Hannah Villasis

Plus ‘unli all-you-can Facebook’ Smart, Sun expand free Internet offer to postpaid and broadband subs, extend promo to January   In another unprecedented move, Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart) and Sun Cellular announced that effective October 3, it is expanding their free Internet offer to all of their prepaid subscribers to also cover all their postpaid and broadband subscribers.  Furthermore, they are extending the duration of the free mobile Internet promo across all subscribers – postpaid, prepaid and broadband -- from November 30  through the Christmas season until January 5, 2014.   The announcement was made through MVP’s official Twitter account: “TY for the overwhelming response to #SmartFREEInternet. Our early Christmas gift to our loyal and new subs – offer now extended to Jan. 5.”   In another tweet, MVP added “Even better – free Internet now open to ALL prepaid, postpaid & broadband subscribers of Smart, TNT 7 Sun #smartFREEinternet for All.” ...

This is BIG newd for the Philippines!  The intention is for prepaid non-internet users to experience mobile internet and get into the habit. What users can do - read news - access music - wikipedia for students - send and receive emails - browse favorite blogs (ehem) - book flights - stream music through spinnr - post on social media - Facebook, Twitter, Instagram etc. - shop online - and many more Smart assures users that they have the capacity to offer this service. To avail of the free mobile internet offer, Smart, Talk n Text and Sun Cellular subscribers must have an available airtime balance of at least one peso, or is subscribed to any load bucket or promo. Users must register each day by simply sending " FREE " to the number " 9999 ". Registration is free. You will receive an SMS confirmation upon successful registration. Once registered, subscribers can enjoy free data volume package of up to 30mb per day. This ...

I remember the first time Smart Communications introduced LTE. I was one of the bloggers who tested this great technology in the island of Boracay. Back then, I was so amazed at what it can do! I ask myself now, could this get even better? The answer is YES!  Two years after the deployment of Long-Term Evolution (LTE) or 4G technology in the country, Smart just announced that 5G wireless technology LTE-Advanced (LTE-A) is now running in the Philippines'  largest and strongest network.   Smart switched on LTE-A at the Smart Jump Center in Mandaluyong City   recently, setting the next phase of mobile communication technology beyond 4G LTE standards.   LTE-A,  also  referred to as ‘5G’ by reports on leading global mobile operators AT&T and T-Mobile, delivers data from between 100 megabits per second (mbps) to 1 gigabit per second (Gbps), or ten times faster than 3G services and more than twice as fast as 4G services. Co-founder and Chief Wireless Advi...

Finally! The long wait is over! My new iPad mini is here! It is powered by Smart LTE which is way better than just relying on wifi hotspots. I did a few  speedtests  regarding Smart LTE coverage and it is pretty impressive. It was very hard which iPad I needed to get for me. I was choosing between the iPad mini or the iPad 4th gen with Retina. My end result obviously was I chose the iPad mini. Mainly because, with my line of work (work from home and social media), my travels and my blogging, I need a powerful device compact enough that I wouldn't feel its weight inside my bad. Portability won over retina for me. iPad 4 hd way better specs though that's why despite the fact that it is bigger, people still prefer it. In my opinion, iPad4 isn't even that too heavy. Since I'm a lover of free-writing, this iPad mini is quite a tool for me! I am currently writing this bog post using Wordpress app for iOS. I can write blog posts on the go! take photos and post it ...

Smart iPad is here! It is now available in 52 Smart Stores nationwide with competitive LTE packages you definitely can take advantage on.  If you have a cool gadget, you might as well maximize its capacity to WOW you!  With that said, download games, stream Youtube videos, upload albums with ultra fast internet without lag, buffering or delay! Experience LTE today on an iPad Mini or an iPad 4th Gen.  It's worth the investment especially if you don't want to waste your time waiting for webpages to load, or your instagram photo to be uploaded!  Live more by letting the LTE do its job.  Once you experience LTE, you will be spoiled!  and you deserve it because you deserve to spend your time on the things you love - not on waiting :P I had my hands on an iPad 4 to test!  Check out my speed test video below on 2 different locations.   Testing area: TOSH (The Old Spaghetti House), Valero, Makati Download speed at a whopping 19.65 mbps! Upload speed c...

Living in the present moment creates the experience of eternity. ― Deepak Chopra Age is attitude.  We can live youthful forever! Cues Ke$ha's song "Let's make the most of the night like we're gonna die young."  and Taylor Swifts "I don't know about you, but I'm feeling 22" and all the crazy fun songs that just embodied our Laboracay weekend with Smart Live All Out Party! I hope you did follow #SmartLiveAllOut hashtag on Twitter and instagram.  We have been posting all our photos of the fun-filled weekend!  I hope there's a part 2 because I just want more of this! Here's a recap of my FUN weekend that was, but will always be in my heart LIVE ALL OUT!!! I broke my personal record! Longest stay in Boracay (8 days, 7 nights!) one fully loaded week! Longest simultaneous partying (7 nights) achieved 80% alcohol in my blood (I kid you! I have a very nice functional liver and I drink wheatgrass) Fell in love with a stranger (may ganon? ...