This is not technically news…I spoke to Helio CEO Sky Dayton in Feb, and he said they had stopped selling the service. Now Engadget Mobile reports that the existing customers will also be turned off on May 8.
The concept: Helio Hybrid combined a 3G card and a laptop’s built-in Wi-Fi with software that switched between a 3G network, private and free Wi-Fi signals and a network of commercial Wi-Fi hot spots. That it was a distraction at best for the still nascent Helio was obvious from the start.
The official closure announcement is here.