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The follow up to the Helio Ocean, appropriately dubbed the Ocean 2, has already graced the FCC, and has even been leaked in a live action video. Of course, the video was quickly pulled down, but it remained as an (above) image. However, after Virgin Mobile USA purchased Helio, that release seemed to be up in the air.

Well, the good news is that the Ocean 2 will still be released. According to some details coming from Virgin, it is a “work in progress” and will be hitting the market sometime in 2009. Sadly, other than the leaked image that shows off a dual slider handset, the details are still light. So far we can see the backlit Helio logo on the top of the handset which is new, but otherwise the specs are limited to just a few rumored details that include a touch sensitive navigation pad and 3-megapixel camera with video recording capability.

The release of the Ocean 2 is definitely good news for any remaining Helio subscribers. This transition seems to have been a good thing overall as there have been few changes other than the introduction of more minutes on select plans and the addition of Virgin Mobile apps into the Helio download store. So with a little good news, bad news the Ocean 2 is still coming, but sadly we cannot give you any more than 2009 as of now. Of course, as always when we find out more you will be the first to know.

Via [SlashGear]