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pFingo
Sep 2nd
pFingoTALK
Just started to play around with this software and I think its kinda cool. The coolest part I think is the part where you can register a personal number, something like the “Skype In”. When you call someone, the caller id shows that number.
The voice quality is rather good, although I only tested it afew times. Sometimes when using skype, the sound quality gets really bad and you can only hear bits and pieces of the message. So far I didn’t get that here. There are some numbers which you cant use it to get thru, like 1800 numbers or those 4 digit hotlines. They say you can forward calls to your mobile if you are not online, but I haven’t been able to do that yet. The SMS function is also weird. Sometimes its fast, sometimes its slow.
Anyways its still cool since its free during the trial periods and if you have friends overseas you can get them to call you using it.
Hubstation
Aug 26th
The Starhub shop with the shortest queue. Always avoid Plaza Singapura, the queue there is ridiculous. Anyways heres a review, after a couple of hour usage.
Old DigitalTV Box vs Hubstation DVR Box
The new set-top box is bigger and heavier(because of the HDD) then the old one. The heat it produce is also much more. Kinda like the first set-top box Starhub released.
The new remote is quite big and heavy. I think will have to take awhile to get use to it.
Theres also a QWERTY keypad behind.
This screen appears everything you turn off the main power. Takes about 10-20secs which is similar to the loading screen on the old box.
Got this the first time I boot up. Definitely took more than 10mins but its reasonable since its only for the first boot.
Tried abit of recording and its rather easy to use. I noticed whenever you change to a channel, it automatically records it in a buffer, hence u can pause, rewind, slow-mo it anytime. The buffer is cleared upon channel changing. I don’t know why the video skips sometime like playing a disc that has dirt. Hope it goes away, it not have to call 1633 already. Everything else is fine.
Hubstation(direct ethernet to my laptop)
MOL Ultimate(thru PreN Router)
The internet provided by Hubstation isn’t as bad as I thought!