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PLDT TelPad: Landline, DSL & Android Tablet

Name: PLDT TelPad: Landline, DSL & Android Tablet
Brand: PLDT
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Abe Olandres December 14, 2010 · 1 min read

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Last night, PLDT announced its new landline service called PLDT TelPad, a landline and broadband DSL service packed in an Android Tablet.

The PLDT TelPad is and Android 2.2. Froyo tablet powered by a 1Ghz Cortex A8. That means users can download apps and play on the 7-inch tablet. It comes with a 2GB internal storage but there’s an SD card slot and a USB port to extend that.

The TelPad also carries a 2-megapixel front camera for still shots and videoconference calls. I think calls can be made via a Bluetooth headset. It also comes with a dock for charging and an HDMI port that can be hooked into your TV.

The service starts at Plan 1849 which includes a landline number and a 1Mbps DSL connection. If you’re an existing PLDT myDSL customer, you can upgrade to this plan for an additional Php500 per month. The Android tablet comes free with the package.

Other PLDT TelPad plans are Plan 2099 at 1.5 Mbps (Php2,099 per month), Plan 3095 at 2.5 Mbps (Php3,095), and Plan 4100 at 3.5 Mbps (Php4,100).

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170 Comments

Verbl Kint · 15 years ago

@Fonz: Don’t be naive. There are countless aPads/ePads out in the market that run on a Cortex A8 processor. Just google “Freescale Cortex A8” and you’ll know what I’m talking about.

In fact, these tablets are widely available in many stores here in Hong Kong for around P9,000. In Manila they’re selling from 10k to 12k.

Chito · 15 years ago

Even if the Telpad has a Cortex A8 CPU, I personally tested it and it was not as responsive and had so much delays in its implementation of the interface. The Cherry Superion which has Qualcomm 600Mhz processor is much better in terms of responsiveness and smoothness of the user interface. The processor of the Telpad may be better but the support components which makes the totality of the unit could not be said otherwise.

benedict delos reyes · 15 years ago

kelan kaya nila bibigyan ung mga nagpa reserve,mga 1st week kya next year available na yan?

Fonz · 15 years ago

At the people who are saying this is the aPad. Grow a brain, please? Bloody idiots.

This has a Cortex A8 CPU. That’s like comparing the Suzuki Alto on those cheapo aPads to a Ford Mustang. FYI, the iPad and Samsung Galaxy Tab both use a Cortex A8 CPU.

Bunch of tards. If anyone’s trash, it’s you for being ignorant. You know who you people are. For supposed techies, you don’t seem to know which hardware are actually good or not.

Erielle · 15 years ago

Hey everyone, i’ve heard that the facebook.com/pldt.telpad isn’t the official account and the telpad is actually featured in the PLDT Landline account at http://www.facebook.com/pldtlandline

Ian · 15 years ago

If you want a tablet, wait niyo na lang ang 1st quarter na maglalabasan na dual core nvidia tegra 2 tablets. It’s better than this one, better than iPad din. Similar ito sa Cisco Cius i think. Tablet w/business phone naman yung kanila.

chuaa · 15 years ago

rip off….

nothing special about this hardware…just a tablet bundled with phone/dsl…the 500 additional for existing users apply only for plan 1250…my current plan is 990…so in effect, they want me to upgrade to a 1MBPS plan plus pay additional 500 for the unit for the next 3 yrs…and i wont even end up owning the unit…so what happens if i downgrade my plan 3 yrs from now?? will they take the unit back???

tablets are getting cheaper by the min…i would rather wait next yr…am sure i can get something cheaper which i will end up owning….

another promo that is bound to fail if they dont get their acts together!

