Archive for the ‘Telecoms’ Category
Tuesday, August 19th, 2008
How would you like to know the general location of any cellphone or telephone number?
How would you like to know the name and address of any cellphone or telephone number?
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There's a service called TraceNumber.com which allows users to
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Sunday, August 17th, 2008
Does that make it 4G with Globe's "G" included? :D
I see a lot of hype about the iPhone 3G launch here in the Philippines. There are a lot of blogs who've posted prices and other information about the launch. So let me just describe what I've heard about the iPhone ...
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Saturday, July 12th, 2008
There was a loooooong line of people at the Apple Mac shop extending outside the store's doors, going round the corner and making its way around the block to the side of the building.
What were the people lined up for? The rollout of the iPhone 3G phones! And they're lined ...
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Wednesday, June 11th, 2008
I received my ümobile SIM today via courier delivered right at my office doorstep. The messenger tells me they've delivered a few hundred in Southern Manila and Southern Tagalog. They are expecting to deliver a thousand or more, lined up for the next many weeks. Thanks to codegiver and people ...
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Friday, May 23rd, 2008
It's here!
It was written in the books .... well, in technology magazines and on the internet, really.
A few years ago, I read a feature in Time Magazine saying that mobile phone services will eventually become free. This will happen when advertising will be so effective on mobile phones that advertisers ...
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Wednesday, January 2nd, 2008
I picked up an old new clipping about while clearing out our home during the holidays. It's about "Vocal (more than just VOIP) - a service by Pacific Internet. The print advertisement says ...
Expand your business and have the power to call anywhere in the world. Plus ... have ...
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Wednesday, August 22nd, 2007
Hi there! This is Edwin on technobiography.edongskey.com.
In this podcast I’ll be discussing the Interactive Voice Response Service also known as IVRS.
Interactive Voice Response Services; these are the recordings that we normally hear here in the Philippines. Services such as;the hotline of SMART or GLOBE the phone banking service of BPI ...
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Friday, August 17th, 2007
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 ...
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Wednesday, August 15th, 2007
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 ...
Posted in Mobile, Telecoms | 2 Comments »
Friday, July 27th, 2007
Anybody experience 3G network problems on Smart lately?
I was at a Smart wireless center yesterday. A customer service assistant approached me asking me if I needed any help with GPRS/MMS (etc.) configurations on my phone.
I said yes, I wanted to get help distinguishing whether I was connected via GPRS or ...
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Monday, June 18th, 2007
I bought a pre-paid SIM today here in Penang.
I had a choice between a "mint" SIM (un-opened, un-used), and a SIM that had a broken seal.
I asked what the difference was. In broken English with some mixed Bahasa, the retailer explained that in essence they contain the same airtime value. ...
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Wednesday, April 4th, 2007
A lady from Telus (a telco here in Canada) told me they've recently implemented country-wide number portability in Canada, effective March 15, 2007.
This means that people get to keep their cellphone numbers even if they switch telcos or switch geographic locations. Number portability is possible only when Telcos agree to ...
Posted in Telecoms | 4 Comments »
Tuesday, October 10th, 2006
At least that’s what my mom looked like when she made a Skype telebabad call to her old classmate in the US.We used an Airborne Access WiFi hotspot at Filling Station in John Hay, Baguio (P100/hour pre-paid card). We dialed the US number via Skype. It was a free Skype ...
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Tuesday, September 5th, 2006
My Google Talk has been gathering dust. I haven't been using it for quite some time.
A few nights ago, I had a short chat with good ole' friend Chris (http://chrislagman.com/blog/) via Google Talk. Chris has a DSL connection at home, I have Smart WiFi. Our VOIP call had good audio ...
Posted in TechTips, VoIP | 5 Comments »
Thursday, August 10th, 2006
Nano nano...
Here's a way for jetsetters to phone home while travelling: G-webcall.com
It's a service of Globe that let's Globe post-paid subscribers place Voice over Internet Protocol (VOIP) calls from their computer to any TM or Globe phone anywhere in the world.
For travellers using Globe post-paid, they'll need to:
Download software, install ...
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Tuesday, July 18th, 2006
I registered on Text Link Ads many months ago. But I didn't find out the details. So it was a bit late when I activated my ad code. And, a few days later, I have my first text-link-ad: Digium!
Kewl! Keep 'em coming, TLA!
ka edong
Posted in Blogging, VoIP | 5 Comments »
Wednesday, May 17th, 2006
Interesting product they have here.
PLDT and Smart came out with an all-in-one pre-paid card called "Pwede". The card can be used for PLDT pay phones, Smart cellphone load and Vibe pre-paid Internet.
Nothing super duper about that. It's been done before.
What's interesting is how the card can be reloaded. How? How ...
Posted in Edong's Dreams, Telecoms | 148 Comments »
Tuesday, March 28th, 2006
Lonely on 3G
I have a friend who has a new 3G phone. He's running on Smart and he could (theoretically) do unlimited video calls with anybody else who has a Smart 3G phone.
But, he isn't using the video call service. Why?
He doesn't have any friend using a Smart ...
Posted in Mobile, Telecoms | 2 Comments »
Wednesday, March 15th, 2006
At least that's how it sounded like.
Had a brief talk with Kates the other day via Google Talk or GTalk.
It was the first time for both of us. I called Kates and he sounded like he was talking inside a can and had a bad case of Laryngitis.
We ...
Posted in Nets, Webs, Infostructure, VoIP | 5 Comments »
Tuesday, March 14th, 2006
I tried out Yahoo Voice with my friend, Eloy. I via Smart WiFi, she via dial-up.
When I dialled her on Yahoo Voice, I could hear the ringing sound. But she wasn't picking up. She didn't know how to.
After many rings, the Voice call was diverted to a voice message. I ...
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