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January 21, 2009

Telkomsel accepting limited pre-orders for iPhone 3G in Indonesia

Yet another Indonesian iPhone 3G news broke via Twitter

@yonan32 discovered last night that Telkomsel is now accepting orders for iPhone 3G. Unfortunately it seems that it currently is only available for limited market only as the order form on Telkomsel's website requires you to enter a particular ID. I'm still finding out what NIK CSDM means. It's likely to mean identity number for employees or privileged customers.

Why they chose to do it this way is as yet unknown but it does reflect the rumors that Telkomsel was going to release the iPhone 3G in mid-January internally before going public in February. Very likely that this is their method of testing iPhone 3G in a more public way. Another theory is that Telkomsel may not be selling it publicly at all and that this is only a corporate roll out? Yeah right.

Update 10:18 a.m: and now the entire Telkomsel website is down (or very very slow)

Update 10:25 a.m: @noitusan let me know that to register for iPhone pre-order you can also call 111 from a Telkomsel Halo number

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January 14, 2009

Breaking News: Steve Jobs out for 5 months


Breaking news this morning as I just woke up. Apple CEO Steve Jobs announced that he was taking a five month sick leave and handing over his roles to COO Tim Cook.

Back in December Apple announced its final year at Macworld Expo and that Phil Schiller was going to do the keynote speech, traditionally done by Steve Jobs every year since 1997. This sparked a flurry of speculation over his health and Apple's stock took a beating but at that moment was unfounded.

Last week's letter from Jobs explained that he decided against preparing for Macworld Expo to spend more time with the family but he also said,


I will be the first one to step up and tell our Board of Directors if I can no longer continue to fulfill my duties as Apple's CEO. I hope the Apple community will support me in my recovery and know that I will always put what is best for Apple first

This morning Apple stock was halted suddenly at $85.33 and within moments news broke that Jobs was taking a medical leave until June stunning the technology world and shareholders. Subsequently Apple released yet another letter from Jobs outlining his decision after it was distributed among Apple employees.

In order to take myself out of the limelight and focus on my health, and to allow everyone at Apple to focus on delivering extraordinary products, I have decided to take a medical leave of absence until the end of June.

Previously Jobs handed over the reigns to Cook for one month back in 2004 when he underwent surgery to treat a rare form of curable pancreatic cancer and canceled his keynote speech at Apple Expo Paris one year later.

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