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Indosat to Support Operator Billing on BlackBerry App World

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Research In Motion (RIM) and Indosat today announced an operator billing option for Indosat’s BlackBerry® customers that purchase apps on BlackBerry® App World™.

Operator billing will allow Indosat’s BlackBerry customers to conveniently and securely purchase apps from BlackBerry App World and charge the purchases directly to their Indosat bill. Customers will also be able to charge in-app purchases to their Indosat bill, which allows for the purchase of digital goods, such as additional content or more levels to a game, to be made without interrupting the application experience.

BlackBerry ID, which provides customers with a secure device-independent user identification (ID) for use with BlackBerry App World (and other BlackBerry services), enables this new payment option in addition to allowing customers to seamlessly transfer their personal library of free and purchased apps when they switch to a new BlackBerry® smartphone. Furthermore, BlackBerry ID requires the user to enter their password when making a purchase, providing an added layer of security that can help protect a user from unauthorized purchases in the event their smartphone is lost or stolen.

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Filed under  //  BlackBerry   Indonesia   Services   indosat  
Posted by Oki Rosgani 
 

Indonesia's Indosat sets Pearl 3G and Curve 3G pre-order

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Indonesia's Indosat will be the first operator in the country (and in region, I presume) to setup a pre-order page for BlackBerry Pearl 3G and Curve 3G. No exact date is revealed, but the price scheme has already given. In collaboration with Bank Mandiri, Indosat gives cheaper prices for 200 first pre-order each. The Mandiri's prices are IDR3,249,000 and IDR2,999,000 respectively. Please heads up to http://www.indosat.com/mandiri for further information.

Pearl 3G and Curve 3G are both latest BlackBerry edition from RIM. The two are confirmed to have BlackBerry 6 upgrade once available. Pearl 3G is the revamped of phone-like Pearl series. For Asia region, RIM sets 9105 that has T9/abc keypad, rather than 9100 that has SureType arrangement. Curve 3G, in other hand, is the upgrade version of Curve 85xx (Gemini or Aries), with enhancement in 3G and GPS availability.

Filed under  //  BlackBerry   Curve 3G   Curve 9300   Indonesia   Indosat   Pearl 3G   Pearl 9105  
Posted by Amir Karimuddin 
 

Indosat's new international data roaming tariff

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Indonesia's Indosat today launches new tariff scheme on its international data roaming for several operating partners. The second largest operator based on number of subscribers is unveiling IDR 25,000 (US$ 2.8) price scheme per day for both unlimited BlackBerry and regular data service. The price scheme will be activated when the usage is above 1MB per day, while below that amount user will only require to pay IDR25/KB.

The roaming partners, bounded into Conexus operator alliance, are:
  • TrueMove - Thailand
  • MTNL/BSNL - India
  • FarEasTone - Taiwan
  • KT - Korea
  • Hutchison - Hong Kong
  • NTT docomo - Japan
  • Smart - Philippines
  • StarHub - Singapore
  • DiGi - Malaysia
  • Hutchison - Macao 
The scheme is valid until July 31, 2011, and still excluding taxes. You are obligated to activate international roaming feature before using the scheme in Galeri Indosat. The process may require you to put some money deposit. 

Filed under  //  BlackBerry   Indonesia   Indosat   Internet   data   tariff  
Posted by Amir Karimuddin 
 

Indosat Wiigo Pre-order

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For those interested with Android in-demand package from Indosat and Wiigo, you can open http://www.indosat.com/wiigo/ for pre-order. You can see full spec in picture attached with special price at IDR 1.4 million (US$155). The Android in-demand scheme will be quite similar with BlackBerry's, push email + chats, chats + social networking package, and regular package. The price is IDR 40,000 (US$5), IDR60,000 (US$7), and IDR 120,000 (US$13) respectively per month. 

Filed under  //  Android   Android on-demand   Indonesia   Indosat   Wiigo  
Posted by Amir Karimuddin 
 

Indosat Launch Wiigo Android On Demand

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Not only BlackBerry On Demand, Indosat also has Android On Demand services. Indosat plans to bundle these services with Wiigo Android On Demand.  Wiigo, a local brand Android QWERTY phone. A special chip with Indosat APNwill be immersed in the Wiigo Android phone. Consumers will be able to choose their own type of service desired by Indosat Wiigo Android On Demand.

Indosat provides three types of packages which push mail and chat, social networking and chat packages and last package of regular push-mail, chat, social networking and browsing. And like the BlackBerry On Demand, Indosat also offers daily, weekly and monthly on Android On Demand.

While rumored Wiigo phone will run Android 1.6 with support for 2.5-inch screen, 256 MB ROM, 128 MB RAM and up to 8 GB external memory. Unfortunately, we have not find the exact processor which powered in Wiigo device. Wiigo phone with Android On Demand service bundles with IDR 1.5 million price range.

Here is the Android On Demand package offers by Indosat:

  • Push mail package + chat (IDR 40.000/month)
  • Chat + social networking package (IDR 60.000/month)
  • Regular package (IDR 120.000/month)

[via detikinet]

Filed under  //  Android   Gadget   Indonesia   Indosat   Mobile  
Posted by Oki Rosgani 
 

i-Guard VPL from Indonesia's Indosat to protect your BlackBerry

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If you're BlackBerry Indosat subscriber, you'll notice something new in your homescreen this morning after rebooting the handset.

