Smart Launched Country's First Prepaid LTE for Mobile Phones!

Smart launched the Philippines' 1st & only prepaid LTE service for LTE-capable handsets, making the fourth-generation (4G) service accessible to more people.

The Smart Prepaid LTE SIM is available in two variants - the dual-cut micro SIM priced at P40.00 which includes 35 FREE SMS to any network; and the nano SIM priced at P100.00 which includes P50.00 load. Both can be loaded with Smart's LTE packages which offer unlimited LTE browsing for 1 day, 7 days or 30 days.

Smart Prepaid LTE SIMs are now available at select Smart Stores and various telco tiangges in key cities nationwide. Existing Smart subscribers can also upgrade to LTE by purchasing the LTE SIM at Smart Stores, retaining their mobile number.

With LTE 995, you can enjoy 30 days of unlimited browsing on LTE/3G network for only P995. To register, just type LTE 995 and send to 2200.

For more information, please visit http://www.smart.com.ph/prepaid/sim

Starup Weekend Manila 2013

Startup Weekend Manila this August 23 to 25 and registration is now open! We also have 50% off promo code until August 11. Sign-up now. Limited slots only! This is a good complement to the learning from posts and bootcamps from IdeaSpace. We will also fly in a facilitator from New York!

Startup Weekend Manila is a global grassroots movement of active and empowered entrepreneurs who are learning the basics of founding startups and launching successful ventures. It is the largest community of passionate entrepreneurs with over 400 past events in 100 countries around the world in 2011.

The non-profit organization is headquartered in Seattle, Washington but Startup Weekend organizers and facilitators can be found in over 200 cities around the world. From Mongolia to South Africa to London to Brazil, people around the globe are coming together for weekend long workshops to pitch ideas, form teams, and start companies.

ULoad : The Vending Machine That Sells Prepaid Credits

 

ULoad is a self-service machine that will serve as selling point for electronic credits. It is a vending machine that sells electronic prepaid credit. It is fast, easy-to-use and an efficient prepaid credit selling machine. It is user and Filipino-friendly as it not only has a very intuitive interface, it boasts of Tagalog-speaking instructions also.

Barring extra-ordinary circumstances, each transaction should be completed within seconds. In addition to this, It has a backend system that can monitor all transactions daily and a customer care team that will attend to customer concerns. It currently provides electronic load for mobile and broadband users for the major cellular telecommunication companies such as: Globe, Smart and Sun.

Contact Uload at 8959935, 8903907 or 8903794 or email them at mindmap.sales@gmail.com so they can survey your location and check if it is a good location to deploy Uload.

Facebook Announces Free or Discounted Messaging Services, Smart Sole PH Telco in Program

Today at Mobile World Congress 2013, Facebook is announcing partnerships with a select group of mobile operators around the world that will offer free or discounted access to Facebook messaging for their subscribers.

In the Philippines, SMART is the exclusive operator partner for this program.

Facebook is currently the most popular social network in the Philippines.

"We're excited with this partnership as it's in line with our goal of making access to messaging and other mobile Internet services accessible to more Filipinos. We're sure that this is something that our subscribers are looking forward to." said Orlando B. Vea, Chief Wireless Advisor of SMART Communications.

HTC Unveils Microsoft's New flagship Windows Phone

The HTC launch at the Jump Experience Center at SM Megamall in Mandaluyong City recently unveiled Microsoft's new flagship Windows Phone, the Windows Phone 8X by HTC, to the local market, available exclusively through carrier Smart Communications.

Powered by a Qualcomm S4 1.5GHz dual core processor and 1 gigabyte of RAM, the 8X sports a 4.3-inch, 341 pixels-per-inch (ppi) screen covered with scratchproof Gorilla Glass 2 inside a three-dimensional, pure unibody design, with a color scheme based on Windows Phone Live Tiles.

Ideaspace Celebrates a Thanksgiving Get-Together

Met the #FacesofChange a few days ago along with friends from our expanding startup and tech community.

A lot of techies all in one room! - at Fuller Hall of the Asian Institute of Management in Makati.

 This year, a lot of people (both techies and laymen) contributed to making things better for the startup community. Ideaspace organized a year-end thanksgiving get-together with their expanded universe as they celebrate the partnerships they have forged in coming together to bring this advocacy to more people.

