Last November, SMART launched the first and only unlimited BlackBerry plans in the country. Finally, almost a month after SMART’s launch of the unlimited BlackBerry Prepaid Service (Prepaid BIS) Globe launched a similar service – the Globe BlackBerry Prepaid.
Globe has been offering BlackBerry 8520 prepaid phone kits since the 3rd quarter of 2009 but they didn’t offer prepaid BlackBerry service then. So, the hundreds of BlackBerry prepaid phone kits sold were pretty useless, in my opinion, due to the absence of BlackBerry Internet Service, which was only available to postpaid subscribers then. Click to continue reading »
I jumped into the BlackBerry bandwagon last October after months of contemplating, saving, wishing and hoping. Why I made the switch from the iPhone to the BlackBerry? I simply got tired of the iPhone’s touchscreen. So, there you go! I made the switch from being an iPhone user to being a BlackBerry user. I’m with Globe right now and I never regretted a thing except for the ridiculous monthly service fee that I need to pay and the poor 3G signal in my area.
I squealed like a pig (literally) when I found out this morning that SMART is now offering the first and only Unlimited BlackBerry Plans in the country. SMART is really smart unlike the competitor, who offered BlackBerry 8520 prepaid phone kits a couple of months ago without even thinking that there’s also a need for them to offer prepaid BlackBerry data plans so their customers could use the phone’s features (push e-mail, internet browsing, instant messaging, etc). In fact, a couple of people already suggested on the Globe Feedback Forum the idea of offering prepaid BlackBerry service. I even bombarded my Twitter followers and even FaceBook friends asking them to vote for the said “idea” so that Globe will take notice and act. Up to now, I haven’t heard from Globe. I don’t know if they’re even considering the idea.
So, now I present to you Smart’s Unlimited BlackBerry Prepaid Plans! This service is somewhat similar to what Malaysia’s Xpax is offering.
From the Smart Buddy website:
Service is available to all Smart prepaid subscribers who will avail or are current BlackBerry handsets users. Available to postpaid subscribers by January 2010.
Available packages:
Daily P50 24 hours
Weekly P300 7 days
Features:
Push Mail Unlimited
Messaging (Blackberry, Yahoo, Google, MSN) Unlimited
HOW DO I AVAIL?
1. VIA SMS
DAILY PACKAGE
a. Just text in BB DAY to 2207
b. You will receive message of successful purchase, terms and conditions and the service bookmark
WEEKLY PACKAGE
a. Just text in BB WEEK to 2207
b. Receive message of successful purchase, terms and conditions and the service bookmark
2. INQUIRE FROM ANY SMART WIRELESS CENTER
Notes:
Regular browsing charge will apply when subscriber access the web browser using WAP Smart APN (or Smart Internet, as popularly known).
Content charge applies.
When subscriber opts out of the service, services above will no longer be accessible.
Minimum airtime balance of P1 required to avail of the service:
Daily Package – P51
Weekly Package – P301
Good thing that my Smart Buddy sim is still active!
I really don’t know what to say when I heard the news that my podcast, Brink Notes Entertainment Daily Podcast, has bagged the Best Podcast Award at the 2009 Philippine Blog Awards held at the PETA Theatre in Quezon City. Obviously, I wasn’t at the awarding ceremonies. I was in school performing for “Dancing in September,” a culminating activity for all dance classes offered at the UP Diliman College of Human Kinetics, which also served as our PE final examination. Besides, traffic was worse going to UP Diliman to MRT-North Avenue Station. And yes, the MRT sucks big time that night.
I forget how I felt that night but what I am sure of is that my mom cried (literally) when I told her that I won. I wasn’t really expecting to win because of the three finalists on the Best Podcast category, Brink Notes Entertainment Daily Podcast was the only podcast hosted by one person (me!), which I think, made my podcast boring or bland. Haha. What I know is that I really exerted a lot of effort on that show being a daily podcast and that I really like what I am doing. Last summer, I would wake up early in the morning, write my show, ask my mom to leave the room (so I can record 
), record, edit and upload the show on the same day. My efforts have paid off.
Like I said on my last entry, I’m forever grateful to everyone who has been with me through my journey in the podcasting world. Thank you, really!
2009 Philippine Blog Awards – Photo by Arbet (Thanks!)
Here is the list of winners of the 2009 Philippine Blog Awards:
SPECIAL AWARDS
Best Blog Design – The Site Guy
Best Filipino Blog Abroad – The Warped Zone
Best Foreign Blog – My Sari Sari Store
Blogger’s Choice – Micamyx
Best Filipiniana Blog – Pilipino Komiks
TEN BEST POSTS OF THE YEAR
Karnabal by Tuyong Tinta ng Bolpen
Finding Your Soul Mate: A Statistical Analysis by Guttervomit
Lost Gems Of Philippine History: The 1896 Board Meeting by It’s true! It’s true!
The Diving Boys of Quezon Bridge by Dennis Villegas
Twenty Pesos by Lostphotograph
The way of the leaf by SMOKE
Portrait of a dramatic highlight in Nick Joaquin’s A Portrait of the Artist as Filipino by Gibbs Cadiz
Kaya Dumarami ang Bading Kasi… by Manila Gay Guy
The Parable of the Furry White Rabbit by Good Times Manila
The Amazing Bulul: A Story of Epiphany by The Cat Whisperer
BEST BLOGS
Best Technology Blog – Jaypee Online
Best Travel Blog – Langyaw – Sojourns and Off-the-Beaten Path Travels
Best Entertainment Blog – Lessons From the School of Inattention
Best Personal Blog – Writing on Air
Best Food & Beverage Blog – Table for Three, Please
Best Family & Living Blog – Make or Break
Best News & Media Blog – Virtual Journals
Best Business Blog – Negosyo Ideas
Best Sports Blog – Fire Quinito
Best Hobby & Recreation Blog – Bearbrick Love
Best Fashion Blog – Who is Elyoo?
Best Photoblog – I Am a Documentary Photographer
Best Culture and Arts Blog – magnetic-rose.net: Japanese Pop Culture for Filipino Fans
Best Commentary Blog – The Marocharim Experiment
Best Videocast Blog – Entrepbuff.com
Best Podcast Blog – Brink Notes Entertainment Daily
Best Humor Blog – The Professional Heckler
Best Gaming Blog – Blog Mike Got Game!
Best Advocacy Blog – Autism Society of the Philippines
Best Beauty Blog – The Doctor Is vaIN
Thank you very much to the judges and organizers of the 2009 Philippine Blog Awards and to everyone who keeps the Philippine Blogosphere alive. Congratulations, too, to the winners of the 2009 Philippine Blog Awards.