There's orange armor icon, a Virtual Preload (VPL) of i-Guard, implanted to ease you on installing this feature.

i-Guard is SmrtGuard's exclusive implementation, which has already available since last year, for security purposes. In big picture, i-Guard helps you backup data/contacts in Indosat server wirelessly and remote detect/wipe/lock if your BlackBerry were stolen.

This VPL method maybe aimed to increase curiousity among users and awareness about security concern. Hopefully, in the end, it will increase i-Guard subscribers.

There are two packages available for all Indosat users, monthly and weekly, at IDR10,000 and IDR4,000 respectively. If you think security is important then clicking the armor icon (and following every step of installation) will be a wise decision.

For further reading, check http://i-guard.mobi and go to Support section.

Filed under  //  BlackBerry   Indonesia   Indosat   SmartGuard   i-Guard  
Posted by Amir Karimuddin 
 

Indosat and SkyBee launch two messaging phone for Indonesian user

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Indosat in cooperation with SkyBee presenting two mobile lifestyle phone for messaging that is bundled with prepaid cellular IM3 simcards. This is considered bundling will encourage the growth of the telecommunications industry in Indonesia. Through this bundling program, people can have many alternative options that enable their mobile phone in communication. So this is indirectly contributed to the growth of telecommunications.

At the launch of this first time, SkyBee introduced two series of its flagship mobile phone; SkyBee 83AT and 80SS targeting two different markets. 80SS Series is marketed at a price of Rp. 799,000 targeting for user Business Entertainment Phone. While 83 AT series can be obtained with promotional price Rp. 499,000 more targeted to users who like to Chat Entertainment Phone.

Features that rely on mobile phones, among others SkyBee, mobinity services and mig33. In mobile-IM3 bundling SkyBee, customers will receive a free package offerings such as free balance and bonus SMS. If customers do reload voucher with a particular denomination, the IM3 customers will get some bonus of free internet, call balance, and SMS.

[via VIVAnews]

Filed under  //  Indonesia   Indosat   gadget   mobile  
Posted by Oki Rosgani 
 

Indonesia's Indosat to offer BlackBerry Storm2 this April

Although the market is quite small, it doesn't hinder Indonesia's Indosat from launching the next series of BlackBerry touchscreen, Storm2. Also known as Storm 9520 (9550 for CDMA-GSM version), the handset will be available this April.

In Indonesia, the previous sales of Storm 9500 is not as good as the QWERTY one, as it's only offered by Indosat and Telkomsel. Teguh Prasetya, Indosat's official, said that the idea of providing Storm2 is merely for giving option, especially for their niche segment, not just about sales. 

Storm2 is the latest touchscreen handset by RIM. It brings some updates, including the ability to play 3D games, like in iPhone, thanks to new graphic card implanted. Beside Storm2, it is said that Indosat will also bring number of new BlackBerry series into their GSM / CDMA portfolios. 

[via vivanews]

Filed under  //  BlackBerry   BlackBerry Storm2   Indonesia   Indosat   Storm 9520   Storm2  
Posted by Amir Karimuddin 
 

Tri vs Indosat

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Spotted this ad placement on Kompas.com the other day. Tri, the Indonesian arm of Hutchison Telecom's 3 had been running a campaign for its brand new BlackBerry service featuring popular singer Agnes Monica touting their rock-bottom pricing. Agnes says, "Anyone who can find a Blackberry service cheaper than mine can be my boyfriend."

Indosat cleverly retaliated by placing one of their own which features someone's pair of eyes looking up directly at  Agnes Monica and a wordplay on Agnes' name. The text says, "I'm not after dating, I want to get married." "Mau menikah" (or colloquially, mo nikah) is Indonesian for "want to get married." 

Both ads are animated and unfortunately I haven't got a practical screen capture software, so you'll have to go to the website yourself (warning: ad overload). Props to the team at Indosat for coming up with this gem of an ad.

Filed under  //  Indosat   ad   advertisement   agnes monica   kompas   online   tri   website  
Posted by Aulia Masna 
 

Some Photos from Mega Bazaar

These photos were taken by @brettmcguire on day one of Mega Bazaar. He compulsively bought himself an HTC Hero at Indosat's booth for Rp 4,999,000 even though he has the Xperia X10 on pre-order. He may or may not follow through with his plan to get the X10 (He probably won't) In the meantime, he's not getting any sleep playing with his new toy.

The newly merged SmartFren mobile telco had a funny way to promote their internet services. They had five people in what can only be described as a full body suit and painted faces racing in slow motion against each other. Except the SmartFren guy was about 10 meters in front while the others were literally falling over themselves trying to catch up. Unfortunately they were still too fast for Brett to take a decent shot of.

Personally, I'm kind of bored with these events. I've been involved as a vendor for six or seven of this and other similar events and they're exhausting (obviously). It's always exceptionally and uncomfortably loud, difficult to navigate after the second day, not enough room to move, finding a parking spot (and trying to leave) is a pain in the ass, there's nothing really new, the workshops are too random and they're merely sideshows. It's just an event to buy stuff with promo bonuses. I like that eStore and iBox are now offering fro-yos and ice creams for their customers though.

By the way, the chick on the left with the FrenDuo shirt looks kind of freaky.

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Filed under  //  Android   HTC Hero   brett   event   fren   indosat   photos   smart   smartfren  
Posted by Aulia Masna