Philip Khor

Like, whhhaaaaaaat…?

The funny thing was, this morning as I checked in, a girl came and asked me, “Excuse me, where is the monorail?”. Not knowing then I was the mayor, I gave her the appropriate directions! Hmm… could she be a 4Sq user and saw my icon there and bla bla bla? Mission, accomplished!

Wimax Inside

Tomorrow Thursday, I will return the MSI U135 netbook that was lent to me by the folks from P1 Wimax.

Here are my top 3 plus points about the product / services:

1. It works. It just works right out of the box. Good enough for your social needs, and whatever e-mailing / web browsing requirements you may throw at it.

2. When it’s good, it’s very darn good. At it’s best it can top 600KByte/s (~5mbit/s) or, at it’s worst (1 bar signal), you get about 20-40KBps. In most cases, it is “usable” in many areas of KL / PJ areas.

3. Technology for the future. Definitely. if iPhone 4.1 comes out with 4G wimax specifications, then it will be a hit. The only thing different in terms of technology, is the 3G chip has an expensive license tag and telcos have invested heavily in 3G equipment (think BILLIONS of ringgit) whereas 4g is pretty much the same (15 by 15 millimeters) but requires new investments that traditional telcos won’t like.

My Singapore boss actually uses a netbook as he travels heavily. Full sized 13-15″ notebooks are very bulky. So in that respect, netbook wins.

Now, the downside:

1. One GB of memory only? Should come with 2GB.

2. Pricing. While P1 is relatively cheap, it cannot compete with ANY wired broadband, no matter how primitive it may be! It has to offer more competitive services like voice, video, net meeting, or something compelling to utilise the bandwidth.

I must say though, the netbook keyboard was quite fun to type on. Very nice chiclet keyboard which responds well to very fast keystrokes.

Last words?

If you’re looking for a mobile broadband service provider, my recommendation is do not commit now, HOLD til early December. We’ll see how the landscape is like then. :) Otherwise, props to P1 Wimax (Green Packet) for the good effort in raising awareness (especially with the Potong ad campaign).

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