WebSMS from Maxis
The new value added service provided by Maxis seem interesting at first…it is so called Maxis Websms service..
Source: http://websms.maxis.com.my
Summary of this services
- SMS from Web (Internet) to only Hotlink & Maxis subscribers phones. (012, 017, 0142)<—-how about MNP?
- You login into the specified website and start sending SMS to your Maxis friend.
- You use normal chat style to send SMS to your friend for free**.
- Your friend replies will be sent back to this chat dialogue box for 15 cents.
- You have only 3 free WebSMS to send per day and you can open an account per user.
- However, you can send another SMS after he replied you.
- One reply gains another SMS to send out to him/her which interpreted the meaning of “Free”.
Where to register and more details about it?
- Main login page of Maxis WebSMS. Click here
- Guidelines of usage WebSMS from Maxis. Click here
- Maxis’s WebSMS FAQ. Click here
My opinion?
- I won’t want my friend to get charge RM0.15 per sms to reply me on WebSMS by Maxis unless they are willing to…however most people will not be aware of it.
- They will tend to reply on the same number and chat like normal which end up spending more for the intented users.
- Maybe if they send the SMS back to my mobile phone but it will defeat the purpose of this service.
Good side of Maxis WebSMS?
No frustration of sms using mobile keypads and can have a chat room style messaging.
It’s free as long as 3 SMS per day and your friend replied you.
Able to text your friend while charging your phone.
Your gain is your friend’s loss<—-mind you they are being charged higher~!
Bad side of Maxis WebSMS?
Charging 15 cents which is much lower if same network is concern for SMS.
Only for Maxis networks.
Limited to only 3 messages per day.
Have to find ways to remember my friend’s mobile numbers to be keyed in.
Maxis FastTap-Multipayment mobile service
Source from Maxis.com.my
Just after a day chatting with a friend regarding the mobile services that operators had offered has reached a point of maturity or stagnant in respect of mobile services. Maxis latest mobile service has proved us wrong. Recently, Maxis has introduced the FastTap which is claimed as the world first multi-payment Near field communication (NFC) mobile service.
NFC which is a short range high frequency wireless communication technology. For more technical details, check out here. Fasttap service is collaboration from Touch n’ go, Nokia, Visa, and Maybank.
What is this Maxis FastTap??
Simple explanation- By using a mobile phone (Nokia 6212 Classic) and ” TAP” your mobile phone for contact less payment of services and product. Currently, Maxis offer the Nokia 6212 Classic embedded with the NFC chips for secured Maxis FastTap mobile services.
It seem that the FastTap is similar to your credit card but build into your mobile phones…
Where to use it??
Maybank Visa payWave Merchants, Touch n go, Retails places, and others. Full details check it out in Maxis’s website here.
As the intense competition from the three major cellular operators in Malaysia(Maxis, Celcom, Digi) has brought us to many extra features in our “mobile lifestyle”. We saw many mobile services improvement and introduction to Malaysia such as so call push2talk, bubble talk, video calls, facebook on mobile, talktime transfer, MNP-(Mobile Network Portability), mobile tv, mobile banking, friends finder, and etcetera. This maybe a good sign for subscribers to be able to spice up their mobile lifestyle and also give us the convenience in our daily tasks.
Image via Wikipedia
Surely, in every new technology or services offered will have it’s advantages and disadvantages~! They main issues i am pondering is :
The future of our mobile phone is an important asset to us! Robbers will eye our mobile phone as an important target to steal.
As if the crime rate of handphone or mobile phone snatch thief is not high enough, this will definitely make it higher!
Gosh~ MY MOBILE PHONE will soon to be = MY CASH = MY credit card = MY money = MY Wealth.
Finally, please take good care of your mobile phone if you ever want to use this mobile service. Surely, i may expect there would be a security measure to prevent future crime……
