PLDT watchpad- how's your experience

I was utterly disappointed with PLDT watchpad not only was it hyped but it did not deliver what a decent show should during the height of the Pacquiao vs Cotto Firepower. It was heavily advertised over the leading national papers and in the television, even I promoted it here and here. It was buffering and crashing like crazy even early on the undercards.  If you had relied on the PLDT watchpad to watch the firepower and did have have a back up plan you would have ended with a stop and go show. Well, sometimes being free is not good after all.  If this is the future of paid IPTV of PLDT, i think they should think twice before charging their subscribers .  So how was you experience?

Rihanna's Rated R album launch with Nokia Music

Rihanna is going online for her Rated R album launch in London on Nov. 16, 2009. Catch her live performance in a secret location in London. This is exclusive for Nokia Music so you have to sign up to get to see the show.

Update:  Show will be in Nov. 17 @ 4 am Manila time

Unlimited free sms

 

Unlitext offers free sms for  Philippines mobile subscribers.  No registration required. When sending from their website the message arrives almost immediately or at the latest with 2 minutes delay.  Your recipient will receive a text from their gateway number and an announcement from "ulink.com.ph". If you would want your recipient to reply with your number, you need to include it in the body of your sms.

Globe immortaltxt 10 TV commercial

If there's one tv commercial that truly sends its message across it would be "Alive",  Globe Tattoo commercial for  Immortaltxt 10.  It's short, very visual and message is clear even without any dialogue, "the immortality of your load".  I would not be surprised if this would garner accolades in the ARAW awards in the 21st Philippines Ad Congress to be held in Subic by Nov. 18-21, 2009.

To Register text IMMORTAL10 to 8888, to enjoy 50 sms to Globe/TM and 10 sms to other networks without expiry. You'll received a confirmation sms if you have successuflly registered to this service. You need to have atleast P1 remaining balance to use this service.

No Expiry pertains only to the available sms or load and not the SIM validity.  Therefore you still need to load every 2 months to avoid having your line disconnected (yeah it seems Globe knows what you're up to).

This is available only to the new globe prepaid tattoo sims and the regular globe prepaid sims.

Update: Promo for Immortaltxt 10 extended to Nov. 30, 2009

Update: IMMORTALCALL+ also available, 50 sms and 5 minutes call to Globe/TM, text IMMORTAL 15 to 8888 , you need to have P3 remaining balance.

Sun cellular unlimited internet for 1 day

Sun prepaid broadband subscribers and sun cellular regular prepaid subscribers can enjoy 1 day of unlimited surfing. You need to get the SBW50 (Sun broadband wireless 50) either in scratch card or via xpressload. 

Using your Sun Broadband modem’s interface, just key in LOAD followed by the 9-digit data card number and the 5-digit PIN found at thne back of the card, (LOAD 123456789 12345), then send to 2225. After successfully loading, you will receive a text message indicating expiry date/time of your load.

For the regular prepaid subscribers, you can browse directly in your mobile browser after following the same procedures above.

Sun unlimited surfing for 1 day is valued at P50 compared to Globe Tattoo Surf All Day P20, but it does not limit the sites you may want to surf.  This makes it truly unlimited surfing for a day.

Watch Pacquiao vs Cotto - Firepower for free

If you plan to watch the World Welterweight Championship Firepower Pacquiao vs Cotto bout, for free, right in comfort of your home and have a pldt mydsl  starting at plan 990 then you can.  Pldt Watchpad has announced to air the Pacquiao-Cotto fight on Nov. 15, 2009 starting at 9AM (Manila time).  This should include a couple of prefights before the main event.  If you want to know how to go about in watching it in watchpad then read my previous post on this. You have to register and get the watchpad software on of before Nov. 7, 2009.