Smart Now Offers iPhone 5 in the Philippines

Attended the Smart Christmas Midnight Rush Countdown thingmagig at the Resorts World Manila last December 13 and had a blast anticipating the launch of the new iPhone 5.

Wireless leader Smart Comunications, inc. has officially began offering iPhone 5 in the Philippines. Customers can now order iPhone 5 from Smart's official iPhone site http://www.smart.com.ph/iPhone.

With an iPhone Plan Php 2499, iPhone 5 will be available at no cost (free) for the 16 GB and 32 GB model, and Php 6k for the 64 GB model in all Smart Stores nationwide. In addition, iPhone 4s and iPhone 4 will also be available at no cost with an iPhone Plan 2499 beginning today. Smart will allow iPhone 5 customers to connect to its fast HSPA+ network.

Winners of the Bigas (Big Ass) Hackathon

Congratulations to the PhilRobotics A Team with their App named Envilog for winning the Most Innovative App award. The team is composed of Franklin Binos II, Richard Myrick Arelaga, Johnaray Dimaunahan, and Wayne Dell Manuel.

Envilog is a stand-alone temperature and humidity sensor with real-time GSM-based data sending and offline data collection and web-based visualization.

SMART DevNet and DevCon present Eden Hackathon Benilde

Calling all developers! You can now register for the Eden Hackathon Benilde here !

Eden Hackathon Benilde takes place on November 16 at the De La Salle-Collage of St. Benilde. This is a one-day hackathon presented by SMART DevNet (SMART Developer Network), SMART Communications Inc.’s developer community for its technology platform, DevCon (Developer Connect) and De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde in cooperation with its Information Systems Department, Project Management (PRJ-MGT) Section TO0B and the Association of Information Management (AIM).

Eden Hackathon Benilde focuses on the Eden PHP library created by OpenOvate ( http://eden.openovate.com ) which allows developers to do rapid prototyping in PHP for Internet Platforms and APIs for popular services like Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, Google Drive, Google+, PayPal and Amazon. We’re inviting PHP developers to experience the power of the Eden PHP Library and show off the what they can do!

Eden Hacakthon Benilde is open to all developers: students, teachers and professionals. This is a FREE event, no charge for admission, but registration is required. For further details, check out the hackathon’s EventBrite page.

Eden PHP Library http://eden.openovate.com/

BIGAS Hackathon 2012

HACKATHONS are everywhere!!! Here’s another one from SMART DevNet.

BIGAS Hackathon is a two-day developer event and hackathon hosted by the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) and Smart Communications, Inc.(Smart) and powered by SMART Developer Network (SMART DevNet), the developer community for Smart’s technology platform.

 

We’re inviting existing and aspiring developers to create a web and/or mobile app that can be used to further enhance the impact of IRRI technologies especially in their delivery to farmers.We’re looking for web and mobile apps which could help solve some of IRRI’s toughest problems. The challenges could be in such areas as:

· Improving the collection and study of research data
· Providing information and/or technologies to farmers or extension workers
· Indexing library and other institute data
· Improving institute processes and procedures
· Storing survey data better, or speeding up survey data processing
· Designing a digital moisture meter etc.

 So if you’re interested, REGISTER NOW!

http://bigashackathon.eventbrite.com/

Let's Go LTE Crazy!

The discussion below talks about the complexities/confusion surrounding LTE and its variation  or earlier and later versions, and because of the slight deception, whether intentional or marketing strategy, adds up to the puzzlement.

I think Axelei was able to explain it real good...though I'm still at a lost and suffering nosebleed. Read on.

Smart LTE Has Added 1800 MHz Band

Smart has announced that they have added the 1800MHz band to its LTE stable. Smart’s initial LTE offering ran on the 2100MHz band. With the new band, Smart’s LTE service should theoretically be able to run on a wider range of devices from different countries that uses the same band.

4G LTE: The Battle of the Two Telecom Giants

What exactly is LTE? LTE stands for Long Term Evolution and is the fastest mobile Internet service commercially available as of now. LTE is the next step in wireless technology, and it’s expected to be the mobile broadband platform for new services and innovation for the foreseeable future. 4G LTE allows you to stream, download, upload, browse and game faster than ever before.