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Sky Dayton, founder and chairman of the phantasmagorical Helio, has announced that he’s stepping down as CEO to become president of the last-man-standing MVNO. Dayton will be replacing Jinwoo So, president of global business at SK Telecom (which shares ownership of the company with Earthlink), and Dayton himself will be replaced by Wonhee Sull, formerly the company’s president and COO. “Helio has reached a point in its development where I feel the timing is right for this change… As we have for the past three years, the two of us will continue to define Helio’s direction and future,” said Dayton. It’s possible that with the recent influx of cash (and increased ownership) from SK Telecom, and the dwindling marketshare of MVNOs, Sky’s taking the opportunity to get a little more control of his baby… and who can blame him?

 

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Source: Joshua Topolsky

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Sky Dayton, founder and chairman of the phantasmagorical Helio, has announced that he’s stepping down as CEO to become chairman of the board of the last-man-standing MVNO. Dayton will be replacing Jinwoo So, as chairman of the board, while himself being replaced by Wonhee Sull, formerly the company’s president and COO. “Helio has reached a point in its development where I feel the timing is right for this change… As we have for the past three years, the two of us will continue to define Helio’s direction and future,” said Dayton. It’s possible that with the recent influx of cash (and increased ownership) from from its Korean parents and the dwindling marketshare of MVNOs meant that SK felt it was time to step in and get things on track.

Update: Lots of fun title inaccuracies going on up in here. See above for the latest, correct edits.

 

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Source: Joshua Topolsky

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Filed under: Cellphones, Handhelds

Leaving analysts just a little baffled, Sony Ericsson president Miles Flint has stepped down after three years of fairly successful leadership. The consensus among members of the financial community seems to be that there’s absolutely no way Flint was forced out; under his command, Sony Ericsson has seen consistent profitability and a steady increase in its market share (North America excepted, we might passive-aggressively note). The ex-prez says that he’s looking to expand his horizons after 17 years under the Sony and Sony Ericsson brands, while Sony Electronics USA chairman Hideki Komiyama has been tapped to fill the huge shoes left behind. Analysts seem pretty convinced that he’ll have a tough time doing any better than his predecessor, noting that low-end handsets seem like the next logical step to market share dominance despite the segment’s virtually nonexistent margins. Might we recommend more North American love, Komiyama-san?

[Via mocoNews]

 

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Office Depot Featured Gadget: Xbox 360 Platinum System Packs the power to bring games to life!

Source: Chris Ziegler

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There’s a new presidential helicopter in town, and while George W. will have to run for a third term to get a shot at it, the next president of the United States is a lock for showing up on the White House lawn in this new ride. The Marine One VH-71 is a good many years in production, and will finally show up in 2009. There’s seating room for 14 passengers, along with a kitchen, bathroom, high-speed communications suite, sound and vibration reduction and missile protection. The new choppers — Lockheed Martin is building 23 of them by 2018 — have a 350 mile range, compared to the current 100 miles of the VH-3Ds, and are being billed an “Oval Office in the sky.” There was really never a better time to throw your hat in the ring for “leader of the free world.”

 

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Office Depot Featured Gadget: Xbox 360 Platinum System Packs the power to bring games to life!

Source: Paul Miller

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Qualcomm — a company that’s arguably more used to suing than being sued — isn’t finding much luck in its protracted quest to avoid a Broadcom-led ban of its 3G hardware from coming into the States. Following a recent denial of its motion to stay the ban in the court system, the President of The United States himself (or his administration, anyway) has swooped in to render an executive judgment, and it ain’t looking any better for Qualcomm. Saying that the importance of protecting IP rights outweighs the inconvenience of the ban, the Bush folks have stood by the ITC’s decision to impose the ban in the first place, making it seem all that much smarter now for Verizon to have sidestepped the whole ordeal and paid Broadcom itself. Barring any last minute antics, the ban gets enforced starting tomorrow.

 

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Office Depot Featured Gadget: Xbox 360 Platinum System Packs the power to bring games to life!

Source: Chris Ziegler

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