Catatan: Tulisan ini ditulis pertama kali oleh Widi Asmoro, di situs Widiasmoro.web.id. Publikasi ulang telah seizin penulis. Dalam artikel kali ini Widi menjelaskan tentang aplikasi iPad yang dirilis oleh musisi Indra Lesmana. Aplikasi musik ini telah tersedia di App Store dan dikembangkan oleh pengembang lokal, Better-B.
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Research In Motion akhirnya meluncurkan tablet 7-inci mereka yang diberi nama PlayBook pada bulan April lalu setelah tertunda sejak 2010. Meskipun tablet ini ditujukan untuk pasar korporat, perangkat ini tidak dilengkapi dengan fasilitas yang sesuai dengan pasar tersebut. Tidak memiliki dukungan email, kalender, dan tidak ada fasilitas BlackBerry Messenger, kecuali ditambatkan ke sebuah ponsel BlackBerry.
Secara global PlayBook mengecewakan, karena dalam 3 kuartal, pengiriman perangkat ini hanya mencapai 850.000 unit, dan penjualannya sangat, sangat sedikit. RIM mengirimkan 500.000 unit PlayBook pada kuartal pertama penjualan, menurun menjadi 200.000 pada kuartal kedua, dan kemudian 150.000 pada kuartal terakhir tahun lalu. Jumlah ini adalah unit yang dikirimkan ke pengecer, bukan dijual kepada konsumen.
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Research In Motion finally launched the 7-inch PlayBook tablet back in April last year after much delay since 2010. Though the tablet was aimed at the enterprise market, it shipped with none of the tools used in the field. It had no email support, no calendar, and no BlackBerry Messenger, unless tethered to a BlackBerry phone.
Globally, it was disappointing, having shipped only 850,000 units in three quarters and selling clearly much, much less. RIM shipped 500,000 PlayBooks in its first quarter of sales, dropping to 200,000 in the second, and then 150,000 in the last quarter of the year. Those are units shipped to retailers, not sold to consumers.
The company then put the PlayBooks through two fire sales, first at the end of last year when it halved the prices of each model, and then this month when it changed the prices to just $299 across all three models. It also failed to deliver 3G and WiMax versions of the device.
Despite those glaring failures, there are software developers who are still interested in creating applications for the PlayBook. At the BlackBerry developer conference in Singapore in early December, over a thousand attendees showed up and each one received a complimentary PlayBook.
Continue reading Why Are Indonesian Developers Still Interested in the PlayBook?
Don’t want to be beaten by innovation of Sony Ericsson and Universitas Bunda Mulia (UBM)’s M-Campus, Telkomsel and Research in Motion (RIM) Indonesia as principal of BlackBerry announced Mobile Campus for Universitas Pelita Harapan (UPH). The app is developed by Better-B and said only took three months to be completed.
Quite different to what is offered by UBM’s M-Campus — which is bundled with certain product, this UPH’s M-Campus app can be downloaded freely by any UPH student from this link http://uph.better-b.mobi. It supports OS 4.5 as minimum requirement.
As cited from Okezone [link in Indonesian], VP Channel Management Telkomsel, Gideon Edie Purnomo, explained the very reason why Telkomsel is collaborating with RIM for this project is based on consideration that BlackBerry is now the most common smartphones used by Indonesians, especially youngsters. IT Senior Director UPH, Reynier Wayong, strengthened this argument by claiming nearly 90 percent of 10 thousands student in the campus are using BlackBerry.
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Baru-baru ini DailySocial melakukan kunjungan ke kantor PT Diantara Kode Digital atau yang lebih dikenal sebagai Better-B, untuk berbicara tentang pengembangan mobile dengan salah satu co-founder mereka, Almaujudy. Better-B adalah sebuah perusahaan pengembangan aplikasi mobile yang dikenal dengan berbagai aplikasi BlackBerry yang dikembangkannya, Better-B juga meupakan salah satu anggota BlackBerry Aliance paling awal di Indonesia.
