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Category Archives: Analysis
A Brief Note from the CyberAgent – Net Impact
TweetOn March 7, 2012, Jakarta was visited by a couple of guests who are no strangers in the IT world. Most of them are already well-known and probably are quite respected in the business all over the region. The representatives of these companies presented at Net Impact event held by CyberAgent Ventures at Hyatt Hotel, Jakarta. [...]
Can cute emoticons bring Line to the top?
TweetA few days ago I found out another messaging app, yes I’m not kidding and it’s called Line. It may be just another messaging app available, but the fact that they have attracted more than 20 million download especially in South Korea and Japan does raise an interesting question. Is there a market for niche [...]
RIM Released Playbook 2.0, Is It the Rise of the Playbook?
TweetOne of RIM’s policies that we have been waiting for finally arrived. On Tuesday, February 21st 2012, RIM released the latest operating system for Blackberry Playbook tablet. These tablet users may be able to download the latest operating system for free. In a news release, RIM BlackBerry Playbook claimed that the new OS 2.0 will [...]
RIM Continues to Embrace Developers to Boost PlayBook App Numbers
TweetSome people may think that RIM is getting desperate in trying to improve the sales of its BlackBerry PlayBook tablet because in recent months, it had been dropping its prices to a level below US $200. More recently, RIM announced through its BlackBerry Developer Blog that it will give away PlayBooks to developers who want [...]
E-money users grew 18%, e-commerce players are still not happy
TweetDigital cash money is still considered new in Indonesia, however the user’s amount may not be as insignificant. Detikinet reveals that in 2012, the number of e-money users in Indonesia will reach 12 million, in assumption of 30% -40% active users. In Indonesia, e-money usage is driven by the bank and only 10% contributed by [...]
The Launch of the Nokia Asha 300 and the Importance of Applications for Mobile Platforms
TweetSeveral days ago, Nokia launched the Asha 300 in Indonesia aimed at the middle to lower market segment in Indonesia, the Asha 300. With decent technical specifications, Asha 300 has a fairly affordable price range for IDR 1 million. 300 Asha is a S40-based Nokia mobile phone which had sold more than 1.5 billion units [...]
Could Samsung Pose a Threat to Google?
TweetThis week’s Monday Note by Jean Louis Gassée sparked an interesting thought and possibility that Samsung is gaining a serious upper hand in the Android world and could use it as leverage against Google. Now why would Samsung do that? At this point, Samsung probably wouldn’t do anything to jeopardize the relationship with Google, after [...]
Indonesia Will Lose The Title as “Second Largest Population in Facebook” This Year
TweetSo far, we are always proud of the fact that Indonesia is a “social media country” — so active in Facebook pages and Twitter. There are many countless times that Twitter users from Indonesia “lift” the topics to be trending globally for days. Indonesia is the county with second most populous Facebook users in the [...]
RIM Expects BlackBerry users in Indonesia to Reach 9.7 Million in 2015
TweetResearch in Motion (RIM) has achieved success with the BlackBerry marketing in Indonesia until now. As quoted by AFP (published by The Australians), there are about 5 million subscribers of BlackBerry service (BIS and BES) in Indonesia until 2011. They predict the number will be nearly doubled in 2015, to 9.7 million subscribers. Roughly speaking, [...]
Which iPhone Distributor is TiPhone Looking to Acquire??