PLDT Telpad and The Endless Possibilities

You’ve probably see the commercial of PLDT Telpad on TV showing bits of its features and I have to say it’s a pretty cool device with all things you can do with it from web browsing, to video calls and playing games like angry birds but what else can a regular user do with such a powerful device.


Here are more ways that you can use the AD-1000A Telpad:

1. Promote World Peace!

Yes, just like the most common answers of contestants in beauty contests, a Telpad user can take part on the greatest humanitarian cause with its ability to connect to any social network to have ever existed, Facebook, Twitter, Foursquare, Multiply, etc., all this social mesh have existing applications on Android Market that a Telpad user can download, install and use via WIFI to spread the love and peace throughout humanity.

2. Learn in style.

PLDT AD-1000A Telpad is a substitute to all your reference needs. Say you’re a student that carries a bunch of more or less 1000 page books to school every day, what the Telpad can do is eliminate this tedious practice with its eBook feature.

E-books are digital publications, consisting of text, images, or both, and are readable on computers or other electronic devices. The Telpad’s E-book reader allows users to read books virtually in a book-like manner with the flipping page action or even better with its ability to highlight a portion or add a side note on the virtual page or zoom in or out the page to the user’s preference. With the Telpad’s 32GB of storage, users can save thousands of eBooks on it and will save them a bunch of weight to bring every day.

3. Teach interactively.

The device has a 7 inches TFT LCD capacitive screen that few people can picked into clearly all at the same time, all you need to do is download basic learning and educational tools and applications on Android market and ask people to set near you and teach them interactively with everything you want or better yet if you have a large audience, connect the device to a TV/Screen monitor via its HDMI port so a lot of people can see.

4. Explore creativity.

The device has a 4-point multi-touch screen, meaning, you can touch the screen with all of your four fingers all at the same time registering individual commands per finger, so how can this be related to creativity? Art, painting and anything artistry related, the device is capable of having this applications installed so you can sketch your way out to hearts content.

5. Experience movies and videos.

Love movies? Well I’m not going to tell you that the Telpad can let you watch movies because it’s given on the specs sheet that it supports .mp4, .avi, .flv and .mkv, instead I challenge you to create your own masterpiece and share it on Facebook or Youtube. Yes, ladies and gentlemen, the Telpad is capable of editing a video you’ve captured using your camcorder or mobilephone and make it into a movie that everyone could enjoy. You can find a lot of video editing apps on Android Market and it’s up to you to construct your storyline, plot, etc.

6. Conquer time.

Conquer time and not time conquer you. The Telpad can let you easily manage your time by organizing your daily schedules making it your personal virtual secretary. It will keep you posted with the reminders and To Do lists that you created for the day. Just choose the wide range of calendar and reminder application on the market that best suites you.

7. Love yourself.

Not in a deceitful way of course, but in a healthy way. The Telpad via the Android market offers you a wide range of applications to monitor your health. Weight, BMI, Blood pressure, Sugar, Exercise, these were just a few of the stuffs you can monitor using your device. A lot of apps also offer tips on how to improve your ways and means, personality, looks, etc.

And so much more…

As mentioned on my blog title, owning a PLDT Telpad has endless possibilities, you can do whatever you want or say whatever you say, you can even conquer the world with it, but which is which, always remember the moral lesson that the movie Spiderman partake, that with such power comes with great responsibility. Be responsible enough with your decisions and actions in using the device and most of all put God first above the rest.

To know more about PLDT Telpad, click the following links:

Official website: www.pldttelpad.com
PLDT landline Facebook page: www.facebook.com/pldtlandline

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PLDT Telpad, The New Plan Package

I was able to to drop by PLDT Ozamis a few days ago to inquire about their service coverage having heard that they extended such. I asked if they have now reach the next barangay where I was working but unfortunately they haven't yet, instead, I found something interesting tech-wise, the new Telpad plan offering!

Telpad is a tablet pc configured primarily as a PLDT landline that can do local calls, direct dialing access for NDD and IDD, caller ID, among the rest of the basic phone features and like the rest of the current tablet pc currently offered in the market, it can do web browsing and multimedia functions. PLDT offered this device since December, 2010 as a package to a fixed high internet speed Plan but have not captured my fancy having been offered expensively and unreasonably.

So what where the recent changes in the Plan offering?

First and foremost, the device itself, from the S7 Slim with a 1Ghz Cortex A8 processor running Android Froyo, the current device offered is now AD1000 running the latest Android Gingerbread operating system.

Then from a no cash out payment for all Telpad plan package with 36 months subscription period, the device will now be brought by the subscriber in 3 payment option; a one time fee of PhP5,500, a 12 month installment for 450 per month or a 24 month installment of 250 per month. Quite expensive this time but unlike the before that the device remains a property of PLDT even after subscription period, the subscriber now can keep the device after the subscription period.

