Unstructuring the Web lifestyle experience

 MANILA, Philippines - The PLDT TelPad is quickly becoming a major force in the telecommunications business. Voice is digitized and becomes another data stream across the internet. As a result, TelPad has made its greatest inroads in two areas: first, it has an innovative service that combines landline, high speed DSL and a touch-screen tablet, and second, it runs on Android’s latest operating system version 2.2 and so can offer genuine multi-tasking capabilities.

Conceptualized and developed in the Philippines using world-class technology, TelPad brings with it all the advantages of a digital channel and will reach even deeper into people’s lives, filling every niche of interest and need. Interestingly enough, PLDT is making the world more accessible with TelPad allowing subscribers to access information, entertainment and lifestyle apps easily with simple touch of the screen.

For example, the PLDT TelPad tablet has built-in widgets and many applications that can access PLDT-run content-rich portals such as PLDT@Home, askPLDT and even PLDT Watchpad, which is PLDT’s online multi-media entertainment portal.

An important part of this is that subscribers who enjoy a multi-media lifestyle can also take advantage of the TelPad’s built-in HDMI port which can be plugged into any flat screen TV allowing them to watch movies, play games, and even sing along with the Videoke app on the TV’s larger screen, making the multi-media experience richer. The TelPad tablet can also be used to listen to music, read e-mail and display photo slideshows. Its web-based interface and multi-media functions also opens the door for new communities and services that provide information and entertainment through its wide range of home- and business-based applications.

What’s more, the data can be presented in different ways to suit the whims of different users. Content becomes liquid: able to fit into digital device, or shape itself to the needs of a particular user. TelPad isn’t just about an access devise. It’s about owning the home by going beyond being just a voice and data provider.

The break with traditional fixed line business has become more and more important as a source of information and sales, it has also evolved. It is this ability to evolve into almost whatever we dream of that really distinguishes the value proposition of landline in the home.

The PLDT TelPad unit includes a special handset that also serves as a charging dock for an application-rich, seven-inch screen tablet computer. Subscribers can use the handset or the portable tablet computer to make and receive calls and access over a hundred thousand online applications. This is on top of the unlimited broadband access of the bundled service.

Inside the TelPad is powered by a 1Ghz Cortex A8 processor that enables the devise to deliver the snappy performance. Users of TelPad can download a wide range of applications from the Android market, Google’s online store which offers over 125,000 applications like business apps, e-books and magazines and digital games like the popular Angry Birds.