Aidz · 15 years ago

A Tablet with a landline! PLDT TELPAD is now available for reservation. Enjoy unlimited internet that comes with a tablet and a landline. All of them in one awesome package. Visit their website now for more information. The website on this listing is the official website of PLDT TELPAD. Reservations made on other websites will not be honored by PLDT.

http://www.pldttelpad.com/

toink · 15 years ago

@ Chito,

Yeah, I was actively posting in the wall too until they took out the account…

I was the one inquiring about their assurance of the 512kbps speed upgrade when they could not even give me half the speed of what I am paying for… It’s a marketing ploy…

metalingus · 15 years ago

sad to say this promo is only available in metro manila and cebu..

Chito · 15 years ago

Yup… I suspected that too but a while ago they put up http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/pages/PLDT-Telpad/169416969761280. It will land you to the wall “Just PLDT Telpad” thus hiding the wall posts of “others” unless one takes the extra step of clicking it.

On my part, I was able to save the previous comments and responses made by PLDT Telpad at least for future reference.

toink · 15 years ago

http://www.facebook.com/pldt.telpad is now deactivated. Perhaps its because of the inquiries posted and negative feedback :P

Way to go PLDT!

genaro juego · 15 years ago

so panu un?magkano monthly? tas ilang years dapat bayaran ang tablet?pm plzzz! im interested

Elijah · 15 years ago

tested it awhile ago.

Touch screen feedback is a bit sluggish, speed is slow (but it ran the angry birds game pretty well) … or maybe it’s because too many people installed too many apps/widgets on it and an animated wallpaper… I’d like to test a fresh one

Battery life was like 70+ hours iirc

The 3year lock-in is one thing everyone in the booth is complaining about, but 2500php preterm – they changed the preterm rate now I think, the stall is in greenhills if you want to check it out.

Lloyd · 15 years ago

Sayang Manila and Cebu Areas lang daw muna di pa daw available sa ibang areas.

Chito · 15 years ago

Check out http://www.facebook.com/pldt.telpad?v=wall
Be careful…BE VERY CAREFUL! It’s a TRAP…

Chito Reyes
Again my question which was not answered though it was first in this post… After 3 years of P500/month, would I actually own the unit already or is it just considered as an additional deposit for a PLDT owned equipment (just like our exis…ting phones). If defective AFTER 3 years, will you replace it?

I just wanted to clarify as I was told that it would still be PLDT owned after 3 years.

PLDT Telpad
@Chito – Sorry for the delay.

PLDT owns the Telpad unit even after the lock-in period.

PLDT provides a product warranty for the Telpad unit for 3 years.
…
Thanks!

Chito Reyes
Follow up question… If PLDT OWNS the Telpad unit AFTER 3 years, what happens if it does not work anymore AFTER 3 years? If we decide to return it after 3 years, do we get our money back since you still own it? Since ownership is NEVER transferred to us despite our payment, what is the Php 500/month for?

PLDT Telpad
@Chito – If you cancel the Telpad service after the lock-in period, you are still required to return the Telpad unit to PLDT.

The P500/month covers the .5mbps speed upgrade. There will be no refund for the P500/month after the lock-in period. If you do not cancel your Telpad subscription, you will still get charged the rate you were charged when you were still in the lock-in period. If you cancel, simply choose another DSL plan or continue with your Telpad subscription.

If the unit is defective after 3 years, PLDT reserves the right to charge you since it is no longer covered by the warranty.

Hope this helps. Thanks!

Chito Reyes
Hmmm… what about the battery after 3 years and the “usual” wear and tear of the gadget? Will you replace them? We all know that electronic gadgets have a “limited” life… The unit will be bound to be defective after that “life” and if you technically own it, what would be our protection in the future? It would be unfair to charge us for something that is bound to conk out just like any electronic gadget.

(No answer yet as of this posting)

Raymond · 15 years ago

If plans 1849,2099,3095 and 4100 are just 1mbps,1.5mbs,2.5mbps and 3.5mbps respectively,

then, it would be better if you just subscribe to myDSL first(plans 999,1995,3k which is 1,2,3 mbps respectively), then avail the “just add P500/mo. for existing subscribers” promo.

