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65Bits Episode 109 : Live from Central..
Our friends at Tech65 start their weekly podcast on the following issues that dominated the tech landscape last week: [1] TDM’s Event Blogout 2009 (a) Sweetcron and (b) Register for Blogout here, [2]...
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65Bits Episode 152: Car computer crash along PIE
Our friends at Tech65 starts off this week with their weekly podcast on the following issues that dominated the tech landscape: [1] Nexus One, [2] 3D TV at CES, [3] Microsoft and HP show off ’slate’...
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TWIA Episode 14: Don't Give Up on China
George Codula, the co-founder of Web2Asia, joined the TWIA crew this week to tell us the other perspective behind the Great Firewall on the recent Google showdown with the Chinese government, and...
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How Local Telcos Are (Not) Using Social Media
A brief introduction to those who aren’t familiar with the telecommunications market in Singapore: it’s ruled by 3 players – SingTel, M1 and StarHub. That means competition is stiff amongst the 3, but...
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Indian Travelers, Clay Telecom Now Offers SIM Cards in Indonesia
Adding to its wide range of international SIM card offerings, including 35 other countries and a SIM card for the whole of Europe, Indian telco Clay Telecom now provides postpaid SIM cards in...
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HT Mobile Indonesia Launches Cheap (But High-Quality) Phones
Indonesian phone vendor HT Mobile has launched a new series of low-priced phones. And considering the affordability, I’m a little surprised to see more than a few special features: The HT Mobile Xtrim...
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Build Android Mobile Apps, Promote Indonesian Tourism
As the number of mobile phone users increases, demand for mobile applications experiences significant growth as well. IDBYTE offers a great opportunity for Indonesian developers to build Android mobile...
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How Nokia is Exchanging Old Phones for Trees in Indonesia
Mobile phone vendor Nokia is promoting a campaign in Indonesia called “Give and Grow 2011: Give Mobile Phones, Grow Trees.” The program aims to tackle two problems at once: 1) It collects old mobile...
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Ringback Tone Adverts Hit Indonesia’s Mobiles
Ringback Tone (RBT) advertising is taking off in Indonesia as a prime form of mobile advertising. Biz-Ring now fully launched its RBT-Ads service on mobile phones with Telkomsel operator. RBT adverts...
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For Motorola and HTC, Android Success in China Requires Adaptations
When it comes to smartphone sales in China, Motorola and HTC have garnered the most consistent success from their Android platform – although it has required some careful tweaking, adaptation and...
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Global digital information and entertainment product spending to top US$2.1...
Consumers are expected to spend US$2.1 billion on digital information and entertainment products in 2011, a figure that is predicted to grow to US$2.8 billion by 2015, says a new research report by...
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For Indonesian Mobile Phone Vendors, Ramadan Means Big Business
Nexian Mobile Promo Attention mobile phone vendors: Ramadan and Eid are coming. It is a common tradition in Indonesia during Ramadan and Eid celebrations for people to change their old mobile phone to...
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XL Partners with Multiply To Set up Online Gadget Shop
After spreading its wings in Indonesia, Multiply is now increasingly known to the public as one of the most widely used e-commerce sites in the country. Now local telco giant XL Axiata is partnering...
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Indonesian Muslim Boarding School Students Get Mobile Repair Training
NU students in a mobile repair training class. Image credit: Telkomsel.com Technology training is not limited to students at science or technology colleges. In Indonesia, Islamic boarding school...
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How Mobile Devices Help Indonesians Return To Hometowns for Eid
Return to hometown with motorcycle. Packed. As the Eid celebration is only a week away, Indonesian tradition compels people to start returning to their hometowns. Using cars, buses, trains, or...
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Advanced Speaker Technology Developed for Smartphones
Sharp's 3D Phone CEATEC Japan 2011, Japan’s annual IT and electronics trade show, isn’t until next week but many companies are already teasing what they will bringing to the show. While Penn-Olson will...
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India’s First Islamic Phone, for Faithful on a Budget
The Beyon I-Tel i786 mobile. Click to enlarge. India will soon get its first-ever Islamic mobile phone that has been custom-built for Muslim consumers, filled with relevant apps such as a Hijri...
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Mobile Phones Are Killing Beijing’s Public Phones and Info Kiosks
This emo photo of a digital info kiosk is courtesy of Sina Tech The rise of mobile phones — smartphones especially — has meant that people now walk around China’s capital with information and phone...
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Best Buy Focusing on Mobile Products in Return to China
Last September, we reported that Best Buy would be coming back to China. And now there is official word. Best Buy will be in China as it announced last week, but not quite as a full store. Rather, it...
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LG Surpasses 5 Million LTE Handsets Sold
Korean manufacturer LG Electronics (066570:KS) announced today that it has surpassed the milestone of 5 million LTE smartphones sold last month, with more than 1 million smartphones sold in July...
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In Vietnam, For Every 100 People There are 145 Mobile Phones
Texting in traffic has become a part of Vietnamese modern culture. | comic art by phong210.wordpress.com With Vietnam’s internet penetration at 34 percent and the latest Facebook growth statistics...
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Mobile Service Disruption from Great Japan Earthquake Visualized
Mobile usage in Tokyo, visualized before and after the 3/11 earthquake When the tragic earthquake hit Japan back in March of 2011, mobile communications were severely disrupted in the affected regions,...
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This startup is solving Indonesia’s mobile payments problem, bypassing banks...
Hendra Sutandinata, Founder and CEO of MVCommerce. Indonesia is a country where 12.5 percent of the population lives below the poverty line and nearly one third of locals don’t have access to...
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This Chinese smartphone manufacturer might have a chance to win the US market...
Apple. Samsung. HTC. These are smartphone brands that are well known – and indeed, well-loved – in the US. But ask any Joe on the road whether he knows about ZTE, and you’ll likely get a blank stare....
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SaaS for mobile repair shops? This startup thinks it’s a huge opportunity
The mobile repair industry is colossal. While obtaining a precise figure is difficult, estimates suggest Americans spent nearly US$23.5 billion in repairs and replacements since the past seven years....
View ArticleHow girls are getting pushed off India’s digital map
A big bad gender-based digital divide springs up in the Indian prime minister’s backyard.
View ArticleMeet the guy who holds the planet’s two billion mobile phone numbers
Alan Mamedi, CEO of Truecaller, shares how the startup from Sweden became one of the most popular apps in India. He also allays privacy fears of users.
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The next time you visit Thailand, your movements may be tracked
Photo caption: Kallerna The Thai government wants a new kind of SIM card to track the movements of tourists and any resident foreign nationals whilst in Thailand. The Thai PBS reports: The National...
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Chinese smartphones are killing India’s brands
Photo credit: ocipalla / 123RF Stock Photo Chinese mobile phone brands are booming in India, for the first time ever making up more than half – 51 percent – of new devices in the world’s second largest...
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Freecharge ties up with a homegrown OS to take on rival Paytm
Freecharge is rolling up its sleeves to take on rival Paytm. The Snapdeal-backed digital wallet company has tied up with India’s first native-language operating system for phones, Indus OS, which is...
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Pakistan is one of Asia’s fastest-growing internet markets
Skardu, Pakistan: Children at a village school. Photo credit: khlongwangchao / 123RF. There are over one million people coming online via their phones every month in Pakistan, but that’s just the tip...
View ArticleAntitrust probe into Amazon, Flipkart to proceed after India court ruling
The companies sought to stop an investigation into allegations that certain practices are aimed at driving out rivals.
View ArticleSamsung inaugurates US$220m R&D center in Vietnam
Half the global supply of Samsung mobile phones is produced in the country.
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