3G = GGG --SG's 3G network--

Find out what time your carpark attendent comes !!

jitsion — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 09:33:44 +0000

http://sites.google.com/a/jitsion.sg/fatimah-coming/Home

2nd month’s data Usage on Gee!

jitsion — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 01:14:42 +0000

Well, I have just received my latest phone bill from Starhub. Surprisingly a big jump in the data usage from 19mb to 98mb. About 90% of the time, I use my phone to access the internet, even though I do have my own fixed line internet at home.

However, its still a far cry to the 50GB limit on Singtel’s latest data plan, which has an attractive $22 price tag. My friend that uses his 3G plan, accessing mainly on his laptop clocks a total of 6GB with daily usage of at least 2 hours. If you are using any mobile data plan, pls leave a comment of your data usage.

Mobile video streaming

jitsion — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 15:56:48 +0000

i think most of our phones currently do not support popular video sites such as Youtube that is flash-based. Except the newer Nokia N series, most of e in built browsers do not have e capability to play flash on sites.

I turned to www.mywaves.com for ocassional video watching. I downloaded their mobile app as well. The application actually utilizes e internal browser to go to their website, which probably wastes ur memory space installing it with no obvious benefits. As e E61i comes with a Realplayer, playing most clips over the 3G network was fine (in both streaming and download&watch mode). Each clip is ranges in size from 300kb to 1300kb depending mainly if its animation or real life clips. The connection speed i got was about a decent 40+kb/s and thus able to download most clips under a minute. streaming is fine (not great) due to e ocassional video frame jerks.

You can also join e network and subscribe to various channels, features u will find on most video sites. Overall e experience was satisfying if u dun mind e quality of flash videos. I watched a few clips on American Dad, Simpsons and A Simple Life, great way to kill time and get a few laughs. I did not see e prolifiration of self uploaded videos, instead most are vids clips from TV shows. Point your browser to their website to try it out.

Note: Opera mobile has some issues on their websites, i couldnt click on either the download or streaming links.

[Update] : 25/05/08: I would be doing a series of posts on various websites that provide streaming videos to mobile devices. They would range from entertainment, general news & information.

Thinking abt Singtel’s 512kbps mobile data plan ?

jitsion — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 15:03:36 +0000

When you ask someone what do they consider before signing up for a data plan, they will always reply u the same answers. Typically, what u use it for, how much time u will spend on it and lastly the cost. At $22.42, I think its well worth the money to have some fun chatting, reading up blogs, surfing for information. I seriously dont think you can reach the 50GB limit. I clogged up only 19MB worth of data in the first month using the data plan. That is daily usage of surfing, IM and emailing. There is only so much free time in a day regardless if u r studying or working. and 19MB is WELL below the 50GB mark. I guess its for people who use a laptop and the phone as a modem that should be more concerned with the limit.

50GB = 50,000MB. Besides, my surf speed was never near the stated speed for the mobile plan and my phone cannot support that speed as well. With 50,000MB = 50,000,000KB and if u do some math given a above average connect speed of 50kb/s, e limit is about 280hours of online time, which works out about 10hrs/day in a month. But rem this is purely for mobile users, laptop users might clock alot more data frm bigger downloads.

Its easy to see that mobile data should become more popular, hence prices should continue to drop if u bundle w other related phone services. However, given e upcoming Wimax technologies, i wouldnt want to tie myself down and sign up for a 12month contract just yet.

Cinema websites on Opera mobile – Cathay

jitsion — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 07:14:15 +0000

Cathay

From above, u will make ur selection for e cinema, film and the timings step by step. After which e page will load e seat selection page.

Unfortunately, this is where everything will stop. E page will never load due to lack of browser support. This is true for both Opera and Nokia browser. However, I am pretty sure that e IE on windows mobile will work. If u have tried it, please let me know if i am correct.

As a Nokia fan, I prefer e simplicity of Symbian OS compared to e Windows mobile. However, it seems to me that e browsers lack much support for mainstream websites.

