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If you all have not heard the news yet Virgin Mobile is buying Helio. Many people have not heard about Helio, maybe this will sound familiar, “Don’t call it a phone.” Helio is actually a really great product with many innovative features they give to their customers.They have a really great Myspace and Youtube application built into their Helio Oceans.

The purchase is really not going to change what most Helions are accustomed to. I actually think the purchase is a really good thing and it will combine the older teen/young adult demographic. Virgin Mobile is a great pre-paid service and Helio is a great contract service. From what I have read Helio will be kept as Virgin’s “Top Tier” product.

So keep an eye open. If you want a Helio phone do not be afraid to still buy one. I really think this will help make both companies stronger and since they both run off Sprint towers there will not be much of a change in their infrastructure. Remember Sprint has the largest mobile broadband network in the United States. So buy a Sprint Blackberry for yourself and get your kids set up on Helio!

Great news, Blackberry has just updated their already great Desktop Manager. It is mostly a cosmetic update of the previous Desktop Manager. If you have not used your Desktop Manager before, use it. Install the disc your phone came with or click here. An awesome feature of the Desktop Manager is the Backup and Restore tool. With this you can back up all of your information from your Blackberry and save it in case you need to load it onto a new device. 

A great addition to the current update is the ability to support Lotus Notes and Windows Mobile. There are several other small updates, and you could see a full list here. Desktop Manager does other things like helps load applications (for those that are not available OTA). It also has a Media Manager and you can change the options to Synchronize your data with your computer.

Bottom line is if you have a Blackberry and you have not used it try it. Blackberrys are so easy to use and the new Desktop Manager makes it a little easier. If you have any questions e-mail me alex@thephonestoreinc.com. You could also contact us here.