I talked about using PLDT WeRoam 3G Prepaid services but I did not mention how you can manage your account. One click away from the main PLDT WeRoam site, there is a service that allows you to query your remaining credits, to top-up your credits and to activate your WiFi account.

I have yet to try this service except for the WiFi activation. Unfortunately, I have not tried the WiFi account yet - apparently, it is still being "processed", according to the customer service representative. :(

As for the performance of the PLDT WeRoam 3G service, I must say that I am one satisfied customer. I can get UMTS/3G and HSDPA signals and the download speed is satisfactory - no, I have not reached the peak of 7.2Mbps but I am hoping that I'd get there soon. :)

Now, I wonder if this will work in the US or UK - with a prepaid SIM. Any ideas?

April and May signal the summer term for the Philippines and rest assured, most people are either overseas on vacation or just spending time on the beach in some province. To the road warrior, there is nothing better than having full connectivity even whilst one is on vacation. Wireless connectivity, not the WiFi kind, in the Philippines is serviced by two major players, PLDT WeRoam and Globe Visibility.

jkOnTheRun reports that Jaxtr offers free SMS to up to 38 countries. Jaxtr is a free service that " links your phone to the web, so you can hear from callers worldwide while keeping your existing phone number private."

I have tried this service before and I can attest that it works. However, I have yet to try this free SMS service. Maybe it is time to whip up that old mobile phone.

When I was using the Nokia E61, a Symbian-based phone, the podcatcher that I was using was a built-in client. Whilst it definitely was no iPod, it was not that usable as well. Maybe it was just me but I did not use it even if I have 1GB of free space on my secondary storage.

Now here comes Escarpod, "a podcatcher (downloader and player of podcasts) for cell phones that run the UIQ graphical environment." Whilst it will not run on my Nokia E61, at least it will run on other phones. :)

Skype extends its reach to the mobile phone world when it announces the JavaME-based Skype client. Current services available are " chat, group chat, presence (seeing when your contacts are online), and receiving calls from Skype users, and through SkypeIn." Other services, however, such as Skype-to-Skype calls and SkypeOut calls are available in select countries such as Brazil, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Poland, Sweden and United Kingdom.

What are you waiting for? Get it now! Now, if only Apple will allow JavaME applications on the iPhone. ;D

I've watched a number of the episodes of GeekBrief TV where wireless speaker systems were reviewed and basically panned. While this isn't wireless speakers, it is a way to send audio wirelessly.

The folks at audioengine sent me a W1 Wireless Audio Adapter to review. It has a sending unit, a receiver, some audio cables, and a USB-to-AC adapter. No computer is needed for this, but if you do use it with a computer, it's a USB Audio device so you can put audio out to it.

I have to say, overall, it seems to work pretty good. I streamed music from iTunes on my MacBook in my office down to the receiver down in my family room, which then piped that music through the in-house sound system-including the speakers in my office. Seems really silly to send a signal all over creation just to get to the speakers 5 feet away from me, but it does demonstrate how well it works!

Crossposted from The Gadgets Weblog