Aside from having lesser bills a month, you’ll be having a 0.5mbps increase in DL speed.

1849 = 1mbps
2099 = 1.5mbps
3095 = 2.5mbps
4100 = 3mbps

1499(999+500) = 1.5mbps(1+0.5)
2495(1995+500) = 2.5mbps(2+0.5)
3500(3000+500) = 3.5mbps(3+0.5)

Trisha Aguirre · 15 years ago

I reserved mine 3 days ago. The PLDT Rep was kind enough to give me a courtesy call yesterday to confirm my reservation.

She mentiones that the unit will be available to those who reserves this month by January 2011.

They have a Facebook Fanpage:

http://www.facebook.com/pldt.telpad

I reserved my unit thru their Facebook Fanpage.

There are also plans & details about it there.

Hope this helps.

Rockieboi · 15 years ago

I thought there is a 0.5 mbps and tablet included in the additional 500 pesos or is it for the tablet only?

kuyog · 15 years ago

to be fair, I live in Makati I’ve been using PLDT wired MyDSL for almost 4 years now, and have had satisfactory service at 1Mbps, except for the first month and scheduled interruptions. I even had full service all through Ondoy. Their DNS server crashes frequently, but I’m not affected since I use OpenDNS and GoogleDNS :) I do wonder about the lock in period. if it is 3 years as stated by the other posters, then it may be a bit too much. 2 years at P12000 total? for a cortex 1ghz? i could probably live with that.

daniel · 15 years ago

waw ang ganda naman… kung 500 per month lng sya.. magaan sa bulsa … within 3 years P 18,000 lng gastos mo… may 3000/month naman kaming DSL so 500 pesos nlng babayaran for the tablet? waw!!!!

Alisa · 15 years ago

Mabuti na lang I saw this post. Muntik na akong madala sa tv ad nila.

mr. bogus · 15 years ago

ob-ob na kakagat dito (im sorry for the word..)

NETGUIDES · 15 years ago

im assuming this device is using wifi or a special band like wimax…

with today’s wirelss technology, almost everything is possible…

has anyone ridden a jac liner bus w/ free wifi? did u know that their isp is pldt?

1st i thought they were connected to smart’s cellsites and hops to other towers while the bus is moving….i happen to have come accross their main terminal, and guess what, they have their own transmitting tower…their bus and their tower can link on more than 100km! that’s why the ping is bad, but still consistent internet even when ure traveling in the last place you’d expect to get free internet access…now for me, that’s very cool!

i hope this service would be available in provinces.

Robert · 15 years ago

sa mga wala sa telpad launching…

check the askpldt and pldt@home feature when choosing for your right tablet.

Eason · 15 years ago

This is just plain exciting but BAD IDEAL all over it.

For one point, PLDT is being a pain in the ass for its slow internet, slow service and fast bills for the past year. I was a loyal 5 year PLDT 1mbps subscriber but now I switched to Globe 1mbps since its much faster and less hassle since you don’t need a landline for the internet connection.

Plus globe actually gives refunds to downtimes, not like PLDT. But downtime was only experienced once.

Still we have a PLDT landline but for me their DLS service sucks now, not like before.

Note : Marikina Area.

Edward · 15 years ago

I’m a bit confused here.

I also have plan 999 and Landline that would total about 1800.

What do they mean that if you are an existing DSL subscriber you can get it for additional 500 per month soooo

1500 per month with DSL, Landline and ANdroid Tablet for 3 years?

Willy Yu · 15 years ago

oo nga, may be its better to cancel my pldt ds& apply for the new 1849 plan with the pad included,
they should offer it free to existing dsl subscribers that is outside the lock in period to lock them for 3 years with the free pad, or all of their loyal? subscribers will be gone sooner or later,
I am eyeing for a better & faster & cheaper connection in my area to replace the pldt dsl, their landline is not that in demand as before when they monopolized it, now everything is cheaper, faster, wireless pa.

