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Nuit du Mobile + Mobile Monday Mediterranée

Tuesday, June 30th, 2009

Mobileslate presenting at Nuit du Mobile
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Red Pocket Mobile

Thursday, October 23rd, 2008

So I have a visitor staying with me for a little while and was looking to get a cheap, inexpensive cell phone service. The prepaid option seemed to fit the bill, so I started looking into all the choices. Of all the ones out there that made sense, Red Pocket Mobile seemed to fit the bill. Some of the requirements that Red Pocket has are the ability to send and receive SMS in Chinese and have the option of directly calling China without using a calling card access number or needing to remember PIN codes. Last but not least, the phone had the Chinese language software to both support menus and PinYin character input.

Red Pocket Mobile

After placing my order online, the package came in a few days. Inside was an oversized red envelope (hong bao, in Mandarin) with gold lettering similar to what Chinese people give to each other during Chinese New Year or on special occasions.

Once I opened the envelope, basically two things were contained inside: A simple customer support card and the SIM card. Simple, Quick, Easy. If I need to charge my minutes, I can go online, charge my credit card in exchange for a redemption code I can input on my phone.

Red Pocket Mobile

Red Pocket Mobile

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