Those of you still waiting for a Helio Ocean 2 phone should get your money ready for February 12. That’s when Helio.com will be launching the handset. Virgin Mobile and the Helio Ocean 2 will sponsor Britney Spears’s next tour so are we to expect Britney to endorse the handset?

Here are the main specs of the Helio Ocean 2:

• 2.6-inch QVGA Screen
• Optical Sensor for touchpad-like navigation
• Dual slider (One QWERTY, one number pad), a la the original ocean
• 5 hours of talk time, 10 days of standby
• 2GB internal storage, microSD support
• 2MP Camera w/ video support, night shot, and geotagging
• Full HTML browser with tabbed browsing
• Upgraded Ultimate Inbox: Threaded text messages, Google Talk
• Access to all the Helio services: Connect, Buddy Beacon, WHERE, HelioUP

Should any changes occur, we’ll be here to announce them!

via UnwiredView.net