cellphone addict …
Imagine this … of the 120 pages in today’s issue of the Inquirer, 14 pages of SMART ads and 4 for Globe. That’s already 15% of the paper. Para gumastos ng ganyan kalaki ang mga telecom companies para sa advertisement, ibig sabihin lang nyan e malaking pera rin ang pinapasok sa kanila ng mga subscribers nila. Yan e example lang kung gaano kabaliw ang mga Pinoy sa cellphones and everything that comes with it. Eto pa ang iba …1. Ask your friend kung ilang beses na syang nagpapalit ng cellphone since 1998 (when texting became an ‘in’ thing in Pinas). Ako eto … 1996 - June 1997 (analog pa noon, pero Nokia baby na ko). June 1997 - May 1998, yung unang Nokia GSM na phone, 2100 ba yun o 2110? pwede pa pamukpok yung cellphone. May 1998-Jan 1999, Nokia 5110. Jan 1999-May 2001, Nokia 3210 (eto ang pinakamatagal sa kin!). May 2001 - April 2003, Nokia 8210 (sa Singapore ko pa binili yan … 1st day pa lang nabagsak ko na sya sa sobrang gaan … hehehehe). April 2003 - Feb 2005, Nokia 7250 (bigay sa kin to ng Globe dahil loyal daw ako at ang lakas kong gumamit ng telepono). Feb 2005 - until I dont know when, Nokia 6600. Obviously love na love ko ang Nokia di ba? Pero sa totoo lang, parang gusto kong bumili ngayon ng PDA phone or kahit yung Ericsson … solve na ko dun.
2. Marami akong kilala na hindi lang iisa ang cellphone (or number). Lalo na ng naglabas ang Sun Cellular ng 24X7 promo. Kasama ako sa guilty dito
3. Halos lahat yata ng gameshow o contest sa TV, radio and newspaper e may kasamang instruction on how to join using your cellphone … ‘just type 9999 space blah-blah-blah …’
4. Dito sa Pinas nag-pilot ang Friendster mobile services. I tried to turn on this feature on my friendster but decided to turn it off afterwards, nakakadagdag pa sya sa narereceive kong text (at binabayaran ko? … 2.50 per text!)
5. Yahoo Messenger is also available using your cellphone. Reminder lang, 2.50 per text din yan ha … so depende na lang kung nasa spending mood ako para sagutin ang message pag nareceive ko sya sa cellphone.
6. Maraming chatrooms ang available sa TV na gumagamit ng SMS to join, send and make chika to people you do not even know. 2.50pesos ulit !!!
7. Want to request a song on the video channel? Just text ….
8. Want to make your idol’s new song no.1 on that video channel (applicable din to sa radio!) ??? Just vote via text …
9. Instead of the usual ‘ring ring’ every time your phone rings or somebody sends you a message, just text to receive the latest ringtone … or you can download it using wap or gprs
10. Want to hear or know the latest about your favorite star? Just text to activate. Eto, malaking kalokohan to … sa loob ng isang araw e ilang beses ka makakareceive ng text about this and everytime makakareceive ka nito e 2.50 agad to. Kalokohan di ba? Sa totoo lang, nakipag-away ako sa Globe dahil dito … mahabang kwento …
11. You want your caller to hear your favorite song while calling you? Just activate your ringback tone (ano ba equivalent nito sa Smart?) 30pesos a month lang …
12. Want to have freebies sa favorite fastfood or restaurant mo? Just join the ‘receive a ringtone weekly’ promos of the phone companies.
Marami pang kalokohan at gimiks na naiisip para sa cellphone at sa dagdag na paggastos using it. Admittedly, addict din ako sa kanya … lost ako pag nawawala sya sa paningin ko
A teka … kailangan pa bang sabihin na texting capital ang Pinas? hehehe …
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edna June 15th, 2008 at 9:09 pm
he he he, siguro nga!