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My new 018 U Mobile Prepaid simpack
U Mobile is a new mobile telco in Malaysia, it was formerly known as MiTV and it’s still own by MiTV by Berjaya. 018 is their prefix and it’s still quite new and still in the process of setting up cell tower and expanding its coverage all over Malaysia. Over months, their postpaid service is only available in Klang Valley where Kuala Lumpur is. 3G and data service too is not available in other states except Klang Valley.
I got a friend that was a Beta tester for 018 told me that U Mobile is more to be focus on data and Mobile Digital TV or known as DVB-H (Digital Video Broadcast-Handheld) and they are one of the few telco that was awarded with 3G spectrum license few years back.
U Mobile still does not have a lot of cell tower all over Malaysia, when you are outside Kuala Lumpur, U Mobile will ride on Celcom’s line via a national roaming service at 0 cost. This mean you still be able to make call at the normal rate but no 3G and data for you.
So I thought about this, why not go get a prepaid for fun in Kuala Lumpur. I am still able to use it in Penang but it’s just no 3G for me. In a forum, a forumer guided that there’s actually shop here in Penang has started taking in U Mobile prepaid, though there’s still not any U Store in Penang yet. There will be one in Queensbay Mall but it’s still under renovation yet. After looking around in the mall, I have found a shop has the prepaid simpack. I planned to get a nice number but turned out all the number is just so-so only.
U Mobile Prepaid simpack is really free for everyone with RM1 credit. You just picked your desired simpack number, fill in the prepaid registration form and you are ready to go. Remember to buy a reload coupon as you need to reload your mobile credit in 7 days time to prevent line termination. Activation was pretty fast for me, after the shop dealer registered my line, it’s activated within half an hour.
On my Samsung phone it shows My Celcom as the operator, I assumed it is roaming on other network. However, when I switch it to a Nokia phone, it shows U Mobile on the screen. At the moment, I got no idea what to do with this new phone number, no GPRS for me, no MMS for me, it’s only call and SMS.
The call rate is 0.8cent/second = 48cents/minute which is rather expensive than other prepaid service, though it’s second based that means that you pay on the seconds of call you have made. SMS rate is at 8cent/sms to all network in Malaysia, this is consider cheaper than all other telco but there’s not premium service like Friends and Family or Activ5/10 on Digi and Maxis. Perhaps it’s still a new mobile, I am expecting more feature and service to come.
I’m actually hoping for cheap unlimited data rate, cheap call rate, SMS rate, MMS rate and the most I am looking forward to is still their data service. Let’s wait and see how do they do.
By the way, I have 3 mobile number now, Maxis, Digi and U, I still lack of Celcom and Happy. But it’s just for fun, Maxis and Digi still serve as my primary number.
New or Weird IP from Streamyx Broadband
Last night, I can’t able to sign in to my Live Messenger, some International sites like YouTube, everything was going slow to me. I got into my router page and tried to reconnect the Internet, somehow I disconnected it and reconnect it over 10 times and I still get the same IP that starts with 118.xx.xx.xx.
Usually, based on the area I’m at, I’ll mostly get an IP that starts with 60.xx.xx.xx, when I’m lucky I’ll get something that starts with 218/219.xx.xx.xx which is known to be a good IP as that will be faster according to some forumers.
However, it’s 118 all the time from now on, is it a new IP from Streamyx because it’s the first time I’ve come across IP like this.
Wonder when only Streamyx Broadband service will be on par as Singapore/Hong Kong’s broadband provider?
Pirated Blu-Ray DVD on the shelf
You wouldn’t believe me, I bought a pirated Blu-Ray DVD disc today. I was accompanying my friend who was browsing for some pirated DVD at a shop here and something caught my eyes and that was the Blu-Ray disc cover. It is because of curiousity, I bought a copy home to try. It was selling for RM18 per disc. I knew that there’s no BD being copied or duplicate yet, though there’s image file of BD on the net. It’s possible for buring the image file on disc but it may not turn out high def because normal DVD player plays 480i/p video.
Of course, even if it’s a BD image on a DVD, I still can’t access those feature like on the BD player. After playing it for a while on the DVD player, I noticed that it’s just like a normal DVD video, at progressive scan but less noise. My DVD player can’t do upscaling to 1080 resolution, the maximum it can goes is 480p via component cable.
Since nothing much difference, I placed the disc into my media PC which connected to the TV via VGA cable and capable to output a resolution of 720p. Maybe it will be playing at higher res on my PC though after checking the video resolution, it’s at 720×480 which is same like DVD movie. This is definitely not a HD movie. I could say it’s a downscaled HD movie on a DVD. Even the TV series I’ve downloaded is at higher resolution that that (1280×720).
Well, it’s just fake seeing BluRay disc in pirated DVD shop. By the way, please support original titles. 
HDTV and HD Channel in Malaysia
There is no HD Channel in Malaysia yet! Not even on Pay-TV like Astro, Fine TV and Streamyx IPTV. You guys suck! Seriously, High Definition TV or HDTV’s price has been drop. Just a few K and you can get a HDTV for yourself. It’s cheaper than a projection TV last time.
