There’s a vendo machine at the Shaw Blvd MRT station that allows users to load any pre-paid cellphone.
They call the vending machine “iLoad”. It’s has a touch screen, full-color monitor. It has a slot to accept paper bills and coins, similar to the vendo coke machines. I’m not sure if it dispenses change, but it probably does.
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I tried out the vending machine, and it’s rather intuitive. You select the type of cellphone load you need (Smart, Globe, Sun), select the amount, enter the cellphone number of the recipient.
After entering the cellphone number, there’s a little delay. I initially got the impression the system verifies whether the cellphone number exists or whether it matches the prepaid card chosen. But after entering a couple of random cellphone numbers, I’m rather convinced that there’s no verification involved at this stage.
After getting the cellphone load info, the machine asks for your money. I don’t own a pre-paid cellphone. So I never really tried entering any money. But the paper bill slot is very similar to those in softdrink vendo machines.
What can we do with these vendo machines? How can they be improved?
First thing that comes to mind: these machines could be extended to load G-Cash or Smart Money. This gives m-commerce an additional way of bringing in m-cuurency into the mobile commerce network.
There is maintenance involved for these machines. Somebody needs to retrieve the cash in these machines every so often.
Nice gadget to have. I’m sure it can make the revenues needed to keep it running. But nothing spectacular yet. Let’s see how this vendo machine will evolve. I’m looking forward to this vendo machine catering to many more pre-paid products in the future.
For inquiries, contact iloadmachines@yahoo.com .
For questions with academic purpose, contact: jligones@hotmail.com
Related Links: Vending Machines, Globe Text, Globe Eload, Smart Load
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