Apparently Maxis has added Blackberry Curve 8900 to their Blackberry line up too.
It come with standard Value Plus 150 plan and looks like it is even cheaper than what Celcom offered.
Maxis’s Blackberry Curve 8900 cheaper than Celcom.
Blackberry Curve 8900 now available in Celcom
Finally it is here in Celcom. Not that long, considering one of carriers in the US just got this model too early February. Interested? Make sure you have deep pocket to get this beauty.
RRP RM1,999
RM1,699 – New BlackBerry® Registration with a 24-month contract
RM1,699 – To upgrade BlackBerry Smartphone to BlackBerry® Curve™ 8900
Or get one FREE, click here for more details
Yahoo! OneSearch optimize search experience on mobile phone
Tried another mobile optimized website today. It is Yahoo turns.
Yahoo OneSearch is the mobile version of Yahoo Search, which has been around since last year. As it is a mobile version, it is optimized to show the web page on your mobile web browser properly. No such thing such as advertisement, small font or other features that only available on normal web page.
Yahoo OneSearch has 3 versions, they are
- Yahoo! oneSearch for phone browsers – Run on mobile web browser, just like what screen shot below is.
- Yahoo! oneSearch Shortcut - Small application that gives quick access to Yahoo! oneSearch on your phone, available for Nokia phone only
- Yahoo! oneSearch with voice – voice mini-app that listens as you speak your query and searches on the terms in your query. Available only for BlackBerry
From your mobile browser, head to m.yahoo.com to give it try yourself.
The front web page
The search results
New Blackberry Pearl Flip 8220 with Maxis plan
Maxis spice up it Blackberry lineup with the new model, Blackberry Pearl Flip 8220, one of the few flip phone under RIM.
Available exclusively for Maxis user, the phone priced at RM1199 with the Value Plus 150 contract for 2 years Retail price is RM1899.
Not much detail about it on the site, but you can easily find the phone information from RIM website.
Blackberry Bold – Maxis VS Celcom package plan
Since iPhone most likely won’t be around ‘legally’ at the moment, lets jump to another cool gadget from RIM, Blackberry. Well yeah, only Blackberry Bold manage to give Apple’s iPhone 3G run for their money.
Hoping to see Blackberry Bold faded, once seeing a big BlackBerry Bold photo on both Maxis & Celcom sites. Why we used to be behind when it come to get ‘cool’ device huh, probably for one exception, for gadget made in Korea, Japan or Finland.
Although I favor iPhone over Blackberry (except when Storm make it way here) for many reasons , the superiority of Blackberry over iPhone for business users and functionality is undeniable. The Blackberry strength lies on it rock solid service of delivering email to and from mobile devices. The service disruption is a rare, especially in Malaysia based on my colleagues experience of using company sponsored Blackberry which run on Celcom network.
Ahh, excuse me if I sound like promoting Blackberry. In Malaysia, Blackberry is only offered by Maxis & Celcom. I’m not ultra busy person who who devoted myself for emails, but if the price and the plan is right, why should I avoiding Blackberry, correct?
Having said that, I made a simple spreadsheet, comparing the plan between Maxis & Celcom side by side. The idea is to identify, which one offer the best value for money. Keep in mind though, the price and service compared is only for consumers usage.
Celcom’s plans looks more attractive than those offered by Maxis. Celcom didn’t mention if their data plan had included Internet/WAP service, even though I believe so but if it is otherwise, Celcom plan is surely less attractive than Maxis. Instead of price, sometime it is the quality of service that determi
Want more, check out the detail over here for Maxis & Celcom
