Virgin has offered only prepaid and hybrid plans in the past and with this purchase of Helio will begin their entrance into the postpaid market. Virgin is claiming that buying Helio is saving them 12 months worth of effort that they would have had to expend in order to offer postpaid contracts to customers. Also, merging with Helio will allow Virgin to pay lower rates to host network Sprint.

Before the deal closes Helio is making significant cost reduction leading to a lot of lost jobs. But, its looking like Virgin is intent on keeping Helio’s services going and will use the merger as a step into the high-end handset market. For more information check out Phone Magazine.

With the Mixing software that includes an easy to mix multiple tracks together, or if you’re more interested in real time mixing this station allows you to mix two tracks with one controller on the fly. There is no need to worry about it not being compatible there are many files that you can mix and scratch including MP3,CD,WAV,WMA, and AIFF. With their “No mouse needed” you are able to use one stick to browse in playlists and one button to load tracks into a deck.

This easy to use and lightweight mixer makes you sound like a pro without all of the messy wires and bulky equipment. This until is lighter and smaller than a laptop and is powered by USB allowing you to mix in the comfort of your own home or at a local event. The Hercules DJ Control MP3 is priced at a low $129.99 and can be found at www.hercules.com, J&R Computer World, Costco and more.