Tag: mobile

  • First looks at Jaiku Mobile Beta

    Installed Jaiku Mobile Beta, played with the menu in the order that made sense to me, and basically felt I would rather do my calculus. For the life of me, I couldn’t figure out how to post Jaiku messages, or read my contact’s posts for that matter. There is something called “Presence,” the mystery of…

  • Smart Decode – Not quite ready, but seems alright

    Smart Communications launched Smart Decode yesterday. Although it’s probably going to be used for a bunch useless promotions (Ringbacks? Seriously?), I just realized that this is actually The Solution to all the senseless typing of VAS (“value added services”) commands. Let me give you an idea: “Type DUMMYKEYWORD space REGISTER space your FIRST NAME space…

  • Globe’s IMEVRYWHR: Somewhere or nowhere?

    Globe Telecoms‘s IMEVRYWHR had a lot of hype — KC Concepcion smiled at us thru the ads, and newspapers & its online counterparts where blasted with the most glowing press releases about its launch & Globe’s partnership with Fastmobile. And they got the spelling right: it’s not IM Everywhere, it’s IMEVRYWHR! Forget the fact that…

  • Globe Advisory: Incorrect GPRS settings?

    Got this SMS from Globe Telecom on Christmas Eve: Globe Advisory: We will be sending the correct settings for ur unit w/in the next 24 hrs for u to experience GPRS/MMS services on ur phone. Pls save the settings even if u have previous settings to ensure that u have the complete GPRS/MMS settings. I…