My house recently just convert all analogue CRT or “Box” TV into LCD TV. No more thick and square TV already. Living room’s projection TV went dead again. Dad doesn’t want to repair and so got a new LCD TV. But it sucks watching the local Satallite TV Astro on it. The people in a widescreen 16:9 TV look like fatass. I’ve rather have 2 little bar beside the screen to get a 4:3 than watching some fatass on the TV. It seriously looks ugly. Maybe a little zoom in will look good, but it maybe pixalate since it’s playing on 480i.
Got me? Even without HD resolution, the Astro (Malaysia pay TV) set top box doesn’t even has a component output, only S-Video and Composite. Boo.
When will HD Channel come to Malaysia? I heard that there’s trial for HD channel in Klang Valley last year, but nothing much has been said on the newspaper. People in Singapore, Hong Kong has already enjoying HD quality video on their TV while we still watching squared, stereo sound quality movies on our TV.
So far, the HDTV at home is used for downloaded movies on the computer, web browsing in my room and DVD playing in the living room. I need a PlayStation 3 to play Blu-Ray. Hahas. But I got no money.
By the way, is it HD is not so high demand for Malaysian? I think there’s still many TV noobs out there. The ministry of ICT must do something already to promote HD.
I think I’m elligible for Nuffnang Glitterati
Nuffnang just launch a new program lately, it’s called the Nuffnang Glitterati Club. Actually not just launch, they are going to launch it on 13th January 2008. It’s pretty cool cause you can earn more if you are a Glitterati exclusive member. With Glitterati on now, there will be CPC (Click-per-Cost) on the advertisement place in your site. Exclusive Nuffnangers get RM0.25 per click minimum while non-exclusve Nuffnanger gets only RM0.15. So it’s good to be a Exclusive Nuffnanger.
It’s very easy for you to be a exclusive Nuffnanger. As long as your blog don’t have other advertisement from other ad network tat originates from South East Asia, than you are a exclusive Nuffnanger. =) That’s great, because I already dump Adverlets few weeks ago and I am standing on Nuffnang side.
Exclusive Nuffnanger Benefits :
- Higher CPC rate.
- Payment terms are 30 days from end of month requested.
- Eligible for advertorial opportunities.
- 70% of prizes to Exclusive.
Cool right? Stick with only 1 local ad network is good, but if you are doing good with few, so just stick with what you are doing. As I’m fine with Nuffnang at the moment. Cause my blogs doesn’t earn a lot yet. I’m cool, you’re cool. Have fun with it on 13th January. =)
Happy Prepaid by DiGi Communication
Yesterday while I was looking at my own blog, I saw the a advertisement in my blog about Happy. I was so curious and I click about it, I know I can’t click on my own ads, but the ads was too attractive and as I said, curious.
At first, I got no idea what’s that. I thought it was something like iTalk or DiGi’s Chatz. But actually it’s not. Happy is actually a prepaid service like DiGi’s Prepaid, Maxis’ Hotlink, Celcom’s XPax. It’s DiGi’s Happy, but in the their site, I can’t see any word saying DiGi’s Happ, so it’s more or like Happy’s Happy. On the other hand Happy is like a private group funded by DiGi.
What it’s actually all about?
Very simple, Happy got a SIM card, gives you a phone number, network name will shows DiGi on your phone and it is prepaid based. Simple enough?
What’s so good about Happy?
Very good loh! It’s actually for people who talk a lot on the phone. A lot doesn’t means a few minutes, a lot means half an hour and more! Because no matter how long you talk, 5 hours, 10 hours, all your calls that are over 99 seconds are capped at 99 cents. Which also means that the call rate is at RM0.01/second and the maximum you pay for a call is only RM0.99.Besides that, you get 60 days validity with any amount your reload. Not like DiGi’s Prepaid, your phone validity is how much you reload, RM30 for a month, RM50 for 2 months. So, with Happy, you got no worry of your phone goes expired so fast.
What is Happy’s prefix number?
Happy is using on the 014-xxxxxxx network, sharing the same prefix with DiGi and Maxis.
Buy or not?
If you are a person who talk a lot, to your loved one, family, friends, everytime you guys talk must be very long one. As the Cantonese says “Boil Phone Porridge” which mean like you talk on the phone for a long time and then the phone becomes hot and it’s like boiling porridge, because boiling porridge takes time.
Sometimes, I call my friend and talk for quite long, the longest call I had made was 2 hours. That time was on handsfree, if not my ear will be cooked. Haha.
In conclusion, you talk a lot. You buy.
But no where you can buy the SIM pack now, only online or via phone. It’s free delivery now, pay RM25 and you will get the starter pack and RM2o credit. Buy now! I’m going to place my order on 1 sim pack soon, I want to check it out how the starter pack look like and since I’m in school holiday right now, I can find some friends to talk on the phone to keep in touch with them. =)
Good one Happy!
