it on the charger for a little bit, but it was still boot looping even on the charger. Afterwards, I took the battery out, and just plugged the Ocean straight in to the wall charger. It said, “battery removed” and so I waited a little bit and put the battery back in. Then it boot-looped a couple of more times, and then it turned on like normal.
Does that sound weird, or what?!
Also, on my friend’s Ocean, it wouldn’t open an XLS (Excel) file unless he forwarded it to another email address (for example mine) and then I forwarded it back to him. Weird, huh?
Has anyone else experienced anything like this?
Thanks in advance!
November 17th, 2007 at 10:11 am
Worked good for me, no problems (yet?) not expecting any either. I didn’t have any xls file on my computer so I has a buddy send me 2 and they opened fine.
Keep the apps coming
November 17th, 2007 at 6:21 pm
Wicked! Thanks for sharing!
November 17th, 2007 at 9:44 pm
Can someone explain to me this app!!! Please
November 17th, 2007 at 11:48 pm
so. do you think this will work on the Fin as well, or just the Ocean? anyone tried it out yet?
November 18th, 2007 at 9:16 am
wow, didnt see this one comming. thanks helio!!!
November 18th, 2007 at 1:20 pm
Chris, it only works on the Ocean at the moment.
November 18th, 2007 at 1:59 pm
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November 19th, 2007 at 12:47 am
Yeah, I downloaded the app. tonight and it works good. Yeah, looks like Helio is finally getting it’s shit together on the software reading side. This will help a lot, esp. for business users. Good work, esp. when free. Simple and easy.
November 19th, 2007 at 6:13 pm
Uh oh, now I’m back trying to decide if I want the HOT feature or the File Viewer.
November 20th, 2007 at 5:18 am
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December 4th, 2007 at 6:37 am
I’ve tested the crap outta this file viewer before i posted. I can honestly say that it’s very good not as good as your palm phones which i can’t seem to get rid of but it works good enough to open files and such, but for business users this isn’t a all in one solution yet.
December 4th, 2007 at 6:38 am
It’s nice but not for your heavy business users
December 12th, 2007 at 10:47 am
Damn i was hope’n they would have the option to lock folders or something ..ahh well time to tree the fuck out of shit i dont’ want people to see lol
May 21st, 2008 at 6:41 am
The Excel file viewer is either doesn’t exist or is very limited. It does not work for me.