Going Smart

I’ve been a Globe postpaid line subscriber for over 10 years but I finally decided to disconnect. Here’s why:

  1. It’s so hard to talk to a person via 211.
  2. I used to get a sizable loyalty bill rebate. But when I inquired recently, the rebate I’ll be getting would less than half of what I used to get. So the longer I stay, the less my rebates get.
  3. The loyalty phone package is exactly the same as what a new customer will be getting.
  4. No stocks of the iPhone everywhere.
  5. They’re not willing (or didn’t offer to) notify me when stocks are available. Instead, they want me to call every now and then to check if stocks are already available.
  6. Finally, they have this automatic image compression when web browsing using a mobile data connection. It even affects my Tattoo MyFi. Image compression is not bad per se but the whatever they’re using absolutely fuglifies photos.

So goodbye Globe! And hello Smart!

PSMonitor 1.2

PSMonitor 1.2 is out! Added new tabs (active stocks tab for viewing actively traded stocks by value, gainers tab for viewing gainer stocks by gain, losers tab for viewing loser stocks by loss) and fixed error in indices data. Check it out!

PSMonitor App-roved

About a week after submission, PSMonitor has been approved for sale at THE App Store. Yay!

PSMonitor lets you monitor the Philippine stock market activity real-time and on the go (requires a WiFi or data connection).

  • Real-time updates from the stock exchange
  • Simple and intuitive interface
  • Flick up and down the list of stocks
  • View stock symbols, prices, and price changes at a glance
  • View details such as symbol, name, last price, previous close, change for the day, %change, trade volume, and trade value.

By purchasing PSMonitor you get all of the above  plus:

  • Refresh button for refreshing data on demand
  • All Stocks tab for viewing actively traded stocks by symbol
  • My Stocks tab for storing your portfolio or watch list of stocks
  • Add stocks along with quantity and buy price to My Stocks
  • Edit stock quantity and buy price
  • Delete stock from My Stocks
  • View your stocks’ position value, and profit/loss for the day at a glance
  • View additional details such as your position, position value, profit/loss for the day, profit/loss to date, and buy price.

Mobile OS Updates

Android 4 Ice Cream Sandwich is one of the best things since sliced bread Gingerbread. Unfortunately it seems not everyone is going to get it. It has been officially announced that the barely 2-year old Nexus One won’t be getting it. There was also a rumor (since quashed but only after a few long days) that the  barely a year old LG Optimus 2X won’t have it. Someone even made a chart of the sad history of Android updates. It’s a dismal picture for Android.

For the iPhone data, it’s pretty accurate. The by then 3-year old original iPhone (released Jun 2007) was not supported by iOS 4 (released Jun 2010). The 3-year old iPhone 3G (released Jul 2008) is not supported by iOS 5 (released Oct 2011). Basically, iPhones have a supported life of 3 years.

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