SL: Tampines expressway(punggol to end)

jitsion — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 04:55:02 +0000

Surf Locations (SL)
I was travelling in a cab and accessing e internet. I had 3G access (not just gprs) 100% of e time. This should be useful for individuals that rely on their phones for map directions and need a continual stream of data. I would be keeping track of locations tat has 3G access and those who doesnt.

First month’s Gee! data usage is in

jitsion — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 08:01:13 +0000

My Starhub bill just came in not too long ago, and the data counter was at a low 19MB. So if u r wondering how much data u would be using when u sign up, just compare my usage patterns and data applications that I have installed on my Nokia phone.

I was quite surprised that I could not even choke up 1GB worth of usage on my Gee! plan. Currently I use my mobile phone as the platform which is probably the reason why the data usage is low since text and images r all lower resolutions. I do believe if u use a laptop as the platform, the data usage would increase at least ten-fold, if u r one such users, please leave a comment.

Cinema websites on Opera mobile – Golden Village

jitsion — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 05:58:49 +0000

Golden village on Opera

Buying Tickets (update: able to buy tickets via E61i on Opera)

E front page of Golden Village’s website looks and performs fine on Opera’s browser. You can select your movie/cinema from the drop downs.

U do hav to go through one step at a time to make the drop downs work.

Click on e first drop-down list (‘Select Cinema’) and make ur selection.
Next select e second drop-down for e film that r currently showing in tat cinema
Heres e part tat most ppl will be frustrated by. After doing 1. And 2., u hav to wait about 1 sec b4 u can actually select e ‘Choose a day’ drop down. U can actually see e selection box shift like 1 pixel to e right after its activated (probably manually aligned?). It will be e same thing for e last drop-down ‘Choose a time’.

After these selections, you will be brought to the seats selection page.

As you can see, due to the way Opera Mobile works, the seats are all arranged vertically instead of the normal horizontal rows. (for your info, Row A is closest to the Screen). [If you are using a different phone and could not get this to work on your phone, please drop me an email so I can update this post]

Also, if you do not use the drop down list @ the homepage to book the tickets, instead clicking on the “Buy Tickets” buttons, you will see that the timings will be all “cut” and arranged vertically. (see picture) Still works, just troublesome to find the required timings.

I really hope Golden Village is paying attention here and provide Opera mobile users an alternative way to select the seats.

Alternative Method

Use the default Nokia browser. It works, just that the amount of data downloaded from the website goes up. Meaning if u r not on a unlimited data plan, ur cost of visiting the website goes up as well. And u have to do plenty of side scrolling to get to some buttons compared to Opera mobile’s vertical scrolling.

Verdict: No Opera Mobile for GV.

Inside NEL train

jitsion — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 16:45:40 +0000

I was on e NEL train to Dhoby Gaut and trying to access the internet on my Opera. It wasnt that good, i had intermittent access to GPRS (not 3G) and had to manually retry when e train reaches e station.

Maybe e upcoming wireless@SG in trains will provide me w an alternative access point.

First post -my data plans

jitsion — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 16:31:51 +0000

I have been with Starhub(Singapore’s 2nd largest mobile carrier) for quite a few years and is quite satisfied w their level of service and pricing plans. As im also a subscriber for their MaxOnline(broadband internet) plans, i get to enjoy 50% discount off e Gee! mobile data plan. It costs $72 cool dollars w/o any discounts and I doubt most will sign up for that plan without any work related reasons. Even @$36, i feel a pinch. Reasons? Cost vs Experience is not near equal. (no surprise here)

After being on the plan, I realise I actually use my home’s fixed line internet lesser!From my mobile, these r the core things i do

Reading and replying emails : replies are mainly non-attachment based
Blog reads via Resco News and Opera Newsfeed
IM chatting on Ebuddy mobile
Writing this blog on Opera browser
going on Facebook mobile on Nokia’s default web browser (some issues logging in FB from Opera)

I feel kinda cheated paying 58+36 without maximising e home internet channel. Heck i dun need 6MBPs of bandwidth to go on Facebook and poke pple…so if u are those people who are thinking of getting a mobile data plan, make sure ur reasons r justified.