Smart Plug-N-Talk

Smart Communications recently launched their new Plug-N-Talk service to work with Smart SIM cards in the Philippines and abroad. With the Smart Plug ‘N Talk you can put your Smart Buddy SIM card into a USB dongle that when plugged into your PC allows you to make phone calls and text messages as if you were in the Philippines. Sendloadtothephilippines.com has all the details on the Smart Plug ‘N Text here »

This will probably mean a lot of business for services like Aryty.com and etload that allow SIM card users outside the Philippines load their SIMs over the Internet. You can try Aryty Free Now »

Has anyone had the chance to try the Smart Plug N Talk? We would love to know how it compares to other VOIP Internet phone services.

Load scheduling with Aryty.com may not be a new feature but its one that I have never noticed before. Now Aryty.com allows its users to schedule their load sending. Basically its like a load subscription but much more powerful. This has become an essential tool for me. I save lots of time and money on text messages now that I can set up a load to be sent on a regular reoccurring basis or on a specific date. While other services like www.buyandbuy.net provide a very basic subscription service, Aryty.com allows me to create completely customized repeating load purchases. I have for example one schedule created for my cousin. I used to have to go online once a month (usually towards the end of the month) to send her a load. If I would forget I would usually get request from her letting me know she was about the run out of Globe eload and needed a recharge. When that would happen I would have to either get to a computer to send her load or text her some load. Now I have a schedule that sends her P500 on the 25th of every month. Its great. I never forget and she is always happy and sends me a text thanking me for the load.

After testing Arytys scheduling system out I have created load schedules for birthdays and holidays so I will never forget to give a gift to my family and friends back in the Philippines. I even have a schedule that loads my roaming Globe and Smart SIM cards once a week, yeah I text that much :)

How to Create a load Schedule with Aryty

1. Click on the “Schedule Sending” link in the “Send Load” tab.
   

   Scheduling Load Step 1

2. Name your Schedule.
   Naming your schedule helps you remember what a schedule is for later on when you have lots of schedule. Later I will know that this schedule is my cousins allowance and not my moms birthday load.
3. Who is the schedule for?
   You can grab some one from your phone book or create a new person to send to.
4. Select an amount to send.
   This is the amount of money that will be loaded to the phone every time the schedule occurs. So if I select P500, my cousin will get P500 loaded to her phone every month, or weekly, depending on how often I want the schedule to happen.
   

   Scheduling Load Step 2

5. Decide how often the load should be sent.
   One Time: I can create one time load sends. This means that the amount I selected will be sent only once on a date I specify in the future. So I can send P500 as a one time gift to my girlfriend even when I know I will not have access to my computer or phone. Its a great way to show how thoughtful I am.
   Every Week: Scheduling a load every week allows me to specify the days of the week I want a load to be send. So I can have P150 send every Tuesday and Friday, or just every Sunday… anything I want.
   Every Month: This option allows me to specify days of the month that I want load to be sent. This is the one that I use the most. I send my roaming phones load on the 1st and 20th of every month. That way I never run out. Its like having a postpaid cell phone plan but with out the hassle of contracts and I can stop my schedules at any time.
6. Manage my schedules.
   

   Scheduling Load Step 3

   This page allows me to see all my created load schedules. I can edit them and delete them from here. Its easy to see all my schedules on this one page. I can also turn off the reminder notifications if I wanted. This notification sends me an email with the load details 24 hours before its sent. I like this feature because I occasionally forget I had created a schedule and it reminds me that its about to happen.

Aryty is also very good about sending me emails to let me know that my load has been sent and even in the rare case if it fails. They also send me a confirmation when I create each schedule with the details so I have the opportunity to make sure its all correct. So fare Aryty.com scheduling has saved me a lot of time and effort and certainly made my Filipina back in PI much happier.

Give it a try and let me know what you think.
Try Scheduling at www.Aryty.com »

When you buy a Smart, Globe or Sun sim card your loved one can text you for about 1 peso per text because they are sending the text to a local Philippine number. This means your Filipina can text you more often for less.

Buying a Smart Buddy sim card or Globe sim card is easy as there are several places you can buy online such as Cellular Abroad.Once you have a Philippine sim card you will need to buy load for it. You can buy eload for Smart Buddy, Globe Autoloadmax or Sun Cellular load using one of the sites we /where-to-buy-load/”>reviewed such as aryty.com.

