I was in Jakarta not long ago for some work. It was my first time in Indonesia really. I’ve never even been to Bali. It was a really short trip though and I was so busy that only when I got back did I realize that I didn’t even take a picture of the city!
Anyway my first impression of Jakarta is great! I actually quite like it there. The city is massive but it feels to me a bit like KL maybe because you can get around fine just by speaking Bahasa Malaysia. I also find the people there really friendly!
One thing about Jakarta though was that I hardly saw an iPhone there. Quite the opposite of Singapore where everyone there has an iPhone… in Jakarta, EVERYBODY uses Blackberry. Why? Just because of BBM (Blackberry Messenger).
My friends there tell me that people don’t even ask for phone numbers anymore. Their main mode of communication is BBM. One friend told me that he talks to some of his friends regularly on BBM and doesn’t even have their phone numbers. So a BBM is a must… you can have your second phone as an iPhone or Android… but nobody does without a Blackberry there in Indonesia.
As for me, I just bought myself one of these. Partly because I couldn’t stand the problems my Torch was giving me anymore.
The Blackberry 9900 however… is the best Blackberry ever made! It’s fast, doesn’t lag or hang and it’s a joy to use. The other Blackberries I had were kinda like phones that I needed for work… but this one is one that I LOVE!
If you’re a Blackberry user, this phone is enough to keep you on BB and not switch to Android or iPhone. However, if you’re an iPhone and Android user now I’m not sure if this is good enough to make you switch back to Blackberry. Overall though I love my new Blackberry 9900. If RIM had come up with the 9900 last year instead of this year, lots of people who switched would probably still be using Blackberries 🙂
Timothy Tiah – Co-Founder of Colony, Kuala Lumpur Co-Working Space