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Hello everyone! We meet again in our weekly roundup which for now covers from 11 to 17 August 2008. Oh yeah, I would like to commemorate our independence day which occured yesterday. May our country be a more mature country to accept latest technology (especially in gadget technology) for the sake of the good of mankind.

Let’s get started then. this week was full with Indonesia’s local coverage I guess. From new Blackberry Bold to the fake communicator and the possibility of Sharp phone to be launched next year, Indonesia is always interesting subject when talking about gadget starving. So, when will iPhone 3G to be exactly entering Indonesia? I cross my finger for that!

Besides Indonesia’s issues, we also figure out some information about Nokia and iPhone. Yes, both of them are the most wanted gadget brand. Not forget to mention, HTC Touch Pro has finally unboxed. The form factor is really amazing!

What’s new from Indonesia

Indonesia is our mother country. That’s why we can cover more information about Indonesia’s latest gadget news. If you would like to obtain more information about Indonesia’s latest technology issue, don’t hesitate to contact us.

For this week, we posted information about MicXon. Singapore based manufacturer apparently quite popular in low-to-middle market. MicXon has made fake communicator and gaming-focused phones. Next, the youngest GSM operator, AXIS, managed to launch new tariff plan which is very amazing. They offered IDR 1 for SMS and free usage of 1 MB data per day to compliment their grown subscribers.

Moreover, BlackBerry Bold has arrived and Sharp is about to shock Indonesian market by launching their 920SH-which was very popular in Japan-in 2009. Will they repeat the success here? We will figure it out later.

Nokia News

The Finn giant has always catched our attention by creating new buzz every single day. For this week, we covered their action on launching Email beta client for S60 3rd edition, re-launching Nokia 3610 in fold design, creating secret passage at OpenAtYourOwnRisk.

Furthermore, they are rumored to use AMOLED display for new products, make agreement with Zeemode for Bluetooth gaming controller, and finally their latest N96 got approval from US telecommunication commission, FCC. All are good news? Not all, since J2ME bugs has reported to be a threat for Nokia S40 users. Wow, those were huge amount of coverage!

iPhone Buzz

Yet another iPhone news. Or probably we are just too curious about this Steve Jobs’s new toys. The buzz started from almost US$ 15,000 of iPhone pouch (totally ripped off!), BestBuy to follow the euforia by selling iPhone 3G starts from September 7, while Global IP Solutions created VoIP SDK for VoIP solution. Life is going to be easier with this cheap (or free) calling rate!

Next, we have information that iPhone directly sit in second place of smartphone market in the USA, behind BlackBerry, while they are predicted to sell 4.47 million units this quarter. Also, banking giant HSBC plans to ditch BlackBerry to equip their 200,000 employees with iPhone! Really good job for Apple!

Yet, there is news flown around that Infineon 3G chip, planted on iPhone 3G has caused some trouble for 3G connection realibility. We’ll search for the truth about this case since AT&T claimed that they receive little amount of complain regarding 3G connection.

Other Interesting Topics

We also have:

1. HTC Touch Pro: hands on pictures and video
2. HTC Dream Android: for real?
3. Samsung U700: goes pink
4. BlueWhaleMail: push Facebook
5. Motorola Atila: Alexander without QWERTY keyboard
6. Tips: cellphone to protect car from thief
7. Lenovo 960: with fingerprint
8. Sanyo Katana Eclipse: for US market
9. DoCoMo: new P706ie and N706ie
10. India: no 3G network for now
11. Snap2Face: Facebook + Windows Mobile
12. Samsung E200 Eco: go green!
13. Polo Ralph Lauren: mobile e-commerce

That’s all folks!

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