MySpace on Cingular... sucks for Helio

Cingular and Myspace will form alliance to allow customers to access MySpace via mobile phones. This news could be bad for Helio. You see, Helio is a MVNO cell phone company who's specialty is having partnered with MySpace to offer mobile access. In fact, historically speaking, the sole existence of MVNOs is mainly relying on some kind of special feature/function/content in addition cell phone service. Some popular MVNO's are Virgin Mobile, Boost and ESPN. However, when a MVNO's specialty is no longer exclusive (in the case of Cingular and MySpace partnership), this could pose serious threat to a MVNO's existance.

GPS is the Next Hotness in Cell Phones

Pairing GPS with cell phones is nothing new. I first noticed Sprint then Verizon bringing out GPS enabled phones to the masses about a year ago. Lately, however, I have noticed a bigger movement for phone makers to include a GPS chip/receiver to new handsets. First, I noticed BlackBerry released a 8703e through Sprint which enables turn-by-turn GPS. After some research, I found a video footage of the hot BlackBerry Pearl running GPS. Then, I found the new Helio Drift. Not only is this phone GPS enabled, it incorporates Google Map which brings a boat load of additional features such as real-time traffic status, satelite view and local listings.

I can't help but wondering how will these phones fare with battery issues, will it drain the device much faster as all wireless chips tend to do? How about the small screens? Is it hard to see the roads while driving? What about user input? Especially on phones without touchscreen, is it hard to manuver while driving?