ICesteam · 15 years ago

I think its a joke… my plan is 999 + landline im paying about 1800+ a month.. then i inquire if i can avail this .. the customer service says YES you can get a FREE telpad.. take note “FREE” as in free”, but sir in your plan you need to pay additional 500 pesos. and a lock in period of 3 years( if you terminate you will pay 14000php) .. So what you say if i subscribed for 3 years so php500 x 36months = php 18000 (the amount i will pay for 3 years )then after that i still don’t own the telpad gadget its still under PLDT .. WTF… its a freaking joke.. by 3 years im sure there are more new gadjets… im wondering where’s FREE there ??? if dont even own the gadget for after 3 years

Lei · 8 years ago

I literally experienced the same things and oh boy it’s my worst regret! I will never trust PLDT’s costumer service again. I was once in their plan for dsl when I suddenly got a call saying “oh maam you were choosen to have free tablet all you need to do is upgrade your plan to 1899…” something like that and there is a freaking who just woke up when I got a call and thought I really won a tablet from them for free so I got it. So freaking liars! If I knew the tablet will needed to be paid in 3 years with the upgrade in it I would have not gotten it! And mind you guys they never told me it was for 3 years contract until I got to their office recently! So much scam and so much lie from this company so that they could take advantage of their costumers. I never intend to get a contract of 3 years in the very beginning and having them do this to me was so disappointing from them. I will never… ever trust PLDT again until they fixed the issues and will never want my love ones a d friends to be tied with company’s trying to scam people. Like literally….where is the free tablet when it actually added to your monthly fee? So much BS!

bugat · 15 years ago

bili ka nalang ng china pad, mura pa 3k????

bugat · 15 years ago

HILAW PA YAN, bili ka nalang ng china pad, mura pa 3k????

Adrian · 15 years ago

medyo hindi maganda service ng pldt. every week may disconnection and minsan mabagal.

Manny · 15 years ago

Bolang a pldt

orgl · 15 years ago

puwede ba ilabas yung tablet, parang makapal kasi

yuan · 15 years ago

panget

Rockieboi · 15 years ago

Parang pareho pa rin ang babayaran mo kung kukuha ka ng new subscription… I think 999 ang 1 mbps plus ang residential line na around 600-700… Tama ba?

Benchmark33 · 15 years ago

Hmmm if you are an exisiting user, for life na yung additional 500? Or we can just buy the unit and plug it sa existing line namin?

Kasi if for life na yung additional 500 na yun, that is expensive, it like buying a tablet na for life mo binabayaran…

I hope we can buy the unit separateley….

nexusboy · 15 years ago

that ridiculously huge PLDT logo makes the device look effin’ CHEAP. there’s no way i’m putting that on my condo.

GaiusSensei · 15 years ago

@Andre: Yes, there is WiFi. 802.11 b/g to be exact. here’s the Full Spec Sheet: http://andytechnology.com/AD-1000%20Catalog.pdf [Provided by Jucato above]

In my opinion, an Archos 700 (almost) on a 1500/per month 1mb/s contract sounds just about right.

I will try this out~

Andre · 15 years ago

no Wifi, you need a Wifi Router. or the PLDT Dsl Wifi router modem

Elbert · 15 years ago

This expensive for such a service. I think it would have a better chance at success if the price is lower, much lower.

Jucato · 15 years ago

This is actually an interesting device. I’m guessing that the dock would be WiFi router/transmitter (considering the device itself has WiFi capabilities, it would be kinda stupid if you could only connect to the net if it were docked) but the PTSN usage itself would be through the (wired) handset. Yes, too bad it has no 3G, though I’m hoping Bluetooth tethering with a phone could fix that.

It’s a bit too early to say anything with very few details. But looking at the specs (http://andytechnology.com/AD-1000%20Catalog.pdf), it sounds pretty much like an Archos 70.