Archive for January, 2006
Monday, January 16th, 2006
I'm publishing a series of stories on 3G this week. Some of them in Technobiography, some of them will be on Pinoy.Tech.Blog .
I had my first experience using 3G over the weekend.
I was with my friend Aby [ not her real name! ;-) ] at Shangri-La EDSA. We ...
Posted in Mobile | 2 Comments »
Friday, January 13th, 2006
PLDT and Smart got married.
That's the marketing gimmick of PLDT and Smart's new and permanent service. PLDT
Ang pinaka-aabangan!
Unlimited PLDT to Smart
PLDT to PLDT P10 per call
Subscribe Now!
Dial 10-10-10
Only P50 monthly subscription fee
PLDT subscribers can make calls to other PLDT landlines nationwide and other Smart cellphones at only P10 ...
Posted in ICT Industry | 10 Comments »
Thursday, January 12th, 2006
In October 2005, I applied for a Globe-BPI mobile banking service called BPI Express Mobile. The service promised to let transact with BPI through my mobile phone just like I do on the Internet via www.BPIexpressonline.com. I'd be able to check my balances, transfer funds, pay bills etc.
[sarcasm tag] ...
Posted in m-Commerce | 6 Comments »
Tuesday, January 10th, 2006
I lost my indispensable phone, Brosia. ... almost
Brosia is my Smartphone, two and a half years old, my constant companion for waking me up, tending to my schedules, reminders, sending my e-mails, SMS of course and a whole lot more.
When I got off my taxi this morning, I ...
Posted in etc. | 13 Comments »
Monday, January 9th, 2006
I took some time out to submit my RSS feeds to some websites. I didn't want to go through individual websites and submit one by one.
I found a convenient software to do the submissions for me. It's called RSS Submit by ksoft. I only tried out the demo version ...
Posted in Blogging | No Comments »
Friday, January 6th, 2006
Despite all the flak that Smart WiFi is getting from disappointed customers, I'm jumping the gun and getting a Smart WiFi subscription.
Two Three things:
1.) where's the promo?
2.) why am I doing it?
3.) a theory on Smart WiFi feedback
Where's the promo?
I expected to do a cash out of only ...
Posted in Edong's Dreams, Wireless | 76 Comments »
Thursday, January 5th, 2006
I was doing a pasa-load transaction last week. The networks were so busy and my transaction didn't get through. But here's something I found interesting:
30-Dec 17:56:29:SMARTPass-Ko Load wil b available on postpaid soon.To avail d service,visit any SMARTwireless center 2 buy a prepaid SIM/apply 4 a multiline SIM
Hmmmm... what is ...
Posted in Mobile | No Comments »
Wednesday, January 4th, 2006
I got a message from Tin Abu asking about prepaid cards usage in the Philippines. Tin writes:
Hi! I'm doing a study on prepaid cards for the Phils and was wondering if you would have any data as to the usage, average amounts reloaded and frequency of reloading for local ...
Posted in etc. | 3 Comments »
Tuesday, January 3rd, 2006
On Pinoy.Tech.Blog, I post an update on 3G licenses issued to 4 Operators in the Philippines.
More fundamentally, as banks points out in the comments, ano nga ba ang 3G?
3G allows faster transmission speeds that make high-bandwidth applications such as video calls and video streaming possible. Browsing the Internet and ...
Posted in ICT Industry, Mobile | No Comments »
Tuesday, January 3rd, 2006
I'm trying to configure Gmail POP3 so that I can read and reply to my Gmail messages while offline (e.g. commuting or composing messages from home where I currently don't have an internet connection).
After following configuration instructions, I received the following error:
The connection to the server has failed. Account: 'pop.gmail.com', ...
Posted in TechTips | 13 Comments »
Monday, January 2nd, 2006
Sulit sulit ang holiday break ko. I didn't even write any Technobiography articles during the past week!
Would have liked posting a Christmas message. But didn't make any attempts. I didn't think I'd like what I would have written.
Have a few upcoming articles, still to be written. I'm getting a ...
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