Flooding in the Bangkok, capital city of Thailand some time ago making Research in Motion (RIM) to evacuate the BlackBerry DevCon Asia 2011 to Singapore. RIM said the BlackBerry DevCon Asia 2011 event will be maintained on the same date, on December 7 to 8 2011 at the Suntec Singapore International Convention & Exhibition Center - Singapore.
Samsung apparently is preparing a low-end mobile devices to be presented at Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2011 at Barcelona in February 13th. And we got some leaked information about that phones are Samsung Galaxy Ace (we've previously covered which appear in Samsung Indonesia website), Fit, Mini and Gio.
This phone using Android 2.2 Froyo OS and will come with standard features like Wi-Fi, Android Apps, Samsung Apps support, Social Hub, Swype text input, GPS and more. But these phones have different specification.
Yes, we all know about iPhone 4 CDMA version has been released by Verizon Wireless for United States region, but these iPhone 4 CDMA also seems to be coming soon in Asia.
Some of the Asian region are Japan, South Korea and China, as we all know that these areas is laden with manufacturers of telecommunications technology. According to the Digitimes website, Apple plans to sell as many as 7 million units of iPhone 4 CDMA in this region during the first quarter of 2011. [via DigiTimes]
Amid keen-intensive to produce an Android phone, Samsung also has spawned a new mobile device with its own operating system itself that is Samsung Bada. Samsung now launch Wave 723 phone, also known as GT-S7320E is another range of Samsung mobile phones that use Bada operating system.
The BlackBerry Developer Day 2010 Indonesia is a unique opportunity to meet and network with the leading solution developers and architects of BlackBerry solutions. This event helds on Thursday August 19th, 2010 at The Ritz-Carlton Pacific Place, Jakarta - Indonesia.Here is live blogging while we cover that events :
As announced, Apple extends the availability of iPhone 4 to another 17 countries this Friday on July 30, among them are Asia Pacific countries, like Hong Kong, Singapore, Australia, and New Zealand. The phone will be available both through online store and standard retail stores. The suggested retail price is surprisingly affordable, if compared to previous iPhone 3GS prices.
It is stated that the suggested price for 16GB variant is SG$888 (US$651), while SG$1048 (US$768) is the price for 32GB. Those are unlocked and contract-free scheme with no pre-order required. The list is completed with iPhone 3GS 8GB that offered at SG$748 (US$548). Maybe we'll be getting contract-bound prices in coming days. iPhone is offered by all operators in Singapore -- SingTel, StarHub, and M1.
In Hong Kong, the price is somewhat similar. We obtain information that the 16GB variant will be sold at HK$4988 (US$642), while the 32GB price is still unknown. iPhone 4 is the next edition iPhone, brought several new features including video call via Wi-Fi with FaceTime, crystal bright Retina Display, 5 megapixels camera, and latest iOS4 with multitasking.
Indosat just launch fast Internet access service DC-HSPA+ 42 Mbps in Surabaya, Indonesia. Indosat claim the DC-HSPA+ services could provide download speeds of up to 42 Mbps for customers Indosat Mobile Broadband and IM2. Previously, these service has only presented to Indosat customers in Jakarta.
In addition, with launching this services, Indosat bring network modernization for Surabaya city, this modernization is done to save power consumption and space requirements by up to 50%. Also this step is one of Indosat's efforts to support the telecommunications industry that are environmentally friendly. Indosat is the first operator in Asia and second in the world after Australia's Telstra is implementing technology Dual Carrier High Speed Packet Access, or abbreviated as DC-HSPA+. These achievements can be proud of. But the question now: whether the technology upgrade is directly proportional to customer satisfaction? How do you think customers telco operators in Indonesia? [via detiksurabaya]
RIM's BlackBerry Beta Zone previously is only available for U.S. and Canadian area only and now BlackBerry Beta Zone has open access for the Asian region, as for countries that can access the Beta Zone are as follows:
Bangladesh
Hong Kong
Malaysia
Philippines
Puerto Rico
Singapore
Taiwan
Thailand
RIM’s BlackBerry Beta Zone is where regular users can sign up to beta test some applications that RIM is working on. If you are in one of those countries you can sign up now at www.blackberry.com/beta. [via BlackBerry Blog]
HTC Wildfire is the HTC Android phone packed with Android 2.1 was introduced in a press conference in Germany. The new HTC Android phone targeting for mobile users who want to connect to social networking, email and instant messaging. The HTC Wildfire will be available in Europe and Asia soon.
In addition to Android 2.1 (eclair) by HTC Sense, Wildfire sports Qualcomm MSM 7255 processor 528 MHz, 512 MB ROM and 384 MB of RAM. Also equipped with a capacitive touch screen 3.2 inch QVGA screen and 5 Megapixel camera with autofocus and LED flash support. HTC Wildfire supports HSPA network / WCDMA 900/2100 MHz, GSM 850/900/1800/1900 MHz, WiFi IEEE 802.11 b/g and Bluetooth 2.1 with Enhanced Data Rate support. Other features HTC Wildfire: 1300 mAh Lithium-Ion Battery, 3.5 mm stereo audio jack, a standard micro-USB connector, microSD expansion slot, G-Sensor, digital compass, a proximity sendor and FM Radio. Newest HTC Android phone is also equipped with HTC Widgets for Social Networking, Facebook Integration, Stream Friend, Photo Sharing Facebook, Flickr and twitter, Youtube Video Sharing and HTC Peep for Twitter. [via InfoSyncWorld]
Polar Mobile, the Canadian-based mobile software business announces the launch of Blackberry super apps for top news providers in Hong Kong, China, South Korea, Indonesia and the United Kingdom.
New to Polar's customer list are MingPao, Shanghai Daily, Kompas News, Yonhap News, Liberal Democratic Party of the UK., and Shanghai World Expo 2010. Businesses around the world are looking to Polar Mobile - a Global leader in mobile publishing solutions - to enable their content on BlackBerry smartphones. "As Indonesia's largest newspaper, we want to bring our content to BlackBerry in the best possible way," says Edi Taslim, Vice Business Director of Kompas. "Polar Mobile delivers a highly functional mobile content solution for BlackBerry that allows Kompas readers to stay updated on the latest news from Indonesia and around the world while on-the-go." [via marketwire]