For monthly payment calculation of old plan, under the Plan 990 and 1290, the add on is PhP859 and PhP550 per month respectively, a total of PhP1849 only with 1Mbps speed boast.

In the new plan, under the Plan 990 and 1290, the add on is PhP859 + 250 (24months) and PhP550 + 250 (24months) per month respectively, a total of PhP2099 with 1Mbps speed boast.

Well, I think this is a good Plan offer if you need a high speed internet since you only need to add a few more bucks to get the tablet, but for the light internet user, this plan is a waste of money and speed. Even in my techy lifestyle, I only consider myself among the casual since I'm not very much into uploading or downloading stuffs on the internet. Blogging doesn't need high speed internet nor smartphone connection rather so speed is not a big deal for me.

I believe PLDT needs to consider offering the Telpad on lower internet packages like in Plan 990 or 1290 without add-on amount to pay for high internet speed because like the former, this package won't take off rather being again costly and irrational. I don't care if they will price the device higher than that of the current. Its more like wanting to pay for the device that I can use rather than pay on internet speed that will just be wasted. Call that logic!

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Things to Consider before Getting a PLDT myDSL Broadband

As promised, another explosive posts is due today and it’s a straight from the bottom opinion and advised that I can share to everyone not that I had a grunge with PLDT at the moment but on the grounds of truth as a subscriber.

1. The connection is slow compared to the competition. I have used Smart Bro before, a sister company of PLDT and you can really see point blank the difference in the speed. Count the speedtest in and you get the validation you need. I think it’s high time for the company to consider increasing their bandwidth speed. There closest competitor is now offering 512kbps for their basic package though the latest offering the company for new subscriber is similar to the latter but I do hope they will include current subscribers.

2. The package is expensive because with the offered speed of 384kbps (only 200+ in reality), you pay PhP990 as compared to the plan 799 offer of Globe Wimax/Canopy with a maximum speed of 512kbps.

3. You get to pay services that you don’t need, for instance, a landline that I consider obsolete on personal level or home use since mobilephones is the mainstream of communication nowadays. Even the business establishments now prefer mobilephones over landline because it’s more portable to use.

4. The Watchpad service bundled on the package is a big joke. Who would ever want to watch a video stream on a 386kbps it offers. It’s like watching a stop motion video.

5. Lacks package personalization like Globe offers to its subscribers. They even encourage users to personalized packages to their taste so they won’t pay things that they don’t need.

6. Abysmal online supports system. Take for example, you forgot your password for Watchpad, the page doesn’t offer a password recovery system via email, instead you have to call a telephone support to do so. What if you’re not at home and a PLDT phone is nowhere to be found?

7. As mentioned in my article yesterday, the company is inhumane and inconsiderate when it comes to payment of bills. Unlike the competition where they offer at least 3 months grace period, PLDT doesn’t give any consideration on the matter. Would a multimillion company be hugely affected with the nonpayment of subscriber’s bill for a month that they would cut their internet right away for not doing so? Be reasonable sometimes!

So there you go, the important reasons you need to consider before getting PLDT myDSL. I'm leaving it up for the users to decide wither the package fits their needs or not.

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PLDT myDSL's Take On

As promised, PLDT myDSL underwent thorough assessment under my critical eye. I had measure its speed, observe its stability and its befitting overall package. My evaluation is base on a 10 day period with speed tested via speedtest, stability in comparison to Smartbro's residential base antenna and the overall package it offers.

Well... as far as I had observed, its a mix bag, it has some advantages and disadvantages and I will point it one by one as I go along.

Speed, one of the most important aspect in internet connectivity, the PLDT myDSL was not as fast as I expected it to be. Speedtest measured it below the SmartBro with general download of only 0.44Mb per second compared to 0.51Mb per second of Smart Bro while the general upload is only 0.12Mb per second compared to 0.24Mb per second of the later. Ping is 77ms over 148ms of Smart. This was really surprising because I thought myDSL would beat SmartBro hands down because its cable base with all those new technology.

But don't get me wrong here, myDSL allows you to surf web pages easily and watch youtube videos normally with loading delays just like SmartBro's. It only matters on download and upload of files. According to the PLDT representative I have talk to, I can increase the speed of my connection by subscribing to a higher package. Not a good idea on my part, I can only afford the 990 package.

