2 months after the device hit the FCC, details and visuals of OZ II have leaked out to the internet.

Being that it’s a work in progress, the details are subject to change:

• 3 megapixel camera
• Dual Slider
• MicroSDHC
• 1GB internal storage
• In-browser flash
• 30fps video recording
• Touch-sensitive D-Pad
• PC Sync capability

[Via Engadget]

At least twice a day over in the forums, someone shows up and posts something that they’re totally sure is Oz2. It’s been the same set of images on a constant loop for months now. We still don’t know how Oz2 will look, but having seeing these images about a bajillion times, we’re pretty sure how it won’t.

1) Pantech’s Tri Slider Concept:

Why it’s probably not Oz2:

• We’ve been seeing this since November of 2006 - a full 6 months before Oz1 was released.
• The market for “People that want to be able to block their keyboards with the numberpad” is pretty small.

2) Fujitsu’s Slider Mockup:

Why it’s probably not Oz2:

• This concept device was made - but not for Helio. This was a concept device made by Fujitsu for their own use. The Helio logo on the screen was photoshopped in as a joke by one our of forum members, and it spread like wildfire.

3) Helio Ocean Cake:

Why it’s probably not Oz2:

• It’s a cake.

Hopefully these rumor shots can rest in debunked peace now. We’ll have images up as soon as we know what Oz2 actually does look like.

Update: Hope you enjoyed April Fools, everybody! This was not an actual announcement from Helio.

Having aggressively targeted the 16-35 market for the past 2 years, Helio announced today during CTIA that they will be addressing an otherwise ignored market: the 70-85 year olds.

A bit of a shocker, overall - we’re hoping to have a hands on sometime while we’re here.

What we know:

• Larger buttons to assist those with reduced sight
• Bingo odds calculator
• Automatically detects when the user is yelling into the microphone, self-reducing the volume
• Most non-phone features removed, Calendar replaced with “Grandkid Birthday Reminder”
• Exclusive ringtones by Fred Astaire, Fats Waller, and Bing Crosby

We’ll update you when we know more.

Oh, the FCC - how vast is your collection of goodies, and how large your mouth is.

Every time anyone develops a new device, they’re required to place an FCC conformity label somewhere visible to the end user. Pictures of the label’s placement are put up on the publicly accessible FCC site. There are some confidentiality practices in place to help protect the secrecy for the related companies, but (as just about every manufacturer has found out) they don’t tend to work for crap.

Today, an entry for “OZ2″ hit the FCC site. As you may recall, the Ocean went by “Oz” prior to release. It doesn’t take much deduction to connect the lines from there. Is this the much theorized “Ocean 2″?

What the FCC report shows:

• The above picture, which appears to be the rear of the device
• Camera
• Made by Pantech
• Bluetooth
• MicroSD below battery

If the speculation was rampant before, I can’t imagine how hard the rumor mill will be churning after this.

Read the FCC Report Here