Recently DailySocial made a visit to the offices of PT Diantara Kode Digital, better known as Better-B, to talk about mobile development with Almaujudy, one of the co-founders of the company. Better-B is a mobile application development company renowned for creating BlackBerry apps and is one of the country’s earliest BlackBerry Alliance members.
Have you check out Yotomo? Yotomo, Foursquare based mobile application with local touch developed by Wahyudi and assisted by Better-B team, was officially released on 16 April together with Foursquare Day. The date was not coincidental. Yotomo used Foursquare map and check-in system. The differences are, Yotomo provide local badges, coupon information, and local events.
At their launch, Yotomo is developed for Blackberry platform first, and the next to come will be iOS dan Android. For Blackberry platform, Yotomo supports type 83xx to 98xx. The option is available at download homepage. This means Yotomo also accommodate old version OS like OS 4.5 because 83xx cannot be upgraded to higher version. Downloadable version is 1.0, which means the application is final version and ready for release.
Anda sudah melihat-lihat soal Yotomo? Yotomo, aplikasi mobile berbasis Foursquare dengan rasa lokal yang didirikan oleh Wahyudi dan dibantu oleh tim Better-B, telah resmi diluncurkan tanggal 16 April lalu bertepatan dengan Foursquare Day. Bukan kebetulan semata kenapa dipilih tanggal tersebut. Di satu sisi, Yotomo menggunakan peta Foursquare dan sistem check-in Foursquare. Sementara untuk perbedaannya, Yotomo menyediakan tambahan badge lokal dan informasi kupon dan event lokal.
Di peluncurannya Yotomo hadir untuk platform BlackBerry dahulu, menyusul berikutnya untuk iOS dan Android. Untuk platform BlackBerry, Yotomo mendukung seri 83xx hingga 98xx. Pilihan tersebut sudah ada di halaman depan pengunduhannya. Ini berarti Yotomo juga mengakomodasi OS versi jadul, seperti OS 4.5 karena 83xx tidak dapat di-upgrade ke versi yang lebih tinggi lagi. Versi yang bisa diunduh adalah 1.0, artinya aplikasi tersebut memang sudah versi final layak rilis.
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Toyota Indonesia mengikuti trend dengan menerbitkan aplikasi untuk mobile. Tidak tanggung-tanggung, dengan bantuan Better-B, Toyota membuat langsung aplikasi untuk tiga platform sekaligus, yaitu untuk iOS (iPhone dan iPad), Android, dan BlackBerry. Tujuan utama penerbitan aplikasi ini tentu agar konsumen lebih mengenal produk-produk Toyota dan mendapatkan informasi yang terkait dengannya langsung dalam genggaman Anda.
Tentu Anda semua tahu bahwa Toyota adalah produk mobil paling laris di Indonesia. Tentunya tidak afdol jika Toyota tidak mengikuti perkembangan jaman dengan pendekatan digital seperti ini. Sebelumnya Honda, kompetitor terdekat Toyota di Indonesia, telah merilis aplikasi di platform BlackBerry yaitu iMobili dan Safety Driving yang dibuat oleh Veelabs.
Continue reading Toyota Indonesia goes social dengan aplikasi untuk berbagai platform
Going with current trend, Toyota Indonesia released their mobile application. With Better-B help, they develop applications for all three platforms, iOS (iPhone and iPad), Android, and BlackBerry. Their main goal in doing this is so that customers are more familiarized with Toyota products and get related information directly on our palm.
We all know that Toyota is the bestselling car products. Previously Honda, their closest competitor, released Blackberry platform application namely iMobili and Safety Driving developed by Veelabs.
Applications on various platforms is Toyota’s new approach after previously they use information feature via SMS and mobile web – WAP. Generally, this application provides information on everything you want to know about Toyota. From Twitter and Facebook update, complete info on their products and specifications, dealer information and nearby workshop based on Location Based System, credit service simulation and insurance from Toyota Astra Financial Services and Toyota Insurance, after sales information and reminder for your periodic car service.
Continue reading Toyota Indonesia Goes Social by Multi-Platforms Application