A few days ago the Asia Pacific region was hit by a BlackBerry Messenger outage. The service was down in many counties such as Indonesia, Australia, Hong Kong, Thailand, India, the Philippines, Singapore, Vietnam, and Malaysia. BlackBerry did not immediately notify or acknowledge that the BBM service was down. Initially, it was thought the outage was only isolated to BlackBerry 10. However, it eve... »
PicStory and Indosat have announced their PicStory Indosat Challenge in Indonesia where participants get a chance to win a BlackBerry Z10 and many more prizes. The challenge involves the use of NFC technology to unlock Indosat exclusive frames and filters at different locations to be used for the challenge. You could win from a Indosat Top Up Voucher Rp. 100.000 to a BlackBerry Z10 device. Check o... »
The BlackBerry Z10 has launched today in Indonesia. The device will become available at BlackBerry Lifestyle stores across the country by next week. The BlackBerry Z10 will be available in black and white colors and retail for Rp 6,999,000 beginning on March 15th. “BlackBerry is stepping away from traditional use of smartphones,” said Vivek Bhardwaj. “BlackBerry Flow is gesture-b... »
BlackBerry users in Indonesia will soon be able to purchase the BlackBerry Z10. The BlackBerry Z10 will launch on March 4th in Jakarta. There’s no word yet on pricing or carrier availability. Let’s hope the Z10 launch is as successful as the Bold 9790. via detikinet Thanks @acm4ldinie! »
BlackBerry Porsche Design P’9981 in black is now present in Indonesia. This latest version has interesting design, all black, and more emphasis on the icons and essence of the brand. Porsche Design P’9981 BlackBerry smartphone can be distinguished by the form of linear and pure appearance combined with innovative technology. BlackBerry Porsche Design P’9981 in black is marketed... »
BBM Money is launching in Indonesia through a partnership with PermataBank and Monitise. With BBM Money you have the ability to create and access a mobile money account from BlackBerry smartphone and make real-time payments to your BBM contacts. BBM customers can create a BBM Money account with PermataBank and then start loading cash into the account through any of the 70,000 ATMs in Indonesia. Af... »
RIM’s BBM service is more than just an instant messaging service. With BBM-connected apps, BBM Voice, BBM Music, BBM Groups, it has become more of a comprehensive social platform for interacting with others in many ways. Today, RIM has announced a new peer-to-peer money transferring service called BBM Money that will be launched in Indonesia. The service should allow you to send money to ... »
PT RIM Indonesia has been presented with the Indonesian Customer Satisfaction Award 2012 in recognition of its commitment to providing excellent service for BlackBerry users in the country. Marketing Director Eka Anwar was presented with the award in conjunction with the Indonesian Customer Satisfaction Award (ICSA) 2012 ceremony at the Gran Melia Hotel in Jakarta. RIM says they’re committed... »
JamHack BlackBerry 2012 has ended after lasting for 40 hours of tense since Friday (19/10) night, and made it the first BlackBerry regional Hackathon events are taking place simultaneously. The winner of the competition which closed on Sunday will represent Indonesia at the BlackBerry Jam Asia in Bangkok to be held in November 2012. BlackBerry JamHack 2012 in Indonesia starting on Friday (19/10)... »
Research In Motion has officially begun operations at the Bandung Institute of Technology in Indonesia for the BlackBerry Innovation Center. The main objective of the BlackBerry Innovation Center in this case will be to support the development of the local market of mobile applications for the BlackBerry platform. This is including through additional education students ITB (Institut Teknologi Band... »
In a recent article, we speculated if the Philippines would become the next ‘BlackBerry Nation’. A title which is currently held by Indonesia. BlackBerry has been so popular in Indonesia that Research In Motion setup the former DevCon Asia (now BB Jam Asia) in Jakarta. However, a recent study conducted by the International Data Company (IDC) shows that Android now claimed a 52 percent ... »
Are you a seafood lover, but are worried about putting the enviroment and sea life population in danger? There’s a new app that’ll help you with that. WWF Indonesia has created a Seafood Guide application with which you can find and pick the best seafood without putting in danger its population by providing fish stock condition, fishing area information, and how it is produced. The app... »
The current ‘BlackBerry Nation’ title holder is undoubtedly Indonesia. There was even an unintentional mosh pit during the release of the BlackBerry Bold 9790. Imagine if users across North America and Europe still lined up the streets to get their hands on the first BlackBerry devices. However, it seems Indonesia may have a new contender for the title. The same trend is beginning to s... »
With smartphones rapidly replacing feature phones, mobile data usage as increased. This is especially pronounce in Asia, where smartphone growth is in the hundreds of percent. Despite Nokia having a dominant role in the Asian mobile market, BlackBerry has a strong presence when it comes down to smartphones, suggesting that there is significant growth in BlackBerry smartphones sales and usage. Wi... »
While Research In Motion’s BlackBerry may only account for 1% of mobile traffic in the U.S., it is certainly growing exponentially in Indonesia. Telkomsel, Indonesia’s largest mobile phone operator, recorded a 226 percent increase in BlackBerry data traffic over last year. In a press release issued by Telkomsel, data traffic from BlackBerry services alone hit 7.5 gigabytes per second, while ... »
Alec Saunders, the VP of developer relations for Research In Motion, was on hand at the MobileMonday event in Kuningan, South Jakarta. Saunders was there to attract more Indonesian developers to build mobile apps for BlackBerry 10. Indonesia is the third-largest community of BlackBerry developers after India and China, said Saunders. Here’s the interview of Alec Saunders from Jakarta Globe: ... »
Indonesia’s love for BlackBerry is not slowing down! BlackBerry users have only been increasing and they are expected to rise with operators competition and deals. Telkomsel, the biggest mobile phone operator in Indonesia, had 3.5 million BlackBerry users and is aiming for 5 million this year, said Head of Corporate Communications Ricardo Indra. The country’s second-biggest operator, Indosat... »
First India, the Curve 9220 has now been launched in Indonesia. “The new BlackBerry Curve 9220 is a great upgrade for current feature-phone users, providing an amazing mobile experience with all the unique social networking benefits that the BlackBerry solution has to offer. The new BlackBerry Curve 9220 even integrates a dedicated BBM key, a new feature that many customers in Indonesia have asked... »
Research In Motion intends to open 4,000 new BlackBerry stores across the archipelago to strengthen its market in Indonesia. “We plan to establish 4,000 points of sale, for customers throughout Indonesia to try and to buy BlackBerry products and services,” RIM senior public relations manager for Southeast Asia Oliver Pilgerstorfer told The Jakarta Post in a statement on Monday. The new stores are... »
RIM has been threatened by the Indonesian Telecommunication Regulation Body (BRTI) over the location of a server. The BRTI is pretty upset that RIM decided to build a new server in Singapore, rather than in Indonesia. “Because RIM has not been cooperative, it is possible that we will soon end BIS (BlackBerry Internet Service) and BBM service. BlackBerry therefore, would just be like other cellular... »
