Has anyone signed up for the mobile broadband services in Malaysia? Well, i’m personally using 2 services right now. Here are the reviews of the services, and my experience so far.

1. Digi GPRS services

- for RM99 a month, you can have unlimited broadband surfing for your laptop. For this one, we needed to buy the Sony Ericsson GPRS card for about RM900 (special price if you open up a new Postpaid mobile phone line)

- supplementary Data card (meaning that sim card cannot be used for making phone calls) with same unlimited broadband is at RM33 per month

- the experience has been the best so far, as whether i am using this in hotels all across Malaysia, or in my office in Damansara Perdana, the internet connection is stable.

- i was at Low Yat Plaza yesterday, and they had a promotion where for new subscribers to this service can even get a HP laptop with free 1 year worth of unlimited GPRS broadband services for the price of about RM3,400! I signed up again for this service and you can get an option for a free HP mobile phone with inbuilt 1.3 megapixel camera or the GPRS usb modem to slot your SIM card in. I choose the option with the additional free GPRS modem as i’ve got way too many phones already! This offer is for a new line only so i’ll have to terminate my existing data services on one of my Digi phone line. The laptop will be added in as one of the brand new laptops for our computer lab training classes.

2. Celcom 3G broadband data

- This is at RM99 per month for unlimited usage too, but you will not be able to have a supplementary special offer like what Digi offers. They had an offer when i signed up about 2 weeks ago for buy a Huawei 3G modem card at RM999 and get 1 year of broadband usage for Free so i bought this package. If you are already using Streamyx services at home, then you can get a special RM88 price per month for this additional mobile broadband service.

- Supposedly 3G (or some even calls it 3.5G, will be faster than GPRS) but my experience proved otherwise. In my PJ office, the connection is ok. However when i use this service in my new apartment in Dsara Perdana, in many instances, the connection will automatically terminate every 5 or 10 minutes so that was horrible! The only good thing about this service was that the Huawei modem can be installed on our Fujitsu laptop (of which the Digi’s Sony Ericsson modem cannot be installed!).  

If you decide to surf without the GPRS or 3G modem, then you can use the BlueTooth on your mobile phone to connect to the Bluetooth function on your laptop (so your mobile phone will act as the modem) but this method does not guarantee a stable internet connection, plus the speed is slower than the direct plug in modem.

I’ve not tried the Maxis mobile broadband services yet but realised my current maxis mobile phone services seem to be giving me lots of “disconnected” calls these recent weeks so i was wondering whether it’s mobile broadband internet services would be having any such problems too…

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Posted by Harrace (Hong Kong)

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Posted by Harrace (Hong Kong)

I just read from a a China financial website that Apple has announced on 31 January that they have recalled the iPhones from the manufacturers because the ”phone” functions were missing. (more…)

By Harrace (Hong Kong)

As soon as Steve Jobs announced Apple’s plan to launch the iPhone, a couple of things happened:

1. Apple’s share price increased more than 8% within 1 day.

2. The other major cellphone makers, including Sony Erission, LG, Nokia and Blackberry suffered a 1% to 2% loss in share price within 1 day.

How can you make money from this iPhone frenzy?

Official iPhone picture from http://www.apple.com/iphone

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I just bought myself this new Sony Ericsson cellphone model last week. It costs about HK$3,300. This is the first time i’m using a Sony Ericsson model phone.

There were a choice of 3 colours, black, bronze and silver but they ran out on my initial choice of bronze so i settled for silver.

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Post by Amy

I finally become the proud owner of the cute Ipod Nano 4GB Fuchsia!! Well, I’ve been planning to get one since it was launched ages ago while in UK. But I heard it’s come in variety of colors. I told myself to wait for a while. I almost bought this mini gadget last year in Argos but it was sold out in White color which comes together with some great add-on speakers. I told my hubby my plan of getting an Ipod Nano, at first he wasn’t keen of this idea because he thought I am not sensible with my credit card spending plus thingies I bought in the past, will be abandon aside after less than a few months of usage. Which is true, but I assume this little precious will come in handy because I can carry it with me anywhere I go like the gym and especially on the MTR train. I get really bored starring blankly on the carriage. Plus, I have all my favorite updated songs to get me on the move!

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What are the basic computer hardware requirements for running an internet business?

For me, i have several laptops in place, that each day i’ll just opt for 1 laptop to bring along. Sony Vaio is my favourite one as it’s light and have long battery life. Dell is also compact and is normally placed back in my HK office, while the new Fujitsu is placed back in my HK apartment.

Back home in Malaysia office, i still have 1 more Apple iBook that i can use.

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I purchased my Sony Vaio Laptop - T37 in Singapore in 2005 at about S$3,700. It’s lightweight and very suitable for people who are constantly on the move. However, of course with the small size, the specifications too are not that extensive. One thing for sure, it looks cool on most photo shoots, like this recent The Star article at http://www.eonenet.com/press/120906_sell_online.htm 

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I’ve bought this new Motorola phone in Hong Kong about 3 months ago, and now, Malaysia has just started selling this. How much do i like this phone? It’s pretty good, as it’s a combination of PDA, mp3, camera and Phone.

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