Skype on Smartphone in the Philippines

[somebody]

Make sure your mum po is aware the smartphone may "consume data" when she is not using it I dont know how tech minded your Mum Po is but I know of plenty of new non techy smartphone users who get a little upset with how much data they consume even when not doing anything with the phone

Worth finding one where data can be switched off when not using if calls on skype are not expected if she has no general day to day need of data services

From experience not all phones are easy to switch off the data services only and keep the phone radio on

[sars_notd_virus]

Make sure your mum po is aware the smartphone may "consume data" when she is not using it I dont know how tech minded your Mum Po is but I know of plenty of new non techy smartphone users who get a little upset with how much data they consume even when not doing anything with the phone

Worth finding one where data can be switched off when not using if calls on skype are not expected if she has no general day to day need of data services

From experience not all phones are easy to switch off the data services only and keep the phone radio on

thanks somebody,no problem being a techy mind , my mum survived and managed to use the big laptop i left in the Philippines ,the only thing that i want is for me to be able to contact her whenever i want as she is a pensioner now ,she loves to travel a lot and a smartphone with skype will be very useful to communicate with each other rather than bringing a big laptop all the time.

yes you are correct lot of smartphones like htc and blackberry is receiving bad reviews in the PH connecting to the internet, i think i will get nokia for her just need to read more reviews and make sure that it will really work well.

[sars_notd_virus]

i have a consumable postpaid plan so it won't have extra charges as long as you are still within your limit..for me i have GFlex1200, so i have Php1200 per month to consume..just make sure that internet charges are by time browsing and not per kilobyte..time browsing in Globe is Php5 per 15minutes regardless of how much kilobyte you download..

you only have to make sure when connecting to the internet, it's settings for connections is "Always ask" so it won't automatically connect to the internet..also, make sure data connections are set to "Only when needed"..not sure how other smart phones do the settings but these are the way for nokia phones.

very helpful thanks again raynagirl, i will have to read more about this and make sure to contact Globe re the postpaid plans