Filipinos are now able to use their iPhone in the country without any subscription from AT&T, an exclusive US distributor of iPhone. Unlocking is possible with the use of special SIM card. iPhone is actually a combined features of a mobile phone, digital camera, iPod music player, Internet communications device, and personal digital assistant (PDA).
It’s expected to be available in the Philippines in 2008. Some people bought it ahead in US found ways of using it locally. The thing is it would only defeat its purpose if it haven’t been unlocked. This might serve as an eye opener for the monopolistic strategy between Apple and AT&T in introducing iPhone exclusively in the market.
The Asian Institute of Technology located 40 km north of Bangkok is a leading postgraduate institution in South East Asia. It’s a great blessing for me to be able to enjoy a multinational and multi-cultural working environment here inside the campus, complete with all the amenities that a family, staff, faculty and students would need. It’s actually like living in a real SIM town.
Each day I get a chance to interact with Masters and PhD students as I work closely with my boss who is a lecturer in this institute. Normally if I’m not too busy with our project, I help him out with collecting the assignments and record the grades after checking.
As I leaf through the pages of their assignments, trying to study their solutions and techniques, I noticed that some students really needs to have special mentoring on how to deliver their thoughts or even just compose their technology coursework systematically. I pity the donors of the scholars. Maybe the least I could do is to refer them to Writing-Services.org for professional assistance. Learning would be much more easier with many brains are working than one.