Another important aspect of internet connectivity is Stability and PLDT myDSL championed this area with flying colors. Since the first day of my connection, I haven't encounter any crush or disconnection from the service compared to SmartBro which had crushed 3 times cutting the connection for more than 30 minutes during the same period and a day with no connection at all which I suspect could be due to bad weather we had this past few days. I believe SmartBro connection is very receptive to weather condition being antenna base compared to the very secured cable based myDSL.

And last but not the least, overall package. The PLDT myDSL offers more on the table compared to the antenna base SmartBro. Aside from PLDT being safer because you don't have to worry about rooftop antenna falling down during storm, it also offers more like unlimited landline that you can enjoy province wide, and Watchpad, a video treaming service featuring TV channels and movies. I didn't find the watchpad helpful though on the connection speed of Plan 990 because its slow and more often than not delay and chappy reception.

And so the final verdict? PLDT myDSL rules big time. First and foremost, I don't think there is a big difference in the surfing experience between the two, I got the same impression and work capability. Second, stability, I couldn't stand the erratic connection of SmartBro, makes you feel a loser since your paying huge amount of money yet you wont be able to connect to the internet for days sometimes. Thirdly, the landline, I may not have use of it at the moment rather than calling Tool FREE and business landline numbers but its very convenient in general sense. Last but not the least, its cheaper by 9 pesos.

In this regards, PLDT myDSL topples SmartBro hands down! So if your confuse as to which one of this internet connection to get, read to aloud, take on PLDT myDSL.

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PLDT myDSL Quick Preview

After a long and tedious year without internet connection in the house, I finally got a link to the world wild web via myDSL, Philippine Long Distance Company's primer Broadband Internet access. The company recently added a broadband service here in my area, progress that I have been watching closely since I lost my Smart Broadband connection last December of 2009 when we transferred to a house that was a dead zone. I got no other option since Globe Telecom also have no broadband service in the area.

Anyways, the set up that I got is the Plan 990 Bundle, unlimited internet, landline and watchpad under a 12 month lock up period. The DSL connection is up to 384kps as advertised, the landline as a norm is unlimited call province-wide while the watchpad is a service that allows users to watch TV online, chat with fellow watchpad users, blog and share files.

The myDSL speed so far was good enough like if compared to Globe's EDGE with my phone as a modem while against Smart Broadband, I would say its the same as far as I can remember but I'll try to compare them up with the office's SmartBro using Speedtest.com and gauge the difference.

How about the landline? I cannot appreciate it really because I got a mobilephone but lets see in the few days time how this "old" technology could work for me.

And the watchpad..?.. Well, at the moment, I have a problem in registering my account so I have no idea how it works. The system lead me to install a PC application so far, a watchpad application but I cannot log-in because I don't have an account set-up yet.

So there you go, few info's I can share o far. Lets see how everything works out in a weeks time. Stay tuned! Gotta surf, surf and surf!

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PLDT Landline Plus Prepaid

I've been scrolling along the vast richness of Philippine Telecommunication and found a service that has been in existence for sometime now but I just recently discovered, the Philippine Long Distance Telecom (PLDT) Landline Plus Prepaid which makes land line service acquisition easier and faster. Hassle free, no requirements needed, no frills, all you need to have is an unlocked phone that could either be a cellular or land line, Php100 for the SIM card, and register and subscribe to a Monthly Plan of Php300 or Php500 and wallah, its ready to go.

PLDT Landline Plus is a fixed-wireless telephone line, that serves as an alternative basic voice communication for business customers in areas with limited or no available PLDT fixed facilities.

1. Wireless - No more facility dependency, service can be delivered at the soonest possible time.
2. Capable of Inbound/Outbound calls - Enjoy the same features as a PLDT landline (and more!) at the soonest possible time.
3. Text Capable - Enjoy PLDT Landline Plus Texting to any mobile network or to another PLDT Landline Plus Line.
4. Phonebook - Easy phone number storage. No need to memorize numbers, everything is at the tip of your finger!
5. Runs over PLDT's fixed and wireless network - Reliability – better connections higher call completion and network reliability.
6. Wider coverage area - More calls to more people, to more destinations, and vice versa as long as theirs a Smart Telecom tower and signal. Sim card though can only be limited to the province where the Sim was issued.

Plans covered are non consumable with Plan 300 paured with a free local call of up to 150 minutes a month while the Php500 have 500 minutes free. Local calls in excess to the free minutes for plan 500 is Php1 per minute while Php2 per minute for plan 300. National Direct Dial (NDD), International Direct Dial (IDD) is not covered with the Monthly plan and you need to load to any Smart Load retailer with flexible amount as low as Php30 in needed to be able to make one. Local text cost 1 pesos per text while International Text cost at about Php15 and you have to load as well to avail this service.

Its more like a Smart Sim Card now and hopefully we could see the integration of this two service into one in the future.

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