Category Archives: Mobile

Staying Online While Traveling to Malaysia

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As a traveler and Internet-depended guy, I really like to travel to Singapore. Wifi hotspots are almost everywhere, and the best of it – it’s FREE. Wherever you are: malls, hospitals, tourist spots, most of them covered by wifi using name Wireless@SG. By registering myself from GSM phone (from my home country) I can get a free wifi pass for whole day use.

How to get Free wifi account to access Wireless@SG hotspots? You need to switch your preferred network to SingTel (codename: STM). Then dial *168# using mobile phone. In short time you’ll receive sms contains username and password to connect. The account can be used until midnight of the day, and you need to ask for new account again on next day.

But in Malaysia, thing gets different. Free wifi is rare from government, except offered by hotels or cafes. As I stay in Melaka (Malacca), there’s no such thing called free Internet. So how to connect to Internet in Melaka, or any Malaysia cities? You need a 3G capable mobile phone.
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Apple iPhone 3G S in Indonesia on August 09

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According to CNET website, iPhone 3G S will be available in US and other 7 countries on 19 June 2009.

While in Indonesia, the launch date should be 9 August 2009. A good news? for customer is for sure. But for Telkomsel, I think they have plenty of old iPhone 3G in their warehouse and distributors. How to sell this obsolete items? Sell them in cheap!

iPhone 3G S comes with new features:

  • video recording,
  • on-screen video editing,
  • spotlight search, cut and paste feature,
  • 2x better performance
  • 3 MPix camera with autofocus
  • free upgrade to iPhone OS 3.0 (will be launch later)
  • Compass
  • better screen protector

So, don’t buy any iPhone offered by Telkomsel until the newer come on August 09, or you’ll regret.

Newcomers in Indonesia: Nokia E75 and E55

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Nokia brand is really hot in Indonesia, especially its E series mobile phone targeted for business consumers. The E series are known as replacement of old 9000 communicators, and we have E71 and E63 currently in Indonesia market.

And now get ready for the launch of Nokia E75, set as next generation of E71. Designed with side-sliding to reveal its QWERTY keyboard, typing sms and email will be very quick and fun.

Nokia E75 Review

Nokia E75
As told in its model number, this mobile phone is equipped with latest Nokia Messaging, with HTML-formated email support. One can also categorize email by date, sender, and file size. Yup, for email lover (push-email or pull pop3 email), this gadget is cool huh?.
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Jakarta Street Map now available in Google Map

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It seems that Google is working really hard to make its Google Map accessible to everyone, even for Indonesian. As I check today, Google Map now showing Jakarta street map in detail, including offering driving direction if possible.

Jakarta streets (as we know) is messy and very narrow in some places, in Google Map it displays road that car-passable by 2 lane (not ‘Jalan Tikus’).

Jakarta street map

Inline with the coming of iPhone 3G to Indonesia brought by Telkomsel, using Google Map inside iPhone (GPS) or iPod Touch (wifi based) will be very handy and useful if you live in Jakarta and surroundings.

Posting Blog from iPhone or IPod

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Do you know that we can post blog directly from iPod or iPhone?

There is an official free app from WordPress Community that make you can post your blog anywhere as long as you have internet connection. We don’t need safari browser anymore for this.

Like this post, i write this post using WordPress app installed in iPod. It takes a little effort to type hundreds of words in ipod keyboard but ideas always come anytime right? When away from computer. We can save the post as draft and publish it wheb we get internet connection.

This free app can work for both free wordpress.com and self-hosted wordpress blog.

Just search “wordpress” in iTunes store to download thos free app.