Lower Monthy Mobile Internet Plan By Maxis – The reason I went to DiGi last time is because DiGi has cheaper data plan at RM68/month for 3GB data. Now I can consider switching back to Maxis because their 3GB data plan has reduced price from RM88 to RM68. Maxis has just revised their Mobile Internet Package, all at a lower rate.

Good news for Maxis user, however you will still get extra charges when you excess your allowed quota at RM0.30/MB compare to previously RM10/MB, which is a lot cheaper now. Somehow, I think Maxis should cap speed instead of charging extra for excess usage. Anyway, considering Maxis has a wide 3G coverage, the revised Mobile Internet Plan is worthwhile.

Head over to Maxis website to check out more about it.

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Monitor 3G Data Usage On Android With 3G Watchdog App – Are you running tight on your mobile data usage due to the data quota provided by your telco company? Always exceed your allowed quota and get extra charged for over usage? Now you can monitor your data usage on your Android device with 3G Watchdog app. A recommended app that can tell you how much data you have used, and how much left in your data quota.

Besides showing how much 3G data you have used, it also tracks your Wifi data usage too. 3G Watchdog lets you to know your mobile data usage pattern.

You can set your data quota and warning when you almost reach your quota so you can slow down your mobile Internet usage. Last time, I introduced about NetSentry which does similar thing, but then I found that the 3G Watchdog is a better app.

Download 3G Watchdog for free in Android Market.

I signed up for Maxis Mobile Internet 500MB data plan for RM58 per month, but after a month of usage, I can hardly reach the 500MB limit usage. I turned on push email, push Twitter via Tweets60, sent a lot of picture email to awayfromcomputer.com, chat on Nimbuzz and surf the net, but the total usage was only around 240MB.

So guess, I’ll do YouTube surfing too to fully utilize my data plan. =D

DiGi offers a RM48 unlimited data plan which I think is better than other because it’s unlimited, somehow cheapest of all. Too bad, I am a Maxis postpaid user, I can’t change to DiGi, it’s a company line.

Maxis just set up a 3G Internet Experience Lounge in New World Park, Penang. This is to promote mobile Internet to locals. However, I believe not much local aware about mobile Internet, only some tech savvy person like me does.

I wonder who do really Twitter on the go or read some news on the go. Mostly, they got a Blackberry, they don’t need m.gmail.com anymore. Malaysians are more onto Plurk then Twitter, so again, not much will go to m.twitter.com.

The only site they surf on the mobile I believe is Facebook and Friendster. Though this 2 sites, I have never went in before on the phone.

Personally thinking, the only way to promote mobile Internet is lowering the unlimited mobile data plan first, currenly the cheapest offer is from Digi and Celcom. Though Digi has only Edge network. If data plan is cheap, I’m sure I’ll be the first one signing up for it.

I have recently bought a new phone, I have a Maxis and Digi line, but my primary line is still Maxis which is for calling and receiving calls from friends and family. Sometimes, I do blog on the go, post some tweets and check the mail with the phone.

However, somehow I can’t get the Internet and data to work on the N95 with my Maxis line. I have already activated by 3G and GPRS data connection, have all the settings but it says “Packet Data : Connection Not Allow” when I am trying to connect to the Internet with 3G or EDGE GPRS.

I went to the Maxis service center and the people are noob, they just download the setting agains and asked me to wait for a text message contain the data setting, then restart my phone. I wait, the setting came, restarted and it’s still not working.

I get frustrated and called Maxis up. After some guidance from the lady, I am now able to connect to the Internet again. It’s pretty easy to edit the setting, it’s something to do with the connection setting on your phone.

1. Press menu key.
2. Go to Tools > Setting > Connection
3. Scroll to the last one or just press up key. You will see APN control. A pop up message will appear “Connection restriction….”
4. Press Option > Deactivate Restriction.
5. PIN2 is 1234.
6. When it’s says deactivated/inactive, restart your phone.
7. Turn on again, surf the net now.

Pretty easy right? Try it now. If it does not work, call Maxis at 123. That’s what I always do.