Archives for the 'Mobile' Category
FREE Txt Blast from Smart
Published on 18 Feb 2008 at 5:24 pm.
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Filed under Mobile, TechTips.
Did you ever have to text hundreds of your contacts when you changed cellphone numbers? Smart has a service that does this for you.
I received a text message from Smart one fateful day (name and numbers masked for privacy):
From: Smart
Message: SMART ADVISORY: This is to inform you that Felicity V. Cruz has changed cellphone number […]
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My Phone - Dual Active SIM phone
Published on 7 Jan 2008 at 9:34 pm.
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Filed under Mobile.
Way kewl! My Friend is raving about the “My Phone T11″ Dual Active SIM and it sounds like one great idea!
Best feature: Two SIMs, even from 2 different telcos, working together at the same time in one phone.
Q: Do you need to switch from one sim to another like the old dual-SIM gadgets?
A: No. The […]
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Cellphone Calls from mid-air or mid-sea
Published on 17 Dec 2007 at 10:07 pm.
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Filed under Mobile, ICT Industry.
Smart has a coastline and inflight roaming service, so says their print advertisement.
Roaming services have been around for many years now allowing Pinoy subscribers to make calls using their Philippines-based cellphone using telcos of other countries.
What’s unique about the latest services are how subscribers will be able to make phone calls from an airplane or […]
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SMS Competition for NGOs
Published on 25 Sep 2007 at 12:34 am.
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Filed under ICT4D, Mobile.
Got this from colleague Erwin Alampay ….
SMS Competition for NGOs
kiwanja.net have just launched their latest mobile initiative - nGOmobile ?
a competition which encourages grassroots NGOs in developing countries to
submit ideas on ways they could use text messaging in their work. The best
four entries will win laptop computers, Nokia phones, GSM modems and $1,000
in cash, courtesy […]
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Brosia goes to America
Published on 17 Aug 2007 at 9:55 pm.
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Filed under Mobile, Telecoms.
Those who have been following my blog may have encountered Brosia many times in past articles. Brosia is mysmart phone, that’s the name of my Smartphone. She’s an HTC Tanager and I took Brosia to the US earlier this year.
I’ve been using Brosia for more than three years (around August 2004) and I’ve took her […]
Smart’s MyTV
Published on 15 Aug 2007 at 9:36 pm.
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Filed under Mobile, Telecoms.
MyTV by SMART is a service, it’s supposed to be the country’s first mobile TV right in your hand. So it’s TV anytime anywhere. It’s not download, it’s a broadcast of TV shows.
TV shows from channels like:
Cartoon Network
Entertainment Central
Jack TV
PInoy Box Office
MTV
CNN
PBA
Solar Sports
National Geographic Channel
History Channel.
This is a service of SMART available for subscribers for […]
Murmur Toronto - folk stories via mobile phone
Published on 6 Aug 2007 at 10:56 pm.
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There is this mobile service, very interesting in Toronto. They call it Murmur.
While you’re walking around in Toronto in Canada, there’ll be signs around the street. It’s like the “tubero” signs we have in Metro Manila, tubero or lipat-bahay signs. Around Toronto there’d be a metal plate about the size of a plate, a dinner […]
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Missed Call Alert works for me
Published on 23 Jul 2007 at 1:58 pm.
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Filed under Mobile, TechTips.
Missed Call Alert of Smart. I find this free Value Added Service very convenient. It sends me an SMS message when somebody tries to call my number but doesn’t connect. I get the alert message when I don’t pick-up the call, when I was “out of coverage area”, when “the subscriber cannot be reached”.
It’s also […]
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Smart’s C Me 3G services
Published on 21 May 2007 at 6:16 am.
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3G has been in the Philippines for more than a year now (my first articles on 3G in the Philippines date back to January 2006).
All this time, I still am waiting for a compelling 3G service. A service that goes beyond just entertainment and novelty. A service that truly addresses real-world needs of Filipinos.
