Mobile eBooks Etc

Typhoon Caused Slow DSL Connection

glitch — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 14:49:57 +0000

It was yesterday morning, around 10am (in the Philippines) when I experienced sudden slow DSL connection. I called up my internet provider, PLDT. The CSR told me that there was a major problem in the system and they are currently … Continue reading →

New FExplorer Beta Version Is Out

glitch — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 04:45:05 +0000

I was using FExplorer 1.18 beta version. Last week when I clicked on FExplorer using a short key, I was surprised that a pop up message prompted. It says "This beta version is expired, please visit www.gosymbian.com" FExplorer is a 3rd party file manager mobile application, its convenient for me using FExplorer than using the built-in file manager. Actually, I've tried other mobile applications but I am more comfortable using this especially for my mobile ebooks. Continue reading →

UCALL: Unlimited Call From Globe Telecoms

glitch — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 09:51:08 +0000

Good news and bad news to Globe prepaid and postpaid subscribers! Globe Telecoms are currently offering Unlimited Call, that's the good news. The bad news is... the promo is available to selected provinces only. It could be for testing purposes, a dry run if they could offer it nationwide. I hope they do because other rival companies already did long time ago. Even before the House Senate signed the new guidelines for longer expiration of prepaid loads and other communication issues. Continue reading →

NTC Memorandum: Guidelines On Prepaid Load

glitch — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 04:11:44 +0000

The National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) had issued the Memorandum Circular dated July 3, 2009 with the subject titled as "Guidelines On Prepaid Load" to TelCos (Telecommunication Companies) such as Smart Communications, Globe Telecoms, Sun etc. This is in response to complaint of Senate President Enrile about the mysterious disappearance of his prepaid load. Continue reading →

What Is Raw Document?

glitch — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 03:06:52 +0000

I heard the term from a client, she asked me if I prefer to receive the raw document or the manuscript (for hard copy book printing). Of course, I want to see the real layout so I can make the eBook almost the same as the hard copy book. Technically, a raw document is a material without any formatting, almost like a TXT file but its in MS Word. If a manuscript is intended for printing, it will take a lot of time making it "raw" and edit the file again to make it ready before ebook conversion to a certain ebook format. Continue reading →