August 16th, 2008
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When I was walking around in one of the largest mall in Jakarta, Grand Indonesia, I got stucked at new Sharp Gallery. The store was sleek and classy. Apparently it was opened since May 30 according to their official information. At first, I was looking for household prices-we all know Sharp is well known as [...]
August 14th, 2008
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Indonesia’s youngest GSM operator has been aggresively increasing their subscribers by offering cheap tariff plan. After successfully launched IDR 1 per call (everyday!) to intra-call, now AXIS is launching the newest package, called “paket paling ASIX” or literally translated as “the coolest package”, which promotes IDR 1 per SMS (for intra network) and free 1 [...]
August 11th, 2008
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In one of the Jakarta’s shopping mall, Kristian from Nokia Weblog is stucked to a “cheap” E90 Communicator look-a-like. The brand new phone is offered for only IDR 1.8 million (US$ 200), with IDR 1.3 million (almost US$ 150) for used product. It is very cheap for an uber communicator. Apparently, it wasn’t truly a [...]
August 10th, 2008
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Look at this! What a cool marketing strategy by Nokia.
Wow, I am so amaze to see this photo and I encourage you to do so. Not only because it is funny. But also because the main object inside. Do you know what Nokia series is that? Yes you got that. It is the N3315; monochrome, [...]
July 31st, 2008
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In cellphone industry, a great way to send a signal of battle to your rivals is by putting your ad on TV. Yes, it is expensive, exclusive, and memorable. Yet, people will see you differently ever after.
Special for Indonesian cellphone market, all the biggest player here are all the one who show their products in [...]
July 25th, 2008
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Actually, I used to put the word “Rumor” in front of a post like this. But now, I use “Almost official“. Wonder? Well, the answer is easy; the source of this news is my own managing editor in this blog - 3GWeek, Mr. Budi Putra. You know what? He is hardly to be categorized as [...]
July 12th, 2008
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I read local national newspaper yesterday and found out that Sony Ericsson Indonesia has already launched the new G-series in the market. G502, G900, and G700 are the new line in G series, which are aimed for young professional (completed with the stylus). As for new products, SE doesn’t mention the price in their advertising. [...]
July 8th, 2008
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Everyday, we are leaving our house/apartment for working. If the house is empty, nobody will look after and watch for your belongings. CCTV and standard security will not us make relief, since we cannot see real-time condition of our place.
Well, the story above is so yesterday. In the era of 3G connectivity, we can control [...]
July 4th, 2008
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So here she comes, the HTC touch Diamond.
You know what, some people said that Indonesia is a very poor country. Hmmm, probably they’re right. Especially if they try to rank our country based on economical things like GDP or alike. But just to give you some intention here, we, the Indonesian are not merely miserly. [...]
July 4th, 2008
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There are about 66% of foreign labors in Malaysia that are from Indonesia. Most of them are living in under-banked area, make themselves difficult to transfer their money-overseas payment-to their homeland. But as research tell, every family in under-banked area has at least 1 cellphone. Can they use the cellphone to transfer their money back [...]