Today, Smart […]
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Infant SPAM, Virgin SPAM
Published on 3 Apr 2007 at 9:55 pm.
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Filed under Mobile, Nets, Webs, Infostructure.
Story 1:
My cousin created an email address for his newborn daughter so that they can share some photos of the baby.
A few days after setting up the baby’s email address, the baby was receiving SPAM!
How quick these SPAMmers get to our email addresses. Amazing, ‘ei?
Story 2:
I used my handset’s voicemail service for the first time […]
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Smart GPRS charges changed
Published on 27 Sep 2006 at 6:44 am.
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Filed under Mobile.
I got my phone bill the other day. Was surprised my GPRS bill run up to P120 whereas it used to stay below P30.
Turns out Smart has changed the way they charge for GPRS. It used to be something like P0.25 per Kb. Now it’s P10 per 30minutes, flat rate.
Now it’s no longer ideal for […]
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Gmail Mobile gets the job done
Published on 21 Sep 2006 at 6:20 am.
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Nothing to do while in the MRT or waiting for your date? Why not check your Gmail? … on your mobile phone!
I’ve done this a couple of times since I heard about Gmail Mobile (http://m.gmail.com on your handheld mini-browser). I access it through Brosia, my smartphone, via GPRS.
Gmail Mobile is convenient for me. […]
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Smart Voice Txt
Published on 7 Jul 2006 at 6:03 am.
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Filed under Mobile.
Smart Voice Txt is a service of Smart that allows a sender to record a 30-second audio message. The message is sent and the recipient gets a text message with instructions on how to listen to the recorded audio message.
How to text without a cellphone? Use a payphone!
Published on 6 Jul 2006 at 6:38 am.
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Filed under Mobile.
I had an urgent text message to send. But my cellphone battery died.
How do I text without a cellphone?…
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iLoad - Load Vendo Machine
Published on 29 Jun 2006 at 6:18 am.
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Filed under Mobile, Edong's Dreams.
There’s a vendo machine at the Shaw Blvd MRT station that allows users to load any pre-paid cellphone.
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Charge haven
Published on 1 Jun 2006 at 6:13 am.
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Continuation of my trip to Coron …
I boarded the ship and found my way to my bunk. There was a swarm of people in the vicinity. I wondered if someone was serving free drinks, what with the crowd that was gathered.
I approached and found the reason for so many warm bodies grouped in a huddle: to give their phones some juice! I was in the midst of a cellphone charging haven. …
Three 3G short stories
Published on 28 Mar 2006 at 6:25 am.
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Filed under Mobile, Telecoms.
Lonely on 3G, 3G surfing, 3G in Singapore
Students churn out mobile ideas
Published on 17 Mar 2006 at 6:39 am.
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Last February, Smart announced the winners of a search for the best wireless services application developed by student-faculty teams under the Smart Wireless Engineering Education Program (SWEEP).
Basically, Smart asked student teams to put their creativity to work and come up with innovative mobile services.
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Fight Txt with Txt: Preventing protest havoc @ MRT
Published on 10 Mar 2006 at 8:11 am.
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Filed under e-Governance, Mobile.
Got this message via SMS from a number that I don’t recognize:
Hi All! for d wkly black friday silent protest, come join 2day’s 6pm MRT ride. W frnds, wear black, get on MRT at 6pm nd head to ORTIGAS STATN. We’ll convrge der, stay a few mins, let 7 trains pass den peacefuly board nd dsperse bfore 7pm. Tweak ur fri! C u der, bring ur smiles
& pls pass 2 mrt-riding frnds
This is happening today.
I feel the organizers of this silent protest meant well.
But I think they do not realize what kind of havoc this can create!
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My 3G friend and his toys
Published on 6 Mar 2006 at 6:04 am.
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Filed under Mobile, Telecoms.
I’ve been looking for a friend who has a 3G phone. I have an old friend who does have a 3G phone, afterall. Here are some of the things he can do with his 3G phone…
