I’m using the Smartbro Prepaid Wireless Internet. The connection is terribly slow and may not be feasible for laptops and desktops for long-term use. It takes me an hour to publish an article 200-word long because my internet connection is very unstable. It must have something to do with the signals transmitted by cell sites [...]
November 28th, 2008 | Posted in Technology | 10 Comments
We went to the Smart Wireless Center in Laoag City this afternoon to ask about the rates of Smart’s prepaid SmartBro wireless internet for laptops and PCs. We all know how poor is the performance of the postpaid SmartBro internet connection in the past. This made me rethink a few more times getting an “antenna” [...]
November 21st, 2008 | Posted in Technology | 9 Comments
I haven’t been online for 3 days. After 10 months of blogging and publishing articles online, I am finally saying goodbye to blogging. Some of you reading this might feel sad. Some of you might find this a good news. In my alone time, I have realized that I should really be saying goodbye to [...]
September 5th, 2008 | Posted in Personal Thoughts | 27 Comments
You can call your loved ones and friends at a much cheaper cost compared to prevailing rates using Tabrio Mobile (Beta). In my case I call my aunts and grandmothers abroad at least once a week. We spend a lot of money on cell phone calls because the calls usually last between 30-60 minutes. With [...]
August 21st, 2008 | Posted in Technology | No Comments
How many cell phones do you own? This question was asked by a research assistant to me a few years ago. It was a nationwide survey conducted and financed by a cell phone manufacturer. At that time I owned 3 cell phone units. Now I only have one, and I admit it’s already old. Thanks [...]
May 27th, 2008 | Posted in Business, Technology | 12 Comments
What advertisers do you want sponsor your blog? This is exactly the question being asked by the SocialSpark.com group to bloggers who are members of their network. For me it’s quite simple to answer – gadgets and technology advertisers. I’m a techie, a computer geek. I think the answer to their query is a no-brainer for someone like me. [...]
May 9th, 2008 | Posted in Blogging | 3 Comments
With my present problems with my internet connection and some other technical problems in blogging, I think I will be needing a shower more often to cool me down. These things are really wearing me out and I no longer feel productive by being sidelined by my ISP. Increasing my internet connection is another story.
May 5th, 2008 | Posted in Society | 2 Comments
I recently shifted internet connections – from Smartbro Wireless Broadband to Digitel’s Plan 999 ADSL + landline. At first I thought it was a good move to “upgrade” my bandwidth from 384kbps (Smartbro Wireless broadband) to 512kbps (Digitel ADSL). Unfortunately, the increase in bandwidth speed that I wanted to gain from this upgrade this didn’t [...]
May 3rd, 2008 | Posted in Technology | 17 Comments
What is VoIP? For heavy internet users, this topic may sound passe. But for newbies, this info could actually be a gemstone. Did you know that you can actually use your PC to call a telephone using Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP)?
May 1st, 2008 | Posted in Technology | 9 Comments
This is an article I have stumbled upon the internet a few year ago which I used as a guide in refilling ink cartridges of my Deskjet printers. I might as well share it with you, dear readers, since most of you are presumably deskjet/inkjet printer owners. You might try out the guidelines included in [...]
January 25th, 2008 | Posted in Technology | 6 Comments