Posts filed under “Mobile Life”
Scrap foreign junkets in lieu of text tax — TXTPower
Consumer group TXTPower today challenged President Arroyo to declare a moratorium on her foreign travels to save precious public funds and negate the need for the imposition of a new tax on text. TXTPower has long opposed any new tax on telecommunications. “Mrs. Arroyo spent P692-million in public funds her 2005 and 2006 junkets alone. [...]
Smart TextMail sucks
Posted by mobile phone:TextMail, Smart’s SMS-based e-mail service, sucks. It automatically adds an ugly signature to your outgoing e-mails. Such a signature is justified only if the e-mail service is free, like in the case of Gmail and Yahoo. TextMail is a paid service–subscribers pay P2.50 for each message sent. Ads in the form of [...]
Wireless syncing
While writing this post, I’m doing my first wireless sync ever. All the Palm devices I used before had no Bluetooth connectivity, and I also didn’t have an IR adapter, so cable hotsync was the only way for me then. When I got my Treo, I wanted to try syncing thru Bluetooth. I was planning [...]