I’m starting to get tired of my mobile phone and service. I currently own a LG Chocolate phone with Verizon service. I do like my phone and Verizon has some of the best coverage I have every had between all the networks I’ve been on but they are expensive.

I use my mobile phone for everything. I don’t have a home phone (I tried Skype but it was a hassle and the quality wasn’t all that great), I have a 1500 min plan with basic text messaging and picture messaging. I have noticed that in the last couple of months I have done a lot of text messaging and picture messaging. This isn’t a great thing because I always go over and I end up paying about 15-20 dollars over what my normal bill should be.

Recently Verizon came out with new plans (I said plan not an add on package to your plan) where you can get unlimited text and picture messaging, something that other companies have had for quite a while now. What really bites is the plan is 20 bucks more then the normal plans AND you have to sign another contract to get on it. Unlike other companies where you can just add it on for 15 bucks a month.

So I’m in a bit of a pinch. Now with all the new live services and that I have started to blog, post, message, IM and email more I want to get a phone where I can do all of that without having to pay and arm and a leg.. like Verizon does. Ya I know I can do all that stuff on my current phone but at what price? 50 bucks on top of my plan cost.. no way and I paying that.

But there could be a solution, have heard of a wireless company called Helio’s?

I have been watching this company for quite sometime and was very interested in it because all there plans include unlimited text, picture, mobile to mobile, Internet, IM, My Space mobile, email, and so on. All part of the price of the package and really if you compare prices its only about $20 more on top of a regular Verizon plan with none of that stuff.

But I never switched because I wanted more… and now they have given more. Helio just released a new phone called the “Ocean” it is the worlds first dual slider phone with a regular number pad and a QWERTY keyboard. It has a huge screen and you can do a lot of amazing things on it. All major IM clients and email providers are built into the phone (Live IM, Yahoo, AIM, Gmail, etc). Also all that is in a nice neat package so if I can look at the contact.. lets say Paul (wink, wink) and I see his email, phone number, and all his IM accounts all on one screen.

On top of that you can go online, view videos, take picture (even add tagged GPS info to the pictures), use Google maps with GPS enabled so you can see where you are. All that and its much cheaper then what I have now.

Sounds great huh.. so what is the catch? Well the catch is that Verizon charges $250 bucks to cancel my contract, on top of that the phone is another $295 (I think)+ activation and all that jazz. Its a bummer because if I want to switch I would have to pay around $500 money I don’t have.

So what should I do?

Maybe I should just deal and not be so spoiled… lol