The Smart Buddy Super Sim 3 allows you to store up to 650 numbers and up to 105 text messages. Smart also offers pasaload which means you can transfer load from your sim card to your loved one. This is another easy way to send load to the Philippines. Pasaload is well known in the Philippines.

Globe sim cards also allow you to transfer load using their Shareaload service. Shareload lets you transfer small amounts of load even if you are not in the Philippines. You can purchase load for your GLobe phone using a reputable Autoloadmax service or if you buy a GLobe topup card. Cards are not recommended and eload is the cheapest and fastest way to buy load.

Sun Cellular offers several sims inlcluding a Power Sim and Supreme Sim. With a Sun sim card you can avail services such as call and text unlimited and 24/7 unlimited text. Sun phones also can transfer load to other Sun users.

So buy a Philippine Sim card and make it easy for your loved one to call or text you. It will also give you news ways to send them load. I know many people that use a Philippine sim to text their Filipina girlfriends and filipina fiance and it is a nice option.

/where-to-buy-load/”>Best place to buy load or eload for Philippine Sim Card

Many Filipinos like to have a roaming Philippine Sim card so their kababayans back home can text them for only a peso. This is because the sim card gives you a local philippine mobile numbeer. You can use a Globe Sim Card, Smart Buddy Sim Card or a Sun text n’ talk sim to make keeping in touch cheap and easy! We highly recommend you read our /”>reviews on buying load to choose the best website to buy load for your roaming sim card. You must keep your sim card loaded so it does not expire. If your sim card expires you will loose your number and need to get a new sim card.

How to Get a Free Philippine Sim Card ***** FIVE STAR SITE

We tried this ourselves because it seemed to good to be true. It works! Get a Philippine Sim Card absolutely free by following these directions:

(1) Log on to Free Philippine Sim Card.com
(2) Enter the address where they can ship your sim card. After our review it looks like you can only get a free sim card if you live in the USA.
(3) The website ask you to tell 10 friends. This is how they can give you the sim card because you help spread the word.
(4) Wait for your sim card to arrive :-) We got a free Globe Sim Card just like the site said. Grabe!

The free sim arrived with some load and was activated to use so we could text right away. This deal seemed so good escpecially because other sites charge alot for a sim! Some friends we suggested also tried and got the sim card free so we were impressed. There was no choice about the type of sim card to get but we liked the Globe card we got.

Check out some of the features with the Free Philippine SIM Card

64K SIM VOLTAGE
500 PHONEBOOK CAPACITY
80 MESSAGE INBOX CAPACITY

“What you need to do if you get a FREE PHILIPPINE SIM CARD”
Once you get your SIM card you will need an “unlocked GSM” phone. These phones have the little chip in the back known as a sim card. AT&T wireless and T Mobile are GSM carriers but their phones are usually locked. Locked means you cannot put in another carriers sim card. If your phone is locked you can ask the dealer to unlock it and you should tell them you are using your phone to travel abroad so they will help you. You can also find out how to unlock your phone by searching on google. Once your free Globe SIM card arrives just pop it in the back and start texting. Since the SIM is from Globe you can keep it loaded with any Globe AutoloadMax eload dealer like Aryty.com :-)

If you do not have a GSM phone or want to carry a dedicated mobile phone with your new Globe Sim Card you should buy a tri or quad band GSM phone. Tri and Quad band means you can use the phone in the Philippines also! (*-*) There are many GSM phones that will work and you can purchase an unlocked tri-band phone online for a reasonable price on websites like Tiger Direct. Check out this unlocked Razr that is tri-band for only $139! This phone will work with your Free Sim Card!

Unlocked Moto Razr Tri-band. This phone can be used in the Philippines

Philippine Trivia- most Pinoys prefer Nokia because the keys are raised up so it’s easier to text when you’re not looking…hehe

SIM CARD PICTURE (tis is not the one i got but for reference only)

Get your FREE PHILIPPINE GLOBE SIM CARD This is the best way to text message to the Philippines or send “I love you” text to your Filipinia fiance. Once you have a Philippine sim card she will also send you a lot more text messages since it only cost her 1 peso per text. You can